Abbas sides with angry civil servants
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Thousands of angry civil servants turned up the pressure on the beleaguered Hamas government Wednesday, marching to demand payment of overdue wages and winning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' blessing for a major strike next week.
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Moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called Israel "the Zionist enemy" for the first time Tuesday after an Israeli tank killed seven Palestinian youths in a Gaza strawberry field.
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Palestinian Authority workers began demolishing illegal buildings next to Gaza City early Tuesday, signaling that new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas intends to enforce laws that have been long ignored.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh  of Hamas accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday  of "one-sided" policies that have punished the Palestinian  people and their elected government.
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JERUSALEM - The armed uprising against Israel was an error and should end, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in a rare public condemnation of the four-year-old intefadeh that has killed hundreds of Israelis.
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Protesters loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah stoned the home of a minister in the rival Hamas-led government on Monday, fuelling fears of escalating violence despite appeals for calm from both sides.
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Ignoring Hamas' vehement protests, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday swore in a new government without his political rivals, outlawed Hamas militias and said he'll push hard for a restoration of foreign aid to the Palestinians after a punishing 15-month boycott.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, under growing pressure to rein in militants, ordered his security forces yesterday to prevent attacks on Israel and investigate a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians last week.
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Foreign envoys to the Palestinian Authority are being asked not to &quot;embrace&quot; Mahmoud Abbas and Ahmed Qureia or make statements that could provide fodder for the pair&#39;s opponents.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the moderate Palestinian Authority president, has little power to carry out his decrees or his will.
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The Palestinians will not accept an interim settlement with Israel, Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League during a visit to Egypt yesterday.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Friday accused members of rival security forces of mutiny against the government for taking part in street protests over unpaid wages.
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Palestinians react angrily to reports the US is willing to accept Jewish settlement construction.
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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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PALESTINIAN presidential frontrunner Mahmoud Abbas rejected an offer by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today to coordinate Israel&#39;s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next year.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas harshly criticized the Islamic Hamas on Wednesday over its takeover of Gaza last week, referring to the group's members as "murderous terrorists."
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Thousands of Palestinian civil servants strike over the failure of the Hamas-led government to pay wages.