Hamas sees blockade end after deal
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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.
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Militant groups have agreed to suspend attacks as they near a formal truce deal with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and await Israel's response, a senior Palestinian official said Monday.
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The agreement seemed to stop short of meeting the demands of the international community on Hamas.
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Hamas insisted on Monday that talks to   form a Palestinian unity government were not at a "dead end"   and said the impasse could be resolved with President Mahmoud   Abbas within two weeks.
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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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BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip  - Brothers Ismail and Muaeen Mdaires have every reason to hope Fatah and Hamas reach a deal in Mecca to end Gaza's factional warfare.
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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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Hamas' leader said Saturday his group was willing to give peace negotiations with Israel six months to reach an agreement for a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank, but threatened a new uprising if the talks fail.
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Hamas says it will accept a temporary truce if Israel halts targeted killings and releases Palestinian prisoners.
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Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz says Palestinian militants groups have agreed to a truce.
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GAZA CITY -- Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation.
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The rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas reached a tentative cease-fire Sunday to end days of bloody fighting that had raised tensions in the Gaza Strip to their highest point in a decade, mediators said.
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Hamas may be willing to agree to a cease-fire with Israel for one year, a senior official of the militant group said in an interview with an Egyptian newspaper. Hamas said it had not fired any rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip for days.
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Hamas and Fatah said that they had reached a new agreement to remove gunmen from the streets.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said yesterday, apparently softening Hamas's hard-line stance and boosting hopes for renewed peace efforts after Yasser Arafat's death.
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The Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are close to an agreement on power sharing in the Gaza Strip, Army Radio reported Sunday. Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath told the London based Arab newspaper
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said   on Monday he had reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail   Haniyeh of Hamas over forming a unity government that the   Palestinians hope will end their international isolation.