Abbas says unity talks with Hamas at dead end
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JERICHO, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on a new push for Middle East peace, said on Thursday talks on a unity government with Hamas had reached a "dead end".
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called on Friday for unconditional talks with the rival Fatah faction to halt violence between Palestinians but vowed to keep up the Islamist group's armed struggle against Israel.
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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.
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A Palestinian unity government will not be agreed before the end of next week, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of the Islamist Hamas group said on Monday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas   reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Monday to form a unity government that the Palestinians hope   will end their international isolation and revive aid.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas has frozen talks on forming a unity government   after Hamas said it would not accept existing peace deals with   Israel, an aide said on Sunday.
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Accusing the Islamic militant group Hamas of backtracking, moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Saturday that his efforts to set up a national unity government that is acceptable to the West are "back to zero."
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The Palestinian quest for an independent state is on the verge of collapse after Hamas declares Islamic rule in Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian efforts to forge a national   unity government are back at "point zero," Palestinian   President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signaled he is giving up on forming a moderate government to replace the one headed by the militant Islamic Hamas, a decision that could lead to violence or new elections &#151; or both.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   of Hamas said on Sunday he remained hopeful a unity government   would be established, brushing aside President Mahmoud Abbas's   assertion that talks had to start from scratch.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday called for an end to Palestinian infighting and urged warring factions to unite in the struggle against Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held  talks with Hamas leaders in Gaza on Tuesday in the shadow of a  suicide bombing that underscored the difficulties he faces in  persuading militant groups to halt attacks on Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas will meet Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip as   early as Monday to try to revive stalled talks on a unity   government, aides said.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, said in an interview published Tuesday that the armed struggle against Israel was a mistake and should end.
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A new Palestinian unity government would   not object to President Mahmoud Abbas holding talks with   Israel, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday.
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Taking his campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat to the foot of Israel&#39;s West Bank barrier, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there would be no peace until Israel tore it down.