Israel blocks Palestinian PM from returning to Gaza
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Israel blocked Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from returning to Gaza on Thursday after a visit abroad to prevent him bringing in money donated by Iran.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lifted a ban on contacts with the Palestinians after new leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to halt attacks on Israelis, and officials from both sides met within hours.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel yesterday severed contact with the new Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, over an attack at a Gaza border crossing that killed six Israelis, saying it wanted to see what steps Abbas would take to crack down on militants before any further dealings with him.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  has lifted a ban on peace talks with new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas imposed after six Israelis were killed in a Gaza  border ambush, political sources said on Wednesday.
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Israel wants to cut its links with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open the territory's border with Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade, Israel's deputy defence minister said on Thursday.
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Israeli opposition to the prime minister's Gaza withdrawal plan raises safety concerns.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lifted a  ban on contacts with the Palestinians after new leader Mahmoud  Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to halt attacks on Israelis,  and officials from both sides met within hours.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 14--Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was stranded Thursday in the Egyptian Sinai after Israel barred him from entering the Gaza Strip with millions of dollars in cash, prompting gunmen from his Hamas movement to open fire on the border crossing in a show of force.
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Israel looks powerless to stop the barrage of rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza. The Islamic militants, choked by a blockade of their territory, find it increasingly difficult to hold on to power. And moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing growing pressure to suspend peace talks because of Israel's strikes in Gaza.
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Israel blocked Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from carrying $35 million into Gaza on Thursday, allowing the Hamas leader to return from fund-raising in Muslim countries only after he left the money behind.
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Israel is considering suspending contacts with moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if his new unity government with Hamas does not meet international demands, Israeli officials said on Monday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold crisis talks on Sunday on how to limit Hamas control over Gaza's breached border with Egypt.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya reiterates that his Hamas-led government will not recognise Israel.
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Israeli authorities barred five Palestinian soccer players from traveling to this Gulf nation for Wednesday's World Cup Asian qualifier against Uzbekistan.
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Israel plans to impose a blanket economic embargo on Gaza, denying the Hamas administration access to funds including Palestinian tax revenues transferred to President Mahmoud Abbas, senior Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
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Israel orders the closure of Gaza's border with Egypt to prevent PM Ismail Haniya's return.
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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.