Top Hamas official offers conciliation
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In one of the most moderate statements ever made by a senior member of Hamas, the organization&#39;s spiritual leader in the West Bank, Sheik Hassan Yousef, told Israel Radio
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Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters on Friday demanded that Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh head any Palestinian unity government despite a deal for him to step aside as a way of restoring Western aid.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas   could sack the Hamas-led Palestinian government if it does not   agree to his terms by the end of the month, a senior official   from Abbas's Fatah movement said on Monday.
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In a bold initiative, the Palestinian president gave Hamas 10 days to accept the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, saying Thursday he&#039;ll submit the plan to a referendum by mid-July if the Islamic militants refuse.
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Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire. Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire.
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Hamas on Saturday rejected demands by PLO leaders that its government resign over the failure to form a moderate coalition acceptable to the West &#151; a sign of an intensifying power struggle between Islamic militants and moderate President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Rival Palestinian factions drew close to an agreement Thursday over the outlines of a power-sharing government in which the militant Hamas group would promise to "respect" peace deals signed with Israel
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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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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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The militant Palestinian group Hamas said Friday it was setting aside its differences with ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and called for a united Palestinian leadership to work toward general elections.
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In the first admission of its kind, a senior Hamas official disclosed on Saturday that the movement has a number of factories in the Gaza Strip for manufacturing various types of weapons.
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Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh head any Palestinian unity government despite a deal for him to step aside as a means of restoring Western aid.
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The new U.N. Mideast envoy called Wednesday for the restoration of the Palestinian Authority's unity, conceding it won't be easy after the "appalling violence" in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah.
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A senior Hamas official expressed hope Sunday that the United States and European Union would be &quot;fairer&quot; in mediating the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but he said his group would continue its resistance even if a Palestinian state was established.
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Egypt invites the Palestinian group Hamas to attend talks in Cairo "promptly" on resolving the border crisis.
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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.