Abbas warns barrier will not bring Israel security
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TULKAREM, West Bank - Palestinian presidential election favourite Mahmud Abbas said the West Bank barrier would not deliver security to Israel as he addressed voters who have been walled in by the giant structure.
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Israel is reluctant to remove roadblocks and other West Bank restrictions to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's new government until he does more to curb militants, officials said ahead of a summit on Monday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed yesterday to press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government appeared close to collapse in the Gaza Strip.
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Furious over the killing of two Israelis hiking in the West Bank, Israel's prime minister said Sunday that no peace will come until Palestinians crack down on militants, a declaration that clouds a coming visit by President Bush.
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Israel resumed building one of the  most controversial parts of its West Bank barrier, deep in  occupied land, in a move Palestinians said Monday clouded new  President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to revive peacemaking.
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Mahmoud Abbas, favourite to become the next Palestinian leader, calls on his people to stop fighting Israel.
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Several intelligence assessments have warned that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the man U.S. policymakers hope can help salvage the Middle East peace process, may not be politically strong enough to achieve that goal, according to U.S. officials.
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Israel resumed building one of the  most controversial parts of its West Bank barrier, deep in  occupied land, in a move Palestinians said on Monday clouded  new President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to revive peacemaking.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas headed into a meeting with the Israeli leader Tuesday warning that a planned international peace conference would be a "waste of time" if it failed to address the core issues of Palestinian statehood &#151; borders, refugees and Jerusalem.
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Israel resumed building one of the  most controversial parts of its West Bank barrier, deep in  occupied land, a step Palestinians said on Monday clouded new  President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to revive peacemaking.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - New Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces Monday to prevent attacks  on Israel by militants defying his calls for calm.
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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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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon says Palestinians must take tougher measures against militants to advance peace hopes.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Monday to press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government appeared close to collapse in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, under growing pressure to rein in militants, ordered his security forces Monday to prevent attacks on Israel and investigate a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians last week.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at the Islamic militants of Hamas yesterday, accusing them of trying to build an "empire of darkness" in the Gaza Strip and pledging he would not negotiate with the "murderous terrorists."
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Analysis: The meeting of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is designed to warn Hamas of the consequences of going it alone