US, Europe firm on shunning Hamas
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Tony Blair waded headlong into the murky world of Middle East peacemaking on Thursday, dismissing concerns that he would fail like so many before him and announcing he would travel to the region.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Thursday accused the United States of undermining efforts to form a new coalition government and he called on Europe to take the lead in lifting international sanctions against the Palestinians.
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Hamas ruled out any truce with Israel Sunday and repeated its desire to destroy the Jewish state, rejecting what had appeared to be more conciliatory comments by one of the Islamic militant group&#39;s leaders.
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The leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said his organization is still in contact with the European Union even though the 25-nation bloc considers it a terrorist group.
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The European Union should establish contact with Hamas, the proscribed Islamist group, the holder of the EU's presidency has proposed.
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The US says it will lift sanctions against Palestinians once a new cabinet without Hamas is sworn in.
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The European Union&#39;s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, yesterday retracted his admission that he had met leaders of the Palestinian militant Hamas group even though it was blacklisted as a terrorist group.
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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana denied Thursday having had direct contact with the Palestinian militant group Hamas since it was put on the EU&#39;s list of banned terrorist organizations.
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A senior Hamas official expressed hope Sunday that the United States and European Union would be "fairer" 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 ruled out any truce with Israel  Sunday and repeated its desire to destroy the Jewish state,  rejecting what had appeared to be more conciliatory comments by  one of the Islamic militant group's leaders.
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The European Union on Monday  raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's  breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.
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Hamas promised on Saturday to maintain a  de facto truce and, in a major policy change, not to retaliate  immediately for any Israeli violence while it weighs  Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's ceasefire with Israel.
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Paris, Aug 25 (DPA) Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom today said that his government believes that Europe can help in the reconstruction of Gaza but does not see it playing a role in enforcing security in the area after Israel leaves it.
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Hamas has vowed to hit back hard for Israel&#39;s assassination of the &quot;Father of the Qassam&quot; rocket, a weapon symbolising Palestinian militants&#39; defiance of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his plan to quit Gaza.
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The European Union on Friday condemned the &quot;violent&quot; seizure of power by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and joined the United States in backing beleaguered Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate end to military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.    The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 11 in favor and one against, with Britain, Germany and Romania abstaining...
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GAZA CITY -- The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas yesterday rejected criticism by Al Qaeda's second-in-command and said it was still committed to Israel's destruction despite a power-sharing deal with the Fatah faction.