Hamas victory in Gaza would be divisive
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A Hamas military victory in Gaza would create a two-headed Palestine &#151; with the Islamic extremists in control in the coastal strip and Western-backed Fatah ruling the West Bank.
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Hamas Islamist fighters and looters ransacked the blood spattered Palestinian presidential compound in Gaza on Friday, rejoicing at the rout of their well-armed, secular rivals from the president's Fatah faction.
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The two factions battled today in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
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Hamas militants cement domination over Gaza but appear to make conciliatory overtures to Fatah.
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Rival Palestinian factions drew close to an agreement Thursday over the outlines of a power-sharing government in which the militant Hamas group would promise to "respect" peace deals signed with Israel
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Fighting between Palestinian factions is dividing their turf and dashing statehood hopes.
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Palestinians celebrated on Friday a coalition deal between Hamas and Fatah to end factional warfare, but Israel insisted the Islamist Hamas group must recognize the Jewish state and international reaction was cautious.
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Palestinians voted on Thursday in the  first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip, a test of strength  between new President Mahmoud Abbas and the militant Hamas  group.
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Fighting between Fatah and Hamas is part of a power struggle in the one Palestinian area that Israel has largely abandoned.
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The militant Palestinian group Hamas said Friday it was setting aside its differences with ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and called for a united Palestinian leadership to work toward general elections.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas has won a huge victory in local polls in Gaza, unofficial results indicate.
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The man widely believed to be leading the new Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip said Wednesday that his group wants to maintain calm in the area, but will not be the "protector" of the Israeli border.
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip, a  test of strength between new President Mahmoud Abbas and the  militant Hamas group.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Four Palestinians, including two supporters of rivals Hamas and Fatah, have been killed in a family feud, threatening the calm that has accompanied a power-sharing deal between the two groups.
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A senior Hamas official expressed hope Sunday that the United States and European Union would be "fairer" in mediating the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but he said his group would continue its resistance even if a Palestinian state was established.
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The killing of 14 Hamas militants in an Israeli attack on Monday night draws fierce condemnation in Palestinian papers. Some assess the attack as revenge for the bus bombings in Beersheba at the end of August
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Gaza&#039;s transformation into a battlefield is a tale of lost opportunity and clashing visions.