Hamas Leader Calls for End to Clashes
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The Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, appeared to blame the rival Fatah faction for the fighting.
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Fighting between Hamas and Fatah erupted Friday, bringing a 3-day truce between the Palestinian factions to an end
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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.
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A day after firing his top security commanders, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas headed to the Gaza Strip on Friday to demand that militant leaders stop attacking Israelis, a strong sign of his determination to enforce a fragile truce with Israel.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Hamas on Wednesday demanded a central role in controlling the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt in an open challenge to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of crisis talks in Cairo.
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A senior leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas says his organization will not stand in the way of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement if it is fair for the Palestinians.
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The patriarch of Jerusalem has called for an end to the violence which he said has turned Palestinian towns into prisons. Michel Sabbah made the plea during prayers at the annual Christmas mass in Bethlehem on Saturday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told Jordan that talks on a unity government with Hamas have hit a "dead end" and he will pursue other options, a senior Palestinian official said on Tuesday.
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MAHMOUD Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, has called for an end to armed attacks against Israeli targets in an attempt to mark out a new strategy for peace in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.
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Prominent Palestinian figures appealed on Sunday for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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The supreme leader of Hamas has promised that the militant group will end missile attacks and other violence against Israel, Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called on Tuesday for public protests against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency government over its refusal to pay salaries to workers hired by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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GAZA CITY: Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar on Sunday rejected claims that his group would soon call a halt to its campaign of attacks against Israel.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon The militant group Hamas is calling for unity among Palestinian leaders and says it&#39;s setting aside differences with an ailing Yasser Arafat.
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Deadly clashes erupted Monday between rival factions in the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than a month, despite a conciliatory speech toward Hamas by Fatah's leader, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Hamas vowed to avenge the killing of a top leader in its armed wing on Tuesday in Gaza in renewed violence that erupted as efforts to form a Palestinian unity government bogged down in disagreement.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said Friday that Palestinian factions had agreed to halt rocket fire if Israel reciprocates by stopping its military offensives in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.