Hamas urges PA election boycott
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Militant group Hamas urges its supporters to boycott the election of a new Palestinian Authority president.
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Hamas boycotts an emergency session of the Palestinian parliament called by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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The Islamic movement Hamas said today that it would not take part in Palestinian presidential elections set for January, a decision that could complicate efforts to hold a peaceful and orderly campaign.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened on Saturday to call early elections to end an impasse with Hamas but set no date for the vote, signaling he has not given up on forming a unity government with the Islamic militant group.
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PRESIDENTIAL election frontrunner Mahmud Abbas said Israel&#39;s planned pullout from Gaza must be the precursor to further withdrawals as he demanded an end to the occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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Hamas accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of launching a coup after he announced a plan for early elections in an attempt to break a political deadlock and have crippling international sanctions lifted.
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The Palestinian Fatah Movement threatened to boycott the upcoming presidential elections unless the cause of Yasser Arafat&#39;s is revealed.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a "new page" by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding reconciliation talks with his Fatah faction.
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A Hamas political leader warned Saturday of a new uprising if no progress is made to establish a Palestinian state based on borders before the 1967 war with Israel.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniya calls Israel's freeing of funds for the Palestinian emergency government a "bribe".
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for Palestinian elections, throwing down the gauntlet to his Hamas rivals after days of factional violence that have sparked fears of civil war.
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Palestinian PM and Hamas leader Ismail Haniya urges the US and EU to lift their boycott of the Palestinian Authority.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to call early elections, seeing little point in further talks on a government to replace a Hamas-led coalition boycotted by the West, aides said on Saturday.
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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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INTERIM Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, used his first official election campaign speech yesterday to demand the complete Israeli withdrawal of the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem.
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âUntil now we are still defending ourselves, defending our people, pushing the Israelis outside our territory.â. Hamas is boycotting next monthâs election to replace the late Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority.
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A Hamas leader says the group will consider stopping attacks ahead of elections if Israel does the same.