Seeing Hope in a Hamas Victory
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Bush tries to paint Abbas's defeat in Gaza as a new opportunity for peace. But is he throwing good money after bad?
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IN Israel/Palestine, pessimism is close kin to commonsense: hope, to naivety. No commentator has ever sounded foolish by emphasising the obstacles to peace.
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Mahmoud Abbas's victory Sunday gives new impetus to negotiation with Israel.
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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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Hamas - regarded as a terror group by Israel and the West â-ade a strong showing in West Bank local elections â - first time the Islamic militant group competed at the polls.
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The leaders of Hamas and Fatah seem sincere in their attempt to form a unity government. But plenty of others, from George W. Bush to Ayman al-Zawahiri, are complicating that effort
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In the violent and volatile world of Israeli-Palestinian relations, a football club Bnei Sakhnin has become a beacon of some hope.
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A senior Hamas official expressed hope Sunday that the United States and European Union would be "fairer" in mediating the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but he said his group would continue its resistance even if a Palestinian state was established.
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JERUSALEM, June 15 -- Victorious Hamas gunmen rounded up senior military leaders of the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip early Friday, then announced a general amnesty in a sign the Islamic movement is seeking to reconcile with its secular rivals after five days of fierce fighting.
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Palestinians ready to compromise will claim to be completing Arafat's journey. So will those wanting to fight on
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December 25, 2004 -- JERUSALEM - Hamas finished a strong second â-o Yasser Arafat&#39;s more moderate Fatah faction â -the terrorist group&#39;s debut in Palestinian elections, officials said yesterday.
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A Hamas military victory in Gaza would create a two-headed Palestine &#151; with the Islamic extremists in control in the coastal strip and Western-backed Fatah ruling the West Bank.
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For most Israelis, Yasser Arafat's death opens up new hope for an end to the violence.
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Abbas dissolves the government, but  Hamas now controls Gaza. For Israel, the choice is between trying to reverse that reality, or dealing  with the Islamists
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BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip  - Brothers Ismail and Muaeen Mdaires have every reason to hope Fatah and Hamas reach a deal in Mecca to end Gaza's factional warfare.
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Seven months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s astonishing announcement of a plan to withdraw all the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip ignited a tiny spark of hope among people searching for some way out of another ghastly intifada.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas has won a huge victory in local polls in Gaza, unofficial results indicate.