Abbas: Wall will not bring Israel security
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Palestinian presidential-election favorite Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for the tearing down of Israel&#39;s West Bank barrier, warning that it would never deliver security.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday canceled a planned summit meeting this week with Ehud Olmert, saying the Israeli leader has failed to accept any of his suggestions for reducing tensions, such as renewing a cease-fire and releasing frozen tax revenue .
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas failed at talks with militants on Wednesday to win a commitment to end attacks on Israelis in the run-up to Jan. 9 elections for a replacement to Yasser Arafat, political sources said.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended his European tour Saturday without persuading any country to end crippling economic sanctions based on his power-sharing deal with the rival Islamic militant Hamas.Comment
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Mahmoud Abbas's campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat wound up on a sour note on Friday as he canceled a stop in Arab East Jerusalem because Israeli security would have embarrassed him.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President-elect Mahmoud  Abbas said on Thursday the Palestinians intended to start  carrying out security commitments under a U.S.-backed "road  map" charting a path to statehood and peace with Israel.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that he wants to shield Palestinian militants from Israel.
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GAZA CITY: Palestinian hard-liners rejected Wednesday a call by new PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas to lay down their weapons as a spiraling death toll in Gaza threatened to undermine his efforts to bring calm to the region.
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Palestinian militants will cease rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a telephone call on Saturday, an Abbas aide said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas defended his unity deal with Hamas in talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday after U.S. and Israeli threats to shun a coalition government.
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Analysis: Israel wants Egypt to reseal the border. But to do that Egypt needs agreement with both Hamas and President Abbas -- and the Palestinians aren't talking to each other
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas abruptly put off an address he was due to give on Thursday about a new unity government and an official said on Wednesday the delay was due to a dispute with Hamas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected demands on Wednesday by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border and told the Islamist group to "end its coup in Gaza".
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an Associated Press interview Saturday that he wants to protect militants from Israel, rejecting Israeli demands that he crack down on them. It was his latest campaign gesture to court gunmen seen by many Palestinians as resistance heroes and by Israel as terrorists.
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DEIR EL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for Palestinian president, called on militants yesterday to stop firing rockets at Israel, as Israeli tanks and troops massed in northern Gaza in response to the latest barrage.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  traveled to the Gaza Strip on Friday for talks with militants  after fighters bombarded Jewish settlements and threatened his  truce with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Presidential election frontrunner Mahmud Abbas said on Sunday that the Palestinians can only achieve independence through peaceful means and not with the use of weapons.