Hamas says Abbas seeks war
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President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces fired on a Hamas rally in the West Bank and gun battles between the two Palestinian factions erupted in Gaza on Friday, prompting a Hamas leader to accuse Abbas of starting a war.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to the Gaza Strip on Monday to try to end infighting between Palestinian factions and to work with the Hamas-led Cabinet to form a national unity government.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Hamas on Wednesday demanded a central role in controlling the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt in an open challenge to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of crisis talks in Cairo.
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Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya calls for an end to in-fighting after days of clashes between Hamas and Fatah factions.
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accuses Hamas of trying to set up its own state in Gaza.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals hold separate talks in Cairo over Gaza's border breach.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will  demand obedience from militant factions in talks Friday after  fighters bombarded Jewish settlements in Gaza despite a  cease-fire declared at a summit with Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time Thursday ordered his elite presidential guard to strike back against Hamas militants bent on besieging his Gaza City compound.
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The Palestinian leader today called for an end to militant acts, but Hamas said it will continue carrying out attacks.
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Palestinians battled across Gaza on Tuesday in what looked ever more like civil war as the forces of President Mahmoud Abbas rounded on those of the Islamist prime minister and their unity government headed for collapse.
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DEIR EL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for Palestinian president, called on militants yesterday to stop firing rockets at Israel, as Israeli tanks and troops massed in northern Gaza in response to the latest barrage.
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The interim Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has asked Palestinian militants to halt violence during the campaign for Jan. 9 presidential elections, a participant in truce talks said Tuesday.
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Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas voiced   conflicting views on Wednesday on unity government policies   central to the resumption of international aid to the   Palestinian Authority.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an Associated Press interview Saturday that he wants to protect militants from Israel, rejecting Israeli demands that he crack down on them. It was his latest campaign gesture to court gunmen seen by many Palestinians as resistance heroes and by Israel as terrorists.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces fired on a Hamas rally in the West Bank and battles between the two factions erupted in Gaza on Friday, prompting a Hamas leader to accuse Abbas of starting a war.
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Hamas Islamist gunmen pressed on with their Gaza offensive on Wednesday, killing eight fighters loyal to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas in a Palestinian supremacy struggle escalating steadily into civil war.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected demands on Wednesday by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border and told the Islamist group to "end its coup in Gaza".