Palestinians 'strike unity deal'
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says agreement on the policies of a unity government with Hamas has been struck.
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Residents of a small Jewish settlement said Sunday they&#39;ve struck a deal to move to a village inside Israel, giving a boost to the government&#39;s contentious Gaza pullout plan by becoming the first community to agree to be
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Israel and the Palestinians have reached   an agreement to swap the Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza   with imprisoned Palestinians, Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas was quoted on Tuesday as saying.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas struck a deal Monday to share power with the militant Islamic Hamas, an accord that would restore international aid and could lead to contacts with Israel.
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JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and the opposition Labour agreed to form a national unity government on Saturday.
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Rival Palestinian factions drew close to an agreement Thursday over the outlines of a power-sharing government in which the militant Hamas group would promise to "respect" peace deals signed with Israel
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Hamas said on Wednesday its agreement to   form a Palestinian unity government should not be seen as a   softening in the Islamic group's position toward Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he might opt to dissolve the Hamas-led government and that unity talks with the Islamist group had broken down.
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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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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in  principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's  official news agency MENA reported Tuesday.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end bloodshed between their followers and to win back Western aid halted because of the hostility of Hamas to Israel.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators on Wednesday endorsed Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas' effort to establish a national unity government with   Hamas, which is still officially committed to the destruction   of Israel.
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya resigns as part of a new deal to set up a national unity government.
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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 President Mahmoud Abbas met Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Gaza on Thursday for talks aimed at finalizing a unity government deal, a Palestinian official said.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said a deal was reached between his Fatah faction and Hamas to halt fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip in which six fighters were killed on Tuesday.