Hamas: We're Still in Contact With EU
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The leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said his organization is still in contact with the European Union even though the 25-nation bloc considers it a terrorist group.
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Ismail Haniya told a crowd today that his Hamas movement would not give in to international pressure that has crippled his government.
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A leader of the Palestinian faction Hamas says he is ready for talks with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.
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The United States and European Union held firm Thursday to their refusal to deal with the militant Palestinian Hamas movement as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair prepared to start his new job as Middle East peace envoy.
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RAFAH, Egypt  - A leading member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas entered Egypt from Gaza on Thursday to resume talks with the Egyptian government on arrangements at the border, a security source said.
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Israel could be a future member of the European Union, a top EU official suggested Tuesday.
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The European Union said Friday that the move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a national unity government was a welcome bid to end the deadlock created by January's election victory by the Hamas movement.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Friday several European states have pledged to send money to the new Palestinian government, adding that key peace mediators could also challenge the U.S. decision to shun the Palestinians.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief denied Thursday that he recently met with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization.
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JERUSALEM -- A local Hamas leader indicated yesterday the militant group would not attack Israelis during the Palestinian presidential campaign and would consider a formal truce with Israel in the latest signs of hope for renewed peace efforts in the region.
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BEIRUT : The Palestinian movement Hamas denied that its leadership had decided to strike Israeli interests abroad, vowing to avenge the killing of top militant in a time and place of its own choosing.
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The United States denied it had held contacts with Hamas as a leader of the radical Palestinian group has claimed. &quot;We don&#39;t conduct business with designated terrorist organisations.
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The European Union wants to resume direct aid to the Palestinians to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet but is still looking at when it can release funds, EU officials said on Monday.
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European Union leaders pledged Friday to work with a new Palestinian unity government as long as its programme takes into account the demands of the international Quartet on the Middle East.
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The European Union on Monday  raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's  breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas has said there will be no let-up in its attempts to launch missiles from Gaza at targets in neighbouring Israel.
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Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar has said that his movement will not halt suicide attacks against Israel, and denied reports that Hamas was willing to join the Palestinian Authority.