Hamas says still seeks Israel's destruction
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The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas rejected on Monday criticism by al Qaeda's second-in-command and said it was still committed to Israel's destruction despite a power-sharing deal with the Fatah faction.
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Hamas is to halt attacks on Israelis in the run-up to elections for a successor to the late Yasser Arafat, a senior leader of the militant group said yesterday.
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Hamas vowed revenge Tuesday for an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, which killed 14 Palestinians and wounded some 30. Israel said all of the casualties were Hamas members, and four of the wounded sustained critical injuries.
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Hamas will not be edged out of power, accept compromise or recognize Israel, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told tens of thousands of banner-waving supporters at a rally Friday.
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Israel will resume its campaign to assassinate Hamas leaders in retaliation for the killing of 16 people in the first suicide bombings in the Jewish state in nearly six months, security sources said on Wednesday.
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Israeli security officials say Israel plans to resume its campaign to kill Hamas leaders, after Tuesday&#39;s suicide bus bombings in the southern town of Beersheva that killed at least 16 people and wounded about 100 others.
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CAIRO/GAZA  - The militant Islamist group Hamas warned Israel on Saturday of a third uprising unless there was progress toward a Palestinian state based on pre-1967 borders.
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Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire. Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire.
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DAMASCUS: Syrian Information Minister Mehdi Dakhlallah said Tuesday that the bombing of a car belonging to a member of the Palestinian movement Hamas in Damascus showed Israel continued to reject peace.
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Ismail Haniya told a crowd today that his Hamas movement would not give in to international pressure that has crippled his government.
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Hamas's government in the Gaza Strip called on Thursday on Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets and mortar bombs at border crossings with Israel that are used to bring food and other supplies into the territory.
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SHTOURA, Lebanon -- A senior Hamas official expressed hope yesterday that the United States and the 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 is established.
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Hamas is serious about coalition talks with President Mahmoud Abbas and wants them to succeed, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Sunday.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas vowed Tuesday to keep up its armed resistance against Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Hamas said on Tuesday it still hoped Washington would soften its position toward a Palestinian unity government despite Israeli statements that the United States and Israel would shun it until it met several conditions.
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LEADERSHIP: Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they want nothing to do with the election of a new leader to replace Yasser Arafat. Hamas also vowed to keep up attacks on Israel.
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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.