Hamas to Boycott Palestinian Presidential Vote
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The Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas said on Wednesday it would boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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CANBERRA The Palestinian presidential poll to replace Yasser Arafat, scheduled for Jan. 9, has been thrown wide open by the entry of the jailed Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti into the race and by Hamas&#39;s boycott.
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Jailed popular leader Marwan Barghouthi decided on Wednesday to run in a Palestinian presidential election and Hamas militants vowed to boycott it, throwing the campaign into turmoil after Yasser Arafat's death.
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Early Palestinian elections will lead to unrest, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Sunday after accusing President Mahmoud Abbas of trying to force his Hamas movement out of all government positions.
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Israel plans to impose a blanket economic embargo on Gaza, denying the Hamas administration access to funds including Palestinian tax revenues transferred to President Mahmoud Abbas, senior Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
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The PLO backs the idea of early Palestinian elections but Hamas, which won January's poll, condemns the move.
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GAZA CITY: The Islamist movement Hamas gave its backing on Sunday for plans to hold elections next year, urging Palestinians to register for the polls which it is expected to contest for the first time.
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A senior Hamas leader indicated today that the militant group is halting attacks on Israelis while the Palestinians prepare to choose a new leader, the latest sign of change following the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Hamas boycotted the opening of the Palestinian parliament's new term Wednesday, effectively allowing President Mahmoud Abbas to keep his moderate emergency Cabinet in power.
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Hamas rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's call for the deployment of international troops in the Gaza Strip, vowing on Saturday to attack them like other "occupation forces".
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for elections to end his violent standoff with Hamas &#151; a gamble that Palestinians will back him as he seeks to weaken the Islamic militants, avoid civil war and keep momentum for peace overtures with Israel.
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) warned on Thursday that any preparations to form a new Palestinian leadership without the participation of Hamas would be illegal.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas abruptly calls off its anniversary rally fearing that Israel may target its leaders.
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The governing Palestinian movement Hamas says it will boycott early elections called by President Abbas.
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Israel blocked Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader, from returning to Gaza on Thursday after a visit abroad, in an effort to prevent him bringing in money donated by Iran.
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The Palestinian Islamic militant faction  Hamas will boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a  successor to Yasser Arafat, a senior Hamas leader said on  Wednesday.
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Hamas is to halt attacks on Israelis in the run-up to elections for a successor to the late Yasser Arafat, a senior leader of the militant group said yesterday.