Abbas: &#39;We are extending our hand to the Israelis&#39;
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Speaking to a congregation assembled for Christmas mass in a Bethlehem church Friday night, PLO chairman Mahoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) called on Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians.
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Â·  President Abbas swears in new government  Â·  Hamas claims its actions have brought stability
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Israel is offering cash advances of up to 115-thousand dollars to Jewish settlers willing to leave the Gaza Strip and West Bank. It&#39;s the first concrete step toward carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s contentious pullout plan.
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NEW LEADER: At his inaguration, Mahmoud Abbas urged an immediate cease-fire and said he was extending his hand in peace to Israel.
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Israeli president aims to shore up Abbas in wake of Hamas taking Gaza Strip.
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PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas has voiced optimism that armed Palestinian groups will respond to his call to lay down weapons. &quot;There has been progress in the negotiations with Palestinian factions about ending
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Mahmoud Abbas extended his hand in peace to Israel as he was sworn in as the new Palestinian leader Saturday, but the Israeli army killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and 46 election officials resigned over alleged ballot irregularities, crushing optimism for an early resumption of the peace process.
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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority also declared his readiness to hold talks with IsraelÂs prime minister.
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New Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  said on Sunday he was close to a deal with militants to cease  attacks on Israelis, a step needed to relaunch Middle East  peacemaking.
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An armed Palestinian group indicates that it would be willing to accept a truce with Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas has said before that the Palestinians were wrong to use violence against Israel in the &quot;current intifada.&quot; But this time, he said it as a candidate to lead the Palestinians
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Kuwaitâs Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said Saturday that the Kuwaiti- Palestinian dispute was over and welcomed a visit by the PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) who is leading a Palestinian delegation to the six-member GCC countries
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&quot;I think it&#39;s high time that the Arab countries, the Gulf countries, with ... high revenues from oil, support the Palestinian Authority because they.
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Saying 2005 presents an &quot;opportunity for a historic breakthrough,&quot; Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday invited the incoming Palestinian government to help Israel coordinate its withdrawal from Gaza next year.
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US asks Israel to help the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, by removing checkpoints and roadblocks near major Palestinian centres.
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Interim Palestinian leader and presidential front-runner Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday Dec. 28, 2004.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed in broad terms yesterday the issues most important to the creation of a Palestinian state in advance of a US-sponsored peace conference proposed for this fall.