Palestinians Hint New Calm to Last at Least a Month
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Palestinian militants signaled on Sunday  they would help maintain calm in Gaza for at least a month but  denied Israeli reports they had agreed to a cease-fire at the  behest of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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One month after Yasser Arafat's death, realignments on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli divide are raising fragile hopes for a mutual retreat from four years of fighting.
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Palestinians and Israelis moved closer to halting more than four years of bloody violence on Sunday, with the new Palestinian leader saying he had made progress toward a truce deal with militants. Israel pledged for the first time to hold fire if calm prevails.
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Israel will respond with a series of positive gestures if the successors to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat will implement security reforms and a &quot;real&quot; cease-fire felt on the ground in the territories, Israeli security and diplomatic sources
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army declared victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.
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Hamas' leader said Saturday his group was willing to give peace negotiations with Israel six months to reach an agreement for a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank, but threatened a new uprising if the talks fail.
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Israelis and Palestinians are in the midst of rapidly evolving events that could lead to a period of instability in both camps, but could also usher in the changes necessary to resume peace negotiations.
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A weeklong calm that had taken hold of the Shiite ghetto of Sadr City and raised hopes for a peaceful settlement of the armed standoff there dissolved into gun battles
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GAZA CITY -- Palestinians and Israelis moved closer to halting more than four years of bloody violence yesterday, with the new Palestinian leader saying he had made progress toward a truce deal with militants. Israel pledged for the first time to hold fire if calm prevails.
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Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will consolidate his rule in the West Bank on Friday night by installing a caretaker government that is expected to rule indefinitely, Palestinian officials said.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that he is ready to honor the security commitments in an internationally backed peace plan, adding that he hopes to resume negotiations with Israel soon.
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Palestinian leaders appealed for calm, and the clashes were not as intense or as widespread as on Sunday.
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JERUSALEM -- The Fatah movement's yellow flags flew alongside Hamas's green ones yesterday in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians expressed cautious hope that a new power-sharing agreement between the rival factions could bring an end, or at least a pause, to weeks of internal violence.
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One month after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, realignments on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli divide are raising fragile hopes for a mutual retreat from four years of fighting.
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The Palestinians should follow Kosovo's example and unilaterally declare independence if peace talks with Israel fail, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday, but the Palestinian president said the proposal was premature and pledged to keep negotiating until the end of the year.
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The Bush administration signaled that it will use its remaining months to make a major push for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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It&#39;s been almost a week since Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died. With constant conflict in the Middle East , some wonder if Arafat&#39;s death will bring about peace in his former home.