Palestinian tensions flare despite appeals for calm
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Gunmen from rival Palestinian factions killed one person and wounded four others in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank on Monday as Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas appealed for an end to the internal fighting.
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One Palestinian suffered a gunshot to the legs and three others were arrested on Wednesday during clashes between soldiers and Palestinians demonstrating against the construction of the West Bank security barrier.
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A group of Palestinians unleashed bursts of gunfire yesterday as Mahmoud Abbas, a possible successor to Yasser Arafat as president, arrived at a mourning service for Arafat in Gaza City.
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Tensions between rival Palestinian factions flared in the Gaza Strip on Friday after ruling Hamas Islamists detained an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas's government and three Fatah mourners were killed in an explosion.
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The first peace talks in seven years between Israel and the Palestinians opened in discord on Wednesday with the Palestinians demanding a halt to settlement building and Israel calling for a crackdown on militants.
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Arriving in Israel to try to win support for Mideast summit, the Secretary of State encounters new tensions over Israel's decision to declare the Palestinian enclave a "hostile entity"
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The Palestinians seemed to edge toward open civil conflict as Hamas accused Fatah of trying to assassinate the prime minister.
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&#39;JERUSALEM -- Seeking calm and unity, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia asked militant factions to refrain from attacks inside Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported today, as the Palestinians awaited word on their critically ill leader, Yasser Arafat
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Israelis and Palestinians needed to cool down their conflict to take advantage of emerging prospects for peace, Mahmoud Abbas, the new Palestinian leader, said yesterday.
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Hamas's exiled political leader urges Palestinian unity amid rising tensions and violence between Hamas and Fatah.
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A period of relative calm in the Gaza Strip was broken by a nearly hour-long battle between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops that left at least one Israeli soldier and one militant dead.
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RAMALLAH/GAZA  - Palestinian security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah opened fired on a Hamas rally in the West Bank on Friday and firefights between the rival groups erupted in Gaza, raising fears of civil war.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Prominent Palestinian  figures appealed on Sunday 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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Sunday&#39;s violent confrontation between militants and bodyguards protecting the interim Palestinian leader was the latest sign of the challenges ahead for Palestinians
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GAZA CITY -- Gaza's warring factions began to hold their fire yesterday as a truce took effect across the volatile territory and brought hopes for an end to the infighting that has left 36 people dead in five days.
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A truce between warring Palestinian factions entered its third day Thursday, marred by sporadic shootings.
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Palestinian security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas traded gunfire with Hamas policemen in Gaza on Tuesday as tensions soared after the killing of three young sons of one of Abbas's top intelligence officials.