Hamas leader had eluded Israel for years
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Adnan al-Ghoul, the Hamas military leader assassinated in an Israeli missile strike Thursday, had long eluded Israeli forces through a mixture of stealth and luck.
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Sharon and Bush demonised Yasser Arafat for years and exploited the orchestrated hatred to sabotage any step towards peace. This alibi has now disappeared.
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A Hamas leader dismissed Palestinian Authority presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s call for an end to the armed Palestinian uprising, Haaretz reported.
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Analysis: The meeting of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is designed to warn Hamas of the consequences of going it alone
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Israel prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Muslim states.
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A senior Hamas leader has survived an Israeli assassination attempt in the Gaza Strip, but at least five other Palestinians were killed in the explosion that tore through his home.
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Azzam Azzam, the Israeli Druze who returned to Israel Sunday after spending seven years in an Egyptian prison on charges of spying, categorically denied he was acting as an agent for the Jewish state.
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A new hole opens in the Arab-Israeli peace strategy of isolating Hamas.
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Hamas screened purported confessions on Saturday that it said proved Palestinian rivals had plotted to kill the Islamists' leader in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel has responded coolly to reports of secret contacts with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has revealed there has been some contacts, but he has
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Since the peace process began at the 1991 Madrid Conference, Gaza has not been a topic for negotiation. That&#39;s because everyone realized that in any peace agreement with the Palestinians there would cease to be an Israeli presence in the Strip.
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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who&#39;s kept a low profile since last month&#39;s twin suicide bombing in southern Israel, made a surprise visit to Egypt on Sunday, holding talks
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Hamas gave Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh its list of nominees for ministerial posts in a national unity cabinet on Saturday, but a source in the Islamist movement declined to reveal the names.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 20, 2004  A Hamas leader and two other suspected members of the Palestinian militant group were indicted on charges they participated in a lengthy racketeering conspiracy to provide money for terrorist acts in Israel, Attorney General ...
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No serious negotiations have been held   on swapping an Israeli soldier captured by Gaza-based militants   for Palestinian prisoners, Hamas's exiled political leader   Khaled Meshaal said in remarks published on Thursday.
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JERUSALEM - Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Thursday that Israel had never been closer to expelling veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from his West Bank headquarters.
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Israel lost its first soldier in combat in nine months on Thursday in a confrontation with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, where the Islamist group seized control over rival Palestinian factions a month ago.