Top Hamas official offers conciliation
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In one of the most moderate statements ever made by a senior member of Hamas, the organization&#39;s spiritual leader in the West Bank, Sheik Hassan Yousef, told Israel Radio
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian Islamist group Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government which it said was the only way to ensure stability in the Middle East.
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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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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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Hamas's exiled political leader urges Palestinian unity amid rising tensions and violence between Hamas and Fatah.
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Mediation efforts are under way to defuse rising tension between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas faces the task of forming a new Palestinian government with the moderate Fatah, despite unresolved internal disputes and the warning of a U.S. boycott.
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A senior Palestinian official said here on Monday that the Palestinian leadership wanted to have further coordination and consultations with Syria and Lebanon.
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Officials in the Israeli prime ministerâs office reacted coolly to an indirect approach by the Hamas ruler in Gaza offering talks for a truce.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal arrived in Cairo on Thursday to discuss Egyptian mediation efforts for a prisoner exchange between the Palestinian movement and Israel, a high-level Hamas member said on Thursday.
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The Islamic militant group Hamas said on Thursday it was encouraged by what it called a "wait and see" approach by the Quartet of Middle East mediators toward a new Palestinian unity government.
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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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The European Union should establish contact with Hamas, the proscribed Islamist group, the holder of the EU's presidency has proposed.
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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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CAIRO - A top Hamas leader rejected a call by PLO chief Mahmud Abbas for Palestinian militant groups to lay down their arms in the fight against Israeli occupation, in an interview published Tuesday.
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Hamas is serious about coalition talks with President Mahmoud Abbas and wants them to succeed, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Sunday.
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Senior Palestinian officials said Monday they will start forming a new, national unity government in coming days, but acknowledged that previous dealbreakers, such as control over the security forces and the fate of Hamas' militia, have still not been resolved.