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Mahmoud Abbas willing to negotiate with rival Hamas
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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Israel has allowed four Palestinian students to leave the Gaza Strip to apply for US visas so they can take up prestigious Fulbright scholarships. (article 1)
The four are among seven students whom the Israelis had been preventing from leaving Gaza - a move which led the US to briefly cancel the scholarships. (article 1)
The Israeli Supreme Court has called on the government to reconsider its almost total ban on Palestinian students leaving the Gaza Strip to study abroad. (article 2)
Israel tightened its blockade of Gaza after Hamas seized power there a year ago, largely cutting off the territory from the outside world. (article 2)
Palestinian human rights groups in Gaza said hundreds of students would miss deadlines to pursue studies at universities abroad if Israel did not relax travel restrictions. (article 2)
A member of the court hearing the petition said Israel's policy was harming "any chance of coexistence" between the Jewish state and its neighbours in Gaza. (article 2)
Shortly before the meeting, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said that a deal would be difficult if Israel did not stop expanding Jewish settlements. (article 3)
On Sunday, Israel announced plans to build 900 more homes for settlers in East Jerusalem, land regarded by the international community as occupied. (article 3)
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Gaza, Hamas, Abbas, Israel, Palestinian |
Source articles
- Four Gaza students get US visas (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 245 words)
- Israel court condemns student ban (BBC News, 06/03/2008, 342 words)
- Abbas-Olmert in new peace talks (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 89 words)
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