Abbas urges end to rocket attacks
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The Palestinian president urges Gaza militants to end "absurd" rocket attacks that are impeding peace efforts.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for Palestinian elections, throwing down the gauntlet to his Hamas rivals after days of factional violence that have sparked fears of civil war.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for an international conference to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict and urged Israel to drop its opposition to a meeting that would address all outstanding issues.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at the Islamic militants of Hamas yesterday, accusing them of trying to build an "empire of darkness" in the Gaza Strip and pledging he would not negotiate with the "murderous terrorists."
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on  Wednesday promised steps to halt the use of illegal arms to  stem chaos in Palestinian areas and ensure calm ahead of a Jan.  9 election to choose Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday most Palestinian militant groups would halt their rocket fire against Israel if the Jewish state stopped its attacks against the Palestinians.
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Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas made a campaign run Wednesday through West Bank towns living in the shadow of Israel's separation barrier, urging Israel to tear down the huge structure that he said would never help peace.
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Hamas's government in the Gaza Strip called on Thursday on Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets and mortar bombs at border crossings with Israel that are used to bring food and other supplies into the territory.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will meet Saturday with militant leaders to push them to honor a days-old cease-fire marred by mortar and rocket attacks on Israeli targets, according to an aide.
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, said Thursday Israel must stop military action against Palestinians or there can be no peace.
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Israeli tanks moved into the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks that front-running Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas said could achieve nothing.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday  promised steps to halt the use of illegal arms to stem chaos in  Palestinian areas and ensure calm ahead of a Jan. 9 election to  choose President Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Hezbollah's leader offered Thursday to stop rocket attacks on northern Israel in return for an end to airstrikes throughout Lebanon.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said his  people should drop their weapons in the struggle for a state,  marking out a clear change of strategy for peace with Israel  after Yasser Arafat's death last month.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time Thursday ordered his elite presidential guard to strike back against Hamas militants bent on besieging his Gaza City compound.
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DEIR EL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for Palestinian president, called on militants yesterday to stop firing rockets at Israel, as Israeli tanks and troops massed in northern Gaza in response to the latest barrage.