Hamas rebuffed in approach to Israel: source
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A prominent Hamas official tried to open discussions with Israel to ease confrontation in the Gaza Strip but was rebuffed, a Palestinian official familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday.
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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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An official of the Palestinians&#039; Hamas-led government who returned from a seven-nation trip with &#36;20 million in his luggage said Saturday that he will continue to funnel money across the Egyptian border despite European objections.
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The exiled leader of Hamas said Friday the militant Palestinian group rejected a European offer for an indirect meeting with Israelis to discuss a possible truce, adding Palestinians have no choice other than "resistance."
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Hamas Thursday denied European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana had direct contact with the Palestinian militant group. Solana had told the BBC he had contacts with Hamas
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  failed Monday to persuade his security cabinet to speed up a  Gaza withdrawal agreed in principle by the government two  months ago, political sources said.
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Israel has responded coolly to reports of secret contacts with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has revealed there has been some contacts, but he has
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Gaza's Hamas rulers on Tuesday hotly denied letting al-Qaida infiltrate the coastal strip, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has alleged.
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Israel is examining a Hamas truce proposal delivered by Egypt, defense officials said
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Hamas ruled out any truce with Israel  Sunday and repeated its desire to destroy the Jewish state,  rejecting what had appeared to be more conciliatory comments by  one of the Islamic militant group's leaders.
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Israel wants to cut its links with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open the territory's border with Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade, Israel's deputy defense minister said on Thursday.
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Coalition talks between Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday hit a snag &#151; the first since last week's power-sharing deal &#151; and Abbas postponed a speech to the nation.
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Hamas gave Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh its list of nominees for ministerial posts in a national unity cabinet on Saturday, but a source in the Islamist movement declined to reveal the names.
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JERUSALEM -- Embattled leaders Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat rebuffed demands from their backers yesterday, holding steadfast to positions posing great political risk: Sharon insisted he will press on with efforts to pull out of Gaza despite a stinging rebuke from his party, while Arafat refused to sign reform legislation.
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Prime minister Ehud Olmert rebuffed a request from the U.N. secretary general for even a partial lifting of the blockade.
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Israel accused Egypt on Thursday of undercutting Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects by letting about 2,200 Palestinian pilgrims return to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip without Israeli screening.
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The armed wing of Hamas rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's call for the deployment of international troops in the Gaza Strip, vowing on Saturday to attack them like other "occupation forces".