Palestinians won&#39;t back down
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Jerusalem - Four years on from the first clashes of the intifada, the Israeli army has demonstrated its overwhelming military superiority but shows no sign of crushing the Palestinians&#39; will to fight.
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The Islamic resistance movement Hamas on Wednesday refused to halt attacks against the Jewish settlements during the period of preparations for the Jan. 9 elections.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - An official from the  Palestine Liberation Organization told Reuters on Wednesday  that Yasser Arafat had not lost consciousness, denying media  reports.
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Israel will not block Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from assuming control of the Gaza Strip's breached border crossing with Egypt as part of an agreement with Cairo, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
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Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s nomination for Palestinian Authority president received a boost from reports that a jailed Fatah party leader, Marwan Barghouti, wouldn&#39;t challenge his bid and had endorsed his candidacy.
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They're Mahmoud Abbas' enforcers &#151; well-trained, disciplined and absolutely loyal to the Palestinian president.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel will not limit the number of Muslim worshipers at a hotly disputed Jerusalem site during the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided yesterday, backing away from a threat to restrict access.
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The Palestinians will not accept an interim settlement with Israel, Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League during a visit to Egypt yesterday.
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Freed from Yasser Arafat&#39;s one-man rule, Palestinians say they are eager and able to build the first real democracy in the Arab world, despite the dangers lurking on the road to Jan. 9 elections.
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Dozens of policemen in riot gear at Egyptian checkpoints set up in the pouring rain just a few miles from the border with Gaza yesterday failed to halt the relentless flow of Palestinians into Egypt five days after the border was breached
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The leaders of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank urged their followers yesterday to resist a government plan to withdraw from parts of the occupied territories, edging closer to open revolt against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to
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Palestinian leaders say they will go ahead with their trip to Paris to consult with French doctors about Yasser Arafat&#39;s health, despite vehement objections by Mr.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is vowing to press on with his plan to pull Israeli settlers and soldiers out of the Gaza Strip despite his party&#39;s rejection of a partnership with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.
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Israel is determined to go ahead with its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip - regardless of the death of Yasser Arafat and even if settlers resist - a top Israeli general who helped design the plan says.
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the occupied Gaza Strip and political sources say he had not ruled out the idea completely. parts of the West Bank in order to &quot;disengage&quot; from conflict with the Palestinians.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation was on course last night for a landslide victory, fuelling hopes that his presidency will mark the beginning of the end of more than four ...
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Freed from Yasser Arafat's one-man rule, Palestinians say they are eager and able to build the first real democracy in the Arab world, despite the dangers lurking on the road to Jan. 9 elections.