Hamas rejects Abbas's new government
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Hamas on Saturday rejected as unconstitutional the government appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to replace a Hamas-led cabinet, and called for parliament to convene to try to reverse the decision.
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Analysis: Why the Palestinian president's proposal to dissolve the elected Hamas government could make matters worse
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The ruling Hamas movement   and President Mahmoud Abbas's office accused each other on   Sunday of trying to derail a planned Palestinian unity   government that officials hope will lift Western sanctions.
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The Palestinians' ruling Hamas group will not join a planned coalition government if recognizing Israel is a condition, a close aide to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said Friday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas on Monday put off talks with Hamas aimed at   breaking a stalemate over forming a unity government, in a sign   of deep internal divisions.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas faces the task of forming a new Palestinian government with the moderate Fatah, despite unresolved internal disputes and the warning of a U.S. boycott.
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Hamas Islamists failed in a bid on Sunday to convene the Palestinian parliament to challenge the legality of the government just installed by President Mahmoud Abbas to replace a Hamas-led administration.
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The Palestinian Islamic militant faction  Hamas will boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a  successor to Yasser Arafat, a senior Hamas leader said on  Wednesday.
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) warned on Thursday that any preparations to form a new Palestinian leadership without the participation of Hamas would be illegal.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas has   frozen talks on forming a Palestinian unity government after   Hamas said it would not accept interim peace deals with Israel,   two of his aides said on Sunday.
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The radical Palestinian group Hamas says it will boycott next month&#39;s election for a successor to the late Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas has frozen talks on forming a unity government   after Hamas said it would not accept interim peace deals with   Israel, two of his aides said on Sunday.
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Hamas on Saturday rejected demands by PLO leaders that its government resign over the failure to form a moderate coalition acceptable to the West &#151; a sign of an intensifying power struggle between Islamic militants and moderate President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Cabinet ministers in the Hamas-led Palestinian government resigned Thursday, a step toward forming a unity government with Palestinian President Mamoud Abbas' Fatah party.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Gaza's Hamas rulers of allowing al-Qaida to infiltrate the coastal strip, and Hamas militants on Tuesday hotly denied the allegation.
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Mahmoud Abbas, tipped to become the new Palestinian president, says he will not fight against militant groups.
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A Palestinian unity government will not be agreed before the end of next week, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of the Islamist Hamas group said on Monday.