Abbas, Hamas forces expanding
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KARNI, Gaza Strip  - Forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Hamas movement are pushing ahead with expansion plans despite a unity government deal, Palestinian and Western officials said.
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JERUSALEM -- President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israel for permission to bring Palestinian forces based in Jordan to the West Bank to try to shore up his control after Hamas's Gaza takeover, Israeli officials said yesterday.
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Palestinian security forces took up  positions in northern Gaza on Friday under orders from  President Mahmoud Abbas to curb militant attacks as part of his  plan to end bloodshed and revive peacemaking.
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Palestinian security forces took up  positions on Friday across northern Gaza to curb militant  attacks against Israel as part of new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas's plan to halt violence and revive peace talks.
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The expansion would be part of a $26 million plan to shore up the Palestinian leaderÂs position, according to donors.
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Middle East envoy Tony  Blair, seeking to bolster Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking  efforts, said on Wednesday it was critical to expand the  capabilities of Palestinian security forces.
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GAZA CITY-- The planned deployment of Palestinian forces on the Gaza-Israel frontier could be a first step toward a wider return of Palestinians' security control in their areas of Gaza and the West Bank -- the situation before fighting erupted with Israel in 2000, the Palestinian foreign minister said yesterday.
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Hamas Islamist fighters and forces loyal to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas battled on Wednesday for control of the Gaza Strip in an escalating Palestinian supremacy struggle he described as "madness".
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Mahmoud Abbas will visit the Gaza Strip to try to convince Palestinian militants to stop attacks against Israel.
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Gunmen of rival factions Hamas and Fatah sharply escalated their fight for supremacy in what is beginning to look increasingly like a civil war.
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed 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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Gunmen linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement threatened Tuesday to assassinate leaders of the rival Hamas group &#151; signaling a further escalation after 10 Palestinians were killed in three days of Hamas-Fatah fighting.
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Security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah fired on a Hamas rally in the West Bank on Friday and firefights erupted between the rivals in Gaza, pushing the Palestinians closer to civil war.
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Following consultation with senior security officials Thursday afternoon, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided to widen the IDF&#39;s operation in the northern Gaza Strip in response the increasing attacks generating from the area.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas has tightened up Palestinian money-laundering laws aimed at denying cash to rival Hamas Islamists and boosting foreign confidence in Palestinian banks, officials said on Saturday.
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A top Hamas leader accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah of starting a war after his security forces opened fire on Friday on a Hamas rally in the West Bank and firefights broke out in Gaza.
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The move could put Mahmoud Abbas on a collision course with armed Palestinian factions.