Abbas Declares War With Israel Effectively Over
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The Palestinian leader also said that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is speaking "a different language" to the Palestinians.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by telephone on Saturday that militant groups had agreed to cease attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as of 0400 GMT on Sunday, an Abbas aide said.
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The Palestinian Authority Monday ordered its mass media to stop inciting violence against Israel. Official sources told UPI PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas recently visited PA media
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Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan on Monday, Dec. 20, 2004. Abbas said he welcomes any form of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza but this withdrawal should not end there, it must be part of the road map.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  has secured an agreement with leading Palestinian militant  groups for a cease-fire of about a month in the Middle East  conflict, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Sunday.
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Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a wide margin Sunday, exit polls showed, giving him a decisive mandate to renew peace talks with Israel, rein in militants and try to end more than four years of Mideast bloodshed.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders said they will declare a formal end to more than four years of fighting during a summit Tuesday in this Egyptian resort &#151; a breakthrough in Mideast peacemaking that comes after both sides also accepted invitations to meet separately with President Bush at the White House.
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GAZA CITY -- Militant groups have agreed to temporarily halt attacks on Israel, a trial period before a formal truce agreement, to give Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas time to appeal to Israel to stop targeting militants, Palestinian officials said yesterday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in  as Palestinian president on Saturday, but his call for a  cease-fire was overshadowed as Israel killed eight Palestinians  in Gaza and cut ties with him over a deadly militant attack.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas signed decrees dissolving the Palestinian government and declaring a state of emergency across the West Bank and Gaza Strip, an Abbas aide said on Thursday.
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Mahmoud Abbas's victory Sunday gives new impetus to negotiation with Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas declared that  he had won a Palestinian presidential election on Sunday and  dedicated his victory to Yasser Arafat, the iconic leader he is  replacing.
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The honeymoon's over for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday that months of coalition talks with the ruling Hamas have hit a "dead end" &#151; and his aides said he's done negotiating with the Islamic militants.
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The truce is expected to end the five-month Israeli military offensive into Gaza and rocket attacks from Palestinian militants
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As Islamist gunmen mopped up his routed forces in Gaza, Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Palestinian government on Thursday and declared a state of emergency after six days of bloody faction fighting.
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The armed uprising against Israel is a mistake and must end, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published Tuesday, signaling his determination to change direction after Yasser Arafat's death.