Violence, politics cause Palestinians to look abroad
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Imad Hassan, a Palestinian electronics engineer and lecturer, never thought he would want to leave his homeland.
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The deteriorating health of Yasser Arafat, long the personification of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, could reorder the political landscape of the Middle East in two
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Two unlikely factors - the maneuverings of Hamas, a group the United States considers a chief sponsor of terrorism, and a widespread fear of chaos among Palestinians - are combining to create some hope in the run-up to next month&#39;s
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THE MONTH since Yasser Arafat&#39;s death has seen an encouraging flurry of movement on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Like so much else they consider beyond their control, Palestinians in Nablus are adjusting to the prospect of Yasir Arafat's death.
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The death of Yasser Arafat has brought a flurry of diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East by Arab, Palestinian and Israeli leaders aiming to revive long-stalled peace negotiations on several fronts.
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TONY EASTLEY: Since the death last month of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat there&#39;s been a relative lull in violence against Israeli forces in the occupied territories.
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The moves by Fatah seemed to solidify the split between Palestinians, and raised the risk of violence spreading to the occupied West Bank.
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Though clashes in the town of Khan Younis were being portrayed in the Palestinian news media as a feud between families, they also took on a factional hue.
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Israel and Beirut both fear that Palestinian refugees in Lebanon may launch revenge attacks across the border.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Palestinian police are slowly starting to exert control over some West Bank towns, long the domain of hooded gunmen and their automatic rifles, with the aid of Western-backed funding and training.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, under growing pressure to rein in militants, ordered his security forces yesterday to prevent attacks on Israel and investigate a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians last week.
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Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip infiltrated into Israel at a key border crossing on Saturday, igniting a fire fight in which one gunman was killed.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats express enthusiasm about new opportunities for peace created by the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Politicians affiliated with the group say they fear more Palestinian factional violence.
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International observers toured army roadblocks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Saturday, and Palestinian officials complained Israel wasn't fully complying with promises to ease travel restrictions one day ahead of presidential elections to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed 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.