Hamas bans Gaza outdoor prayers
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Hamas bans outdoor prayer meetings in Gaza, saying they were used by its Fatah rivals to stage mass protests.
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Hamas said on Wednesday it had canceled an annual rally on the anniversary of its founding for fear Israel might target leaders of the Palestinian militant group in reprisal for a deadly attack on an army outpost.
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Egypt will close its breached border with Gaza on Sunday, and Hamas will not stand in the way, a Hamas leader said.
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The Islamic movement Hamas said today that it would not take part in Palestinian presidential elections set for January, a decision that could complicate efforts to hold a peaceful and orderly campaign.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The militant Islamic group  Hamas made significant inroads against the mainstream Fatah  movement in Palestinian municipal elections held last week in  the West Bank, official results showed Sunday.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel said yesterday it would severely limit the access of Muslim worshippers to Jerusalem's holiest site during the holy month of Ramadan, fearing it could collapse.
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Authorities here announced a nationwide ban on all political and religious meetings except Friday prayers after a car bombing early Thursday in the central city of Multan killed 40 people and wounded at least 100.
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Israel yesterday lifted a threat to limit the number of Muslim worshipers at the Temple Mount for Ramadan rites that begin today. Israeli authorities had warned they may clamp restrictions
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Hamas is to halt attacks on Israelis in the run-up to elections for a successor to the late Yasser Arafat, a senior leader of the militant group said yesterday.
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The Palestinian group Hamas denied on Sunday that it would ever carry out attacks in the United States. It also condemned the arrest of two members by American authorities, saying they are politically motivated.
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GAZA CITY - For years, the seaside Flower of the Cities resort was that rare place in the Gaza Strip where the dress code did not rule out bikinis. Now, with some of its cinder-block cabanas turned into prayer rooms, the beach club shows how Hamas is consolidating its hold here three months after seizing power.
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JERUSALEM: Israel scaled back its vast operation in northern Gaza despite the deaths of four more Palestinians as tens of thousands of Muslims joined the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem&#39;s Al Aqsa mosque.
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Israel&#39;s Shin Bet security service has barred Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza from using the Ben-Gurion International Airport, citing &quot;terror&quot; attacks, the Ha&#39;aretz daily reported Wednesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued decrees to bypass constitutional limits on his powers to establish an emergency government shutting out Islamist Hamas, aides said on Sunday.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas abruptly calls off its anniversary rally fearing that Israel may target its leaders.
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Hamas on Saturday rejected as unconstitutional the government appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to replace a Hamas-led cabinet, and called for parliament to convene to try to reverse the decision.
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Hamas fighters on Thursday raised the green flags of the Islamist movement over one of the last Gaza City bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses said.