Palestinian groups disown truce
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Hamas and Islamic Jihad say they are not bound by the Palestinian truce agreed with Israel in Egypt.
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Militant groups have agreed to suspend attacks as they near a formal truce deal with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and await Israel's response, a senior Palestinian official said Monday.
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Palestinian militant groups offered to stop firing rockets into Israel in exchange for a cessation of all attacks on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, an official said on Thursday.
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Al-Qaida's deputy leader denounced last month's Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., as a "betrayal" of Palestinians in a new audio message posted Friday on an Islamic militant Web site,
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in a  presidential campaign speech Monday he would never take up arms  against militant groups whose dismantlement is part of a  U.S.-sponsored peace "road map."
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israeli-Palestinian talks  on security coordination scheduled after a ceasefire summit  meeting were postponed on Thursday because of a fresh outbreak  of violence, Palestinian officials said.
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Rival Palestinian factions began swapping hostages on Tuesday under a ceasefire deal that went into effect hours earlier, largely halting gunbattles in which at least 30 Palestinians were killed, officials said.
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The White House on Monday backed  efforts by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to  negotiate a cease-fire with militants, but said he would  ultimately need to disarm the groups.
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The top Palestinian security official said the government was dismantling militant groups, including those connected to President Mahmoud Abbasâs Fatah faction.
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Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree a ceasefire, officials say, but fighting rages on in Gaza.
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Senior officials from rival Fatah and Hamas factions agreed on Saturday to pull their gunmen off the streets of Gaza and halt bloodshed that has killed 23 Palestinians in the last three days.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah reached a deal on Sunday to stop fighting after a day of bloodshed in which President Mahmoud Abbas's offices came under mortar fire and his forces took over two ministries, Hamas said.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Palestinian Authority said yesterday it will disband a small security unit tainted by accusations of abuse.
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A Hamas leader dismissed Palestinian Authority presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s call for an end to the armed Palestinian uprising, Haaretz reported.
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Mediation efforts are under way to defuse rising tension between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah.
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Hamas ruled out any truce with Israel  Sunday and repeated its desire to destroy the Jewish state,  rejecting what had appeared to be more conciliatory comments by  one of the Islamic militant group's leaders.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian security forces  intend to disarm militant factions as part of a plan to prevent  attacks on Israelis, a senior Palestinian security official  said on Tuesday.