Abbas Says Any Gaza Talks Must Follow 'Road Map'
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Presidential frontrunner  Mahmoud Abbas appeared on Thursday to reject coordinating with  Israel on a plan that means quitting occupied Gaza while  keeping large chunks of the West Bank.
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MAHMOUD Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, has called for an end to armed attacks against Israeli targets in an attempt to mark out a new strategy for peace in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that he is ready to honor the security commitments in an internationally backed peace plan, adding that he hopes to resume negotiations with Israel soon.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a "new page" by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding reconciliation talks with his Fatah faction.
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Analysis: The meeting of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is designed to warn Hamas of the consequences of going it alone
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Israel will not stand in the way of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas taking control of Gaza's breached border with Egypt as part of a deal to sideline Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave, officials said on Tuesday.
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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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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas   said on Sunday talks on a Palestinian unity government could   still succeed, brushing aside President Mahmoud Abbas's comment   that they had reached "point zero" and must start from scratch.
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Middle East News, GAZA, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for his people to pursue negotiations instead of violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected on Monday to urge Hamas Islamists to agree to early elections, cede control of the Gaza Strip and hold talks with his Fatah faction, a Palestinian official said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President-elect Mahmoud  Abbas said on Thursday the Palestinians intended to start  carrying out security commitments under a U.S.-backed "road  map" charting a path to statehood and peace with Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday that months of coalition talks with the ruling Hamas have hit a "dead end" &#151; and his aides said he's done negotiating with the Islamic militants.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to send a delegation to the U.N. next week to try to revive the 'road map' peace plan, hoping to win legitimacy for the unity government his moderate Fatah faction and ...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Gaza on Thursday for talks aimed at finalizing a unity government deal, a Palestinian official said.
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Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, said Thursday Israel must stop military action against Palestinians or there can be no peace.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will  demand obedience from militant factions in talks on Friday  after fighters bombarded Jewish settlements in Gaza despite a  ceasefire declared at a summit with Israel.
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Israel will not block Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from assuming control of the Gaza Strip's breached border crossing with Egypt as part of an agreement with Cairo, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.