Hamas Leader Mashaal Surfaces in Cairo
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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who's kept a low profile since last month's twin suicide bombing in southern Israel, made a surprise visit to Egypt on Sunday, but he deflated Egyptian efforts to bring Palestinian factions together.
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Hamas' path in consolidating control in the Gaza Strip:
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal spoke to CNN in a rare, exclusive interview in a secret location inside Damascus, Syria. He touched on many subjects, from a captive Israeli soldier to U.S. foreign policy. But most notably, he hinted at a potential shift in Hamas' policy toward Israel.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, a leader of Hamas, was returning from a two-week trip abroad.
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JERUSALEM -- A local Hamas leader indicated yesterday the militant group would not attack Israelis during the Palestinian presidential campaign and would consider a formal truce with Israel in the latest signs of hope for renewed peace efforts in the region.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - About 150 Palestinian pilgrims returning from Mecca entered the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after a border-crossing dispute left about 2,000 of them stranded in Egypt for days, witnesses said.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Palestinian government dismissed by President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, called for renewed talks on Saturday between the factions, Haniyeh's office said.
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Ghazi Hamad is the editor of the main opposition newspaper in Gaza, a provocative Islamic weekly, Al-Risala. He is also head of the Islamic Salvation party.
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Egypt will close its breached border with Gaza on Sunday, and Hamas will not stand in the way, a Hamas leader said.
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Egypt's government has invited leaders of Gaza's main political groups to hold talks Friday, after a day when Egyptian forces clashed with Palestinians moving through a breached border wall between Gaza and Egypt.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas will meet Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip as   early as Monday to try to revive stalled talks on a unity   government, aides said.
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Â· Prisoners driven to Fatah leader's compound Â· Hamas members excluded from amnesty
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Hamas leader Khalid Mishaal has said Palestinian factions will only agree on a united political programme after the Israeli withdrawal from 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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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals hold separate talks in Cairo over Gaza's border breach.
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The political leader of Hamas tells the BBC that the group has had secret contacts with Washington and the EU.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held crisis talks with Hamas in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in an effort to forge a unity government and end internecine violence that has killed scores since December.