Palestinians 'agree to ceasefire'
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Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz says Palestinian militants groups have agreed to a truce.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in  principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's  official news agency MENA said on Tuesday.
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New President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday  he was close to reaching a deal with militants to cease attacks  on Israelis, a step needed to relaunch Middle East peacemaking.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that militant groups promised to suspend attacks on Israel in hopes of ending a nearly 2-month-long Israeli crackdown in the Gaza Strip.
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GAZA -- Palestinians said Israel agreed yesterday to let Palestinian security forces take control of wider areas in Gaza to solidify a de facto cease-fire and help new President Mahmoud Abbas launch peace talks with Israel.
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Rival Palestinian factions began swapping hostages on Tuesday under a ceasefire deal that went into effect hours earlier, largely halting gunbattles in which at least 30 Palestinians were killed, officials said.
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Hamas and Islamic Jihad reserve judgement on peace with Israel but agree to refrain from violence.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that he is ready to honor the security commitments in an internationally backed peace plan, adding that he hopes to resume negotiations with Israel soon.
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Israel and the Palestinians have reached   an agreement to swap the Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza   with imprisoned Palestinians, Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas was quoted on Tuesday as saying.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders are holding talks in Egypt, with both sides expected to declare a truce.
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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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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said   on Monday he had reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail   Haniyeh of Hamas over forming a unity government that the   Palestinians hope will end their international isolation.
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Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree a ceasefire, officials say, but fighting rages on in Gaza.
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Israel and Palestine have reached an agreement &#39;in principle&#39; over a set of proposals to guide a comprehensive peace settlement between them, under Egyptian mediation.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said yesterday, apparently softening Hamas's hard-line stance and boosting hopes for renewed peace efforts after Yasser Arafat's death.
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JERUSALEM -- Scores of battle-hardened Palestinians signed pledges to renounce violence against Israel and turned in their weapons yesterday, accepting the Israeli government's first collective offer of clemency in 14 years for gunmen listed as wanted terrorists.