Hamas to Cooperate on Border Closing
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Hamas said that it would cooperate with Egypt to close the breached border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- 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 yesterday, apparently softening Hamas's hard-line stance and boosting hopes for renewed peace efforts after Yasser Arafat's death.
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Israel orders the closure of Gaza's border with Egypt to prevent Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya's return.
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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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Israel says it will erect a fence along the Egypt border to stop possible infiltration by Palestinian militants.
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Egypt invites the Palestinian group Hamas to attend talks in Cairo "promptly" on resolving the border crisis.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egypt began closing its breached border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, using barbed wire and water cannons to keep Palestinians from leaving the Hamas-controlled territory in defiance of an Israeli blockade.
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Officials agreed Thursday on cooperative border measures to halt attacks on Israeli towns.
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Senior officials from rival Fatah and Hamas factions agreed on Saturday to pull their gunmen off the streets of Gaza and halt bloodshed that has killed 23 Palestinians in the last three days.
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Islamic Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef said Friday that his movement is conditionally willing to accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Hamas and Fatah security officials exchanged fire at Gaza's border with Egypt on Tuesday as Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh passed through on his way to reconciliation talks
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Egyptian soldiers deploy rolls of barbed wire as they start to close the Gaza/Egypt border
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A Hamas leader said the  militant group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in  the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel,  signaling a possible new overture to end hostilities.
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RAFAH, Egypt  - A leading member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas entered Egypt from Gaza on Thursday to resume talks with the Egyptian government on arrangements at the border, a security source said.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Hamas Islamists called on Egypt on Saturday to open its shuttered border crossing with the Gaza Strip to let more than 2,000 Palestinians return to their Gaza homes from the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca.
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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 softening Hamas' hardline stance and boosting hopes for renewed peace efforts after Yasser Arafat's death.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egyptian forces began closing the breached border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the flow of Palestinians across the frontier breached by Hamas Islamists last month, witnesses said.