Israel to let Abbas deploy loyalist brigade in Gaza
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Israel has agreed in principle to let Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas send a security force loyal to him into Gaza, where a fragile truce is in effect, an Israeli diplomatic source said on Tuesday.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A militant group linked to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah faction announced yesterday it is ready to stop violence if Israel halts military operations, and Israeli officials indicated that they are considering the idea.
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JERUSALEM -- President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israel for permission to bring Palestinian forces based in Jordan to the West Bank to try to shore up his control after Hamas's Gaza takeover, Israeli officials said yesterday.
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Israel will not stand in the way of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas taking control of Gaza's breached border with Egypt as part of a deal to sideline Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave, officials said on Tuesday.
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Palestinian security chiefs hoped to win  an Israeli go-ahead Tuesday to take over wider areas of Gaza to  solidify a de facto cease-fire and help new President Mahmoud  Abbas launch peace talks with Israel.
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GAZA CITY, 29 November 2004 - Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas won the endorsement of one of the main Palestinian armed factions yesterday before pledging to stop anyone but the official security forces from carrying weapons.
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GAZA CITY -- Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation.
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Violence dropped sharply in the Gaza Strip  on Thursday ahead of the planned deployment of Palestinian  security forces ordered by President Mahmoud Abbas to prevent  attacks by militants against Israelis.
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The United States will expand assistance to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to include about 8,500 members of his national security forces and possibly 1,000 Fatah fighters based in Jordan, U.S. documents show.
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NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip  - Palestinian police  began deploying in southern Gaza on Wednesday to prevent  attacks on Israelis under orders from moderate Palestinian  President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses and security sources said.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will  demand obedience from militant factions in talks Friday after  fighters bombarded Jewish settlements in Gaza despite a  cease-fire declared at a summit with Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faces  a crucial test of his new leadership on Tuesday when he visits  Gaza to try to persuade militants defying his calls for calm to  agree to cease attacks on Israel.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas urged  militant groups on Tuesday to help with an orderly succession  to Yasser Arafat, as Israel talked of possible coordination  with Palestinians on its Gaza pullout plan.
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Israel, in a policy change, would be willing to co-ordinate a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip if Palestinian authorities cracked down on militant groups, an Israeli official said today.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, under growing pressure to rein in militants, ordered his security forces Monday to prevent attacks on Israel and investigate a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians last week.
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The U.S. security coordinator in the Palestinian territories wants five new Palestinian battalions deployed across the West Bank in an effort to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, according to a published report Thursday.
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Israeli president aims to shore up Abbas in wake of Hamas taking Gaza Strip.