Solana denies direct Hamas contact
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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has denied having had direct contact with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, hours after he said just that in a BBC interview.
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Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar has said that his movement will not halt suicide attacks against Israel, and denied reports that Hamas was willing to join the Palestinian Authority.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected   on Monday international criticism of Israel's offensive in Gaza   and demands by militants to free Palestinian prisoners in   exchange for an abducted Israeli soldier.
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The Palestinian group Hamas denied on Sunday that it would ever carry out attacks in the United States. It also condemned the arrest of two members by American authorities, saying they are politically motivated.
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The Islamic resistance movement Hamas on Wednesday refused to halt attacks against the Jewish settlements during the period of preparations for the Jan. 9 elections.
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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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THE leader of Hamas in its Gaza Strip stronghold, Mahmud Zahar, has rejected any suggestion that the hardline group could soon call a halt to its campaign of attacks against Israel.
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Jerusalem, Aug 28. (PTI):Israel has rejected any links with a Pentagon employee who was allegedly passing sensitive documents to the country, saying it had not conducted intelligence gathering activities on US soil for years.
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A senior official of the Palestinian militant group Hamas indicted in the United States for conspiring to fund terror attacks against Israel denied the accusations and said the charges were driven by election-year politics in the United States.
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The UN relief agency for Palestinians denies Israel's claim to have 13 of its staff detained for terrorist links.
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The armed wing of Hamas rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's call for the deployment of international troops in the Gaza Strip, vowing on Saturday to attack them like other "occupation forces".
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The political leader of Hamas tells the BBC that the group has had secret contacts with Washington and the EU.
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Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy chief, was on Thursday forced to issue a retraction after saying he had made &quot;direct contact&quot; with Hamas, listed by the EU as a banned terrorist group.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he met recently with Islamic militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization.
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Hamas on Saturday rejected a deadline set   by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accept a plan that   indirectly calls for recognition of Israel, which he has   threatened to put to a referendum.
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The IDF denied claims that it had prevented the first batch of Palestinian security officials from crossing via the Rafah terminal crossing into Egypt on Saturday where they are to undergo military training in preparation for the planned disengagement
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An Egyptian accused of the Madrid train bombings on Monday denied admitting he planned the attack and said a bugged conversation in which he apparently called the bombers "friends" had been misunderstood.