Gaza Militants Reject Unilateral Truce with Israel
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged  militant groups in Gaza on Saturday to agree to a mutual  cease-fire with Israel but they said they would only consider  one if the Jewish state promised to stop its assaults first.
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Israel&#39;s Ariel Sharon has rejected his army&#39;s request to scale back its Gaza offensive, seeking to avoid any show of weakness after deadly bombings in Egyptian resorts crowded with Israelis, security sources said.
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Hamas and Islamic Jihad reserve judgement on peace with Israel but agree to refrain from violence.
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Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree a ceasefire, officials say, but fighting rages on in Gaza.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party has rejected his request to form a new ruling coalition with the rival Labor Party to back his plan to withdraw unilaterally from Gaza and most of the West Bank.
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The leader of the Hizbullah group on Saturday rejected a UN resolution calling for his guerilla army to be dismantled, saying the world body&#39;s call served Israeli interests.
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Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz says Palestinian militants groups have agreed to a truce.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel and renounces violence.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday ruled out cease-fire talks with Hamas, calling Israel's battle against the Islamic militant group that controls the Gaza Strip a "true war."
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The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said Saturday they were adhering to a de facto truce with Israel, but stopped short of committing to the official cease-fire that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed on at their summit.
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GAZA CITY -- The Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said yesterday that they would not attack Israeli targets, but they refrained from officially joining a Palestinian cease-fire with Israel agreed upon at the summit meeting last week in Egypt.
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Israeli leaders rejected on Wednesday proposals to secure the Gaza Strip's breached frontier with Egypt with additional Egyptian border guards or an international force, government officials said.
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Israel's prime minister pledged Sunday to continue attacking Gaza militants, ruling out truce negotiations with Hamas amid widespread skepticism about the Islamic group's ability to halt rocket attacks.
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Israel dismisses an offer by Palestinian militant groups to stop firing rockets into Israel, if Israel end on Palestinians.
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JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip -- The Palestinian prime minister said yesterday that militants were prepared to stop firing rockets at Israel if it would halt all military action in Palestinian territories. Israel rejected the offer, saying it would respond positively only to a total truce.
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Although they avoid each other in public, Israel and the Islamist militants are quietly negotiating the release of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza
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Israeli Defence Minister says two Palestinian militant groups have agreed to a ceasefire during peace talks.