Gaza Prepares for Failure
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As Fatah and Hamas leaders seek a last-ditch agreement in Mecca, on the ground their supporters are bracing for war
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Israel is prepared to turn over security responsibilities in the northern Gaza Strip to Palestinian forces well ahead of a planned withdrawal from the area in mid-2005, Israeli security officials said today.
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Hamas' path in consolidating control in the Gaza Strip:
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Halting Palestinian rocket attacks could be crucial for Sharon&#39;s plan to abandon occupied Gaza next year. Criticism has soared since a. Palestinian rocket killed two Israeli toddlers at a border town last Wednesday.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the leading contender to succeed Yasser Arafat, said Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hope of annexing West Bank settlements and keeping all of Jerusalem in a final peace deal is a disaster that could torpedo efforts to restart peace talks.
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Aid officials warned that Gaza, gripped by fuel and electrical shortages, was a few days away from a health and food crisis.
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THE approaching death of Yasser Arafat will throw most Palestinians into mourning but breathe new life into the failed Middle East peace process.
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza  - The pockmarked house is deserted. Among the smashed furniture lie posters of women and children killed by Israeli shells two weeks ago.
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip -- Despite promises from Hamas leaders that their victory over rival Fatah forces has ushered in an era of security for the Gaza Strip, residents expressed more concern than hope yesterday about the future of their impoverished coastal territory.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, faces the collapse of Fatah power in Gaza and a putative Palestinian state divided between Fatah and Hamas.
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Tentative hopes for a revived peace process in the Israel-Palestinian conflict were shattered last night by the collapse of Ariel Sharon&#39;s parliamentary majority and the prospect
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Viewpoint: The West is betting that continued Palestinian misery will force Hamas leaders to recognize Israel. But the strategy is as misguided as it is cruel
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Hamas-ruled Gaza will likely see little of the unprecedented $7.4 billion in aid promised to the Palestinians by the international community on Monday.
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JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip suffered a setback yesterday, after a parliamentary committee failed to approve a set of guidelines for dealing with Jewish settlers in the evacuation.
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Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya collapses while addressing tens of thousands of supporters in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian security forces were poised to  deploy on Friday across the northern Gaza Strip to prevent  attacks on Israelis, paving the way for a resumption of talks  between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
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A tunnel used by Palestinian weapons smugglers along the Egyptian border collapsed today, burying several people inside. Israeli military sources said the tunnel collapsed while an unknown number of Palestinians