Hamas chief says Europe to resume Palestinian aid
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Friday some European countries had decided to resume aid to the Palestinian government, which has been crippled by a Western funding freeze since Hamas rose to power.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a last push Saturday to win European support for lifting a crippling international aid embargo in talks with French President Jacques Chirac.Comment
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The EU says it will restart direct economic aid to the Palestinian Authority, to back an emergency cabinet.
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As the Palestinians' main donor and Israel's top commercial partner, Europe could be a major player in pushing to restart the stalled Middle East peace process in the post-Yasser Arafat era.
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A Hamas leader said the militant Islamic group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel, signaling
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European Union leaders agreed Friday to channel aid to cash-starved Palestinians for health care, utilities and social services while still maintaining a funding freeze on the Hamas-led government.
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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana tells the BBC he met Hamas, a Palestinian militant group on the EU's terror list.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Friday several European states have pledged to send money to the new Palestinian government, adding that key peace mediators could also challenge the U.S. decision to shun the Palestinians.
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A Hamas leader says the group will consider stopping attacks ahead of elections if Israel does the same.
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European Union leaders on Friday expressed solidarity with the Palestinians and pledged to re-launch Mideast peace efforts, as Yasser Arafat clings to life in a Paris hospital.
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The head of the Palestinian authority says work on a coalition with Hamas will have to start again from scratch.
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The US and Israel pledge to  support the new Palestinian government, as the EU says it wants to resume direct aid.
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A senior Hamas official expressed hope Sunday that the United States and European Union would be &quot;fairer&quot; in mediating the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but he said his group would continue its resistance even if a Palestinian state was established.
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Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas voiced   conflicting views on Wednesday on unity government policies   central to resumption of international aid to the Palestinian   Authority.
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The ruling Hamas militant group said on   Thursday a statement by the Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators was an encouraging sign that could lead to the easing   of a Western aid embargo.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on  Friday several European states have pledged to send money to  the new Palestinian government, adding that key peace mediators  could also challenge the U.S. decision to shun the  Palestinians.
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The United States and Europe Monday restored direct aid to the Palestinians in a show of support after president Mahmud Abbas fired a Hamas-led government following internecine clashes.