Palestinian Militants in Egypt for Israel Truce Talks
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Leaders of Palestinian Islamic militant factions are in Cairo for cease-fire talks with the Egyptians, days before Egypt is to host an Israeli-Palestinian summit, officials from the groups said in Gaza on Wednesday.
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GAZA CITY -- Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation.
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A truce between rival Palestinian factions in Gaza appears to take hold after days of deadly clashes.
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Leading Israeli writers and academics urge the government to negotiate a truce with Hamas militants.
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Egypt said Tuesday it had brokered an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, hours after Hamas militants set off a bomb in Gaza that killed an Israeli soldier and triggered Israeli retaliation that left four Palestinian militants dead in the most serious violence since the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who&#39;s kept a low profile since last month&#39;s twin suicide bombing in southern Israel, made a surprise visit to Egypt on Sunday, holding talks
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Israeli Defence Minister says two Palestinian militant groups have agreed to a ceasefire during peace talks.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A militant group linked to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah faction announced yesterday it is ready to stop violence if Israel halts military operations, and Israeli officials indicated that they are considering the idea.
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The Islamist militant group battling Lebanese troops at a Palestinian refugee camp said on Wednesday it was willing to resume talks to end the fighting, a move that came after it lost ground in a two-month-old battle.
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Palestinian security forces took up  positions on Friday across northern Gaza to curb militant  attacks against Israel as part of new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas's plan to halt violence and revive peace talks.
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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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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals hold separate talks in Cairo over Gaza's border breach.
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GAZA CITY -- Militant groups have agreed to temporarily halt attacks on Israel, a trial period before a formal truce agreement, to give Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas time to appeal to Israel to stop targeting militants, Palestinian officials said yesterday.
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Israel will allow dozens of exiled  Palestinian militants to return home in a move likely to  bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's effort to talk  Islamist militants into a truce, officials said on Saturday.
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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who's kept a low profile since last month's twin suicide bombing in southern Israel, made a surprise visit to Egypt on Sunday, holding talks with Egypt's intelligence chief about an anticipated Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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The truce is expected to end the five-month Israeli military offensive into Gaza and rocket attacks from Palestinian militants
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The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said Saturday they were adhering to a de facto truce with Israel, but stopped short of committing to the official cease-fire that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed on at their summit.