Palestinian anger turns toward Hamas
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NABLUS, West Bank -- For the first time, large numbers of Palestinians are beginning to direct their widespread frustration toward the Islamist militant movement Hamas for its seeming inability to alleviate the suffering of ordinary Palestinians since it took over the reins of government early this year.
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The ruling Hamas faction accused forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah of trying to kill Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and vowed to punish those responsible, raising fears of civil war.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Fatah gunmen took aim at Hamas rivals in the West Bank yesterday, storming the Hamas-led parliament and ransacking offices of the Islamist group amid fears that last week's fighting in the Gaza Strip could trigger a wider reprisal campaign here.
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A Palestinian militant group linked to the Fatah faction  threatens to kill leaders of political rival Hamas.
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JERUSALEM -- Hamas officials yesterday accused the Fatah party of trying to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in a burst of shooting a night earlier, as fresh clashes injured more than 30 people in the West Bank and raised worries of a slide toward wider violence.
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Tens of thousands of Hamas members crammed into a Gaza stadium on Friday in a show of support for the movement's government after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened this week to dissolve the administration.
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Hamas security men beat protesters, hurled stun grenades and fired in the air to disperse open-air prayers the rival Fatah faction held in the Gaza Strip on Friday in defiance of the territory's Islamist rulers.
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GAZA CITY, Oct 22: Israel&#39;s killing of a top Hamas fighter in Gaza prompted calls for vengeance by the radical Islamic group on Friday, days ahead of a critical parliament vote on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to evacuate the territory.
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Palestinian militants angry over Yasser Arafat&#39;s death have attacked a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip in what they said signalled the start of a new round of clashes against Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at the Islamic militants of Hamas yesterday, accusing them of trying to build an "empire of darkness" in the Gaza Strip and pledging he would not negotiate with the "murderous terrorists."
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Tensions between rival Palestinian factions flared in the Gaza Strip on Friday after ruling Hamas Islamists detained an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas's government and three Fatah mourners were killed in an explosion.
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JABALYA, Gaza Strip  - Thousands of supporters of the Islamist group Hamas protested in the Gaza Strip on Friday against the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad that sparked Muslim outrage two years ago.
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HAMAS has threatened revenge after an Israeli helicopter blew up a car on a busy Gaza City street, killing a militant from the Islamic group.
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The ruling Hamas accused a key ally of President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday of trying to assassinate the prime minister, inflaming tensions between rival Palestinian factions to their highest point in a decade as fighting spread to the West Bank.
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The Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, appeared to blame the rival Fatah faction for the fighting.
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Hamas security agents clashed with supporters of the rival Fatah movement Friday, firing into the air and beating journalists covering a demonstration against the Islamic militant group's rule in the Gaza Strip.
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The killing of 14 Hamas militants in an Israeli attack on Monday night draws fierce condemnation in Palestinian papers. Some assess the attack as revenge for the bus bombings in Beersheba at the end of August