Palestinian Leader Contests Annexing Talk
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the leading contender to succeed Yasser Arafat, said Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hope of annexing West Bank settlements and keeping all of Jerusalem in a final peace deal is a disaster that could torpedo efforts to restart peace talks.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals prepared on Tuesday for talks on a unity government, with less than two weeks to go until a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday called on Socialist leaders gathered in Geneva to support his attempts to isolate the Islamist Hamas movement, which has taken control of the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called on  Tuesday for his people to pursue negotiations instead of  violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of  strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat's death.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he was rallying Arab nations to block Israel&#039;s plan to unilaterally redraw its borders and instead support the U.S.-backed proposal envisioning a Palestinian state.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas defended his unity deal with Hamas in talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday after U.S. and Israeli threats to shun a coalition government.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday urged President Mahmoud Abbas to resume talks on forming a national unity coalition after Abbas threatened to dissolve the Hamas-led government.
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The planned transfer of Jericho from Israeli to Palestinian control is held up by disagreements.
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Middle East News, GAZA, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for his people to pursue negotiations instead of violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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INTERIM Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, used his first official election campaign speech yesterday to demand the complete Israeli withdrawal of the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas abruptly put off an address he was due to give on Thursday about a new unity government and an official said on Wednesday the delay was due to a dispute with Hamas.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is considering calling presidential and legislative elections to strengthen his position, a top aide said yesterday, a move that could deepen the split between the West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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GAZA CITY - PLO leader Mahmud Abbas stepped up calls Friday to end âarmed chaosâ in the occupied territories, as the new Palestinian leadership prepares the ground for presidential elections in January.
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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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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was considering options open to him after the failure of talks with the governing Hamas faction over creating a unity government.
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Taking his campaign to succeed Yasir Arafat to the foot of Israel&#39;s West Bank separation wall, interim Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has said there will be no peace until Israel tears it down.
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Israel's foreign minister calls for permanent channels of dialogue with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.