Hamas agrees to avoid infighting
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Ahmed Qureia, the Palestinian prime minister, has appealed to all political and military factions to avoid violence while Yasser Arafat lies critically ill in a French military hospital - and after he dies.
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Hamas and Islamic Jihad say they are not bound by the Palestinian truce agreed with Israel in Egypt.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah said they had agreed to a ceasefire on Sunday after a day of bloodshed in which President Mahmoud Abbas's offices came under mortar fire and his Fatah forces seized two ministries.
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Hamas' path in consolidating control in the Gaza Strip:
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah reached a deal on Sunday to stop fighting after a day of bloodshed in which President Mahmoud Abbas's offices came under mortar fire and his forces took over two ministries, Hamas said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A Hamas leader said the  militant group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in  the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel,  signaling a possible new overture to end hostilities.
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Egypt said Tuesday it had brokered an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, hours after Hamas militants set off a bomb in Gaza that killed an Israeli soldier and triggered Israeli retaliation that left four Palestinian militants dead in the most serious violence since the death of Yasser Arafat.
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The Palestinian leader today called for an end to militant acts, but Hamas said it will continue carrying out attacks.
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Ismail Haniya told a crowd today that his Hamas movement would not give in to international pressure that has crippled his government.
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A local Hamas leader indicated Monday the militant group would not attack Israelis during the Palestinian presidential campaign and would consider a formal truce with
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Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire. Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire.
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JERUSALEM -- A local Hamas leader indicated yesterday the militant group would not attack Israelis during the Palestinian presidential campaign and would consider a formal truce with Israel in the latest signs of hope for renewed peace efforts in the region.
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Senior officials from rival Fatah and Hamas factions agreed on Saturday to implement immediately a ceasefire aimed at stopping Palestinian violence in Gaza, Interior Minister Saeed Seyam of Hamas said.
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Hamas agreed on Saturday to  Egyptian calls to control the flow of Palestinians through the  breached Gaza border and expects Egypt to seal remaining gaps  in the frontier wall, a Hamas official said.
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A new Palestinian unity government would   not object to President Mahmoud Abbas holding talks with   Israel, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday.
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A senior Hamas leader indicated Monday 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 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.