Palestinian Police Won't Stop Militants
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Palestinian policemen, who have been given the task of restraining militants, say they can't or won't do the job. Interviewed at their front-line positions, some say they feel sympathy for the gunmen, while others fear getting shot at by Israeli troops.
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Mahmoud Abbas, newly-named chief of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, denied the shootout in Arafat&#39;s mourning tent in Gaza on Sunday was aimed at him.
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The Islamic resistance movement Hamas on Wednesday refused to halt attacks against the Jewish settlements during the period of preparations for the Jan. 9 elections.
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Israeli border police scuffle with Israeli peace activists in a village near the West Bank town of Ramallah. Photo: AP. Paramilitary border police detained two Palestinians at a checkpoint and
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A Palestinian security force fanned out Wednesday in two neighborhoods of this refugee camp in southern Lebanon to prevent further clashes between Islamic militants and Lebanese troops.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas vowed Tuesday to keep up its armed resistance against Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Israel is unlikely to release from prison 100 members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, an Israeli government official said on Sunday.
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Hamas security forces go out in force to prevent Fatah supporters defying a ban on outdoor prayers in Gaza.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Palestinian police are slowly starting to exert control over some West Bank towns, long the domain of hooded gunmen and their automatic rifles, with the aid of Western-backed funding and training.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Islamic militant groups behind many suicide bombings dismissed yesterday a call from Mahmoud Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, to halt attacks in the run-up to a Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - New Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces Monday to prevent all  attacks on Israel by militants who have defied his calls for  calm, a cabinet minister said.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that he wants to shield Palestinian militants from Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - New Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces Monday to prevent all  attacks on Israel by militants who have defied his calls for  calm.
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Hundreds of Palestinian and Egyptian police formed human cordons on both sides of the Gaza-Egypt border Thursday to block Palestinians trying to get through after militants blasted a hole in a cement wall near the crossing.
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Israel hopes displays of military might will pressure Palestinians into turning against the Hamas-linked militants who abducted an Israeli soldier.
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Israel will not stand in the way of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas taking control of Gaza's breached border with Egypt as part of a deal to sideline Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave, officials said on Tuesday.
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The man widely believed to be leading the new Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip said Wednesday that his group wants to maintain calm in the area, but will not be the "protector" of the Israeli border.