Hamas accepts state in W. Bank, Gaza
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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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A government will be comprised Hamas and the Palestinian AuthorityÂs own Fatah party.
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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, but it was not clear if it was enough to end an international embargo.
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Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah sign an agreement to form a national unity government.
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DAHARIYA, West Bank -- Thousands of Palestinians voted yesterday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in 28 years, with the Islamic group Hamas vying for political power for the first time against Fatah, the main faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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HAMAS has won significant victories in local elections in the West Bank, the first to have been contested by the Islamic militant movement that is sworn to see Israelâs destruction.
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RAMALLAH (Cisgiordania) - Hamas potrebbe accettare la creazione di uno stato palestinese in Cisgiordania e nella Striscia di Gaza e una tregua con Israele. Lo ha detto oggi Hassan Youssef, leader in Cisgiordania del movimento integralista palestinese.
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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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Security forces from the Hamas Islamist movement took up positions in the Gaza Strip on Friday ahead of possible rallies by the rival Fatah faction, in defiance of a ban imposed after clashes in recent weeks.
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A Hamas leader said the militant Islamic group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel, signaling
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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Israel agreed to allow some fuel, medicine and food into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Tuesday, at least temporarily easing a blockade that has plunged much of the territory into darkness and sparked international protests.
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Gaza's Hamas rulers on Tuesday hotly denied letting al-Qaida infiltrate the coastal strip, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has alleged.
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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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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas struck a deal Monday to share power with the militant Islamic Hamas, an accord that could restore international aid and could lead to contacts with Israel.
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A leader of the Palestinian faction Hamas says he is ready for talks with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.
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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.