Hamas Clears Way for Unity Government
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Hamasâs move is part of a deal to form a Palestinian unity government that will also include the Fatah faction.
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Islamic resistance group Hamas has scored significant successes in Palestinian municipal elections, initial results have shown. An unofficial tally gave Hamas control of seven councils against 11 for the Fatah
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   of Hamas said on Monday he was close to agreeing a unity   government with President Mahmoud Abbas, which Palestinians   hope will lead to a lifting of Western sanctions.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail   Haniyeh's guards fired into the air on Monday to clear a path   through striking workers who mobbed his motorcade in another   sign of deep divides on the road to a unity government.
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Hamas says it has taken full control of Gaza, hours after Palestinian President Abbas declared an emergency.
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The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said Friday, apparently
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Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree to form a national unity government, officials say.
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A senior Hamas leader indicated Monday that the militant group is halting attacks on Israelis while the Palestinians prepare to choose a new leader, the latest sign of change following the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Rivals Hamas and Fatah will present a national unity government to parliament for approval Saturday, in hopes of ending deadly internal fighting and leading the Palestinians out of international isolation.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Hamas Islamic militants  scored significant successes in Palestinian municipal  elections, the first contested by the group sworn to destroying  Israel, initial results showed on Friday.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end open warfare between their followers and international sanctions on the Hamas-led administration.
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Hamas's top leader in the West Bank was released from an Israeli prison Thursday after completing a two-year sentence, potentially bolstering the Palestinian militant group's standing in the West Bank.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end open warfare between their followers, but it was not clear if it was enough to end an international embargo.
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The radical Islamic Hamas movementdid well in the first round of the Palestinian municipal elections,official results which was announced in Ramallah on Sunday showed.
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The Palestinian Authority president said that he had reached a tentative agreement with Hamas meant to end the PalestiniansÂ international isolation.
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JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon moved swiftly to forge a national unity government after winning approval to reshape his coalition and crushing internal opposition to his Gaza pullout plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  and Labor Party leader Shimon Peres reached a deal on Thursday  that appeared to clear a final obstacle toward forming a unity  government that would press ahead with a Gaza pullout.