Abbas to Demand Militants Toe Truce Line at Talks
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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 urged  militant groups in Gaza on Saturday to agree to a mutual  cease-fire with Israel but they said they would only consider  one if the Jewish state promised to stop its assaults first.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip as   early as Monday to try to revive stalled talks on a unity   government, aides said.
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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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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas,  frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat, said Wednesday that he  expected negotiations on Israel's plan to withdraw from the  Gaza Strip after Palestinian elections next month.
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A leader of the Palestinian faction Hamas says he is ready for talks with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.
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Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that peace talks with Israel must continue despite the escalating confrontation between Israel and the Hamas government in Gaza.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began crisis talks with his Hamas rivals in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, vowing to hammer out a deal on a unity government that could end an international blockade.
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Israel will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume long-stalled peace talks after Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas plans a new round of talks with Hamas leaders in   a bid to break a stalemate over forming a unity government, his   aides said on Monday.
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Middle East News, GAZA, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for his people to pursue negotiations instead of violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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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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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals began crisis talks on Wednesday with a pledge not to leave Saudi Arabia until they had reached an agreement that would end deadly factional fighting.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met  his political faction chiefs Saturday to draw strength for  talks aimed at bringing Islamic militants into line with a  cease-fire he declared with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for elections to end his violent standoff with Hamas &#151; a gamble that Palestinians will back him as he seeks to weaken the Islamic militants, avoid civil war and keep momentum for peace overtures with Israel.
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Israelis and Palestinians threatened Sunday to scrap a truce that has largely ended five months of Gaza violence, with Palestinian militants insisting it must also apply to the West Bank and Israeli leaders complaining that Gaza rocket squads are still active.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by telephone on Saturday that militant groups had agreed to cease attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as of 0400 GMT on Sunday, an Abbas aide said.