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Mahmoud Abbas willing to negotiate with rival Hamas
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JERUSALEM Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he would agree to talks with the militant Islamic group Hamas, an apparent about-face that reflects dwindling hope for a U.S.-brokered peace with Israel. (article 5)
Hamas embraced the offer to end a year-old breach, a move that could jeopardize the Israeli and Western support that props up Abbas' more secular administration. (article 5)
The Palestinian leader opened a televised speech from the West Bank city of Ramallah by defending peace talks with Israel that were revived in November. (article 5)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called today for renewed dialogue with Hamas after insisting for months that the Islamic militants relinquish control of Gaza first. (article 6)
Abbas said in a speech that the Palestinians must have national dialogue " to end the internal division that harms our people, (our) cause. (article 6)
Abbas won an election to succeed Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004, but Hamas swept his Fatah Party out of power in a 2006 election. (article 6)
At a time when both countries place enormous emphasis on cultivating and nurturing Palestinian moderates, denying young people access to Western education is unbelievably shortsighted. (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 3)
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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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Source articles
- Students trapped in Gaza (L.A. Times, 06/03/2008, 487 words)
- 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)
- Palestinian leader urges new dialogue with Hamas (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 662 words)
- Mahmoud Abbas willing to negotiate with rival Hamas (L.A. Times, 06/05/2008, 521 words)
- Palestinian president calls for renewed dialogue with Hamas - (baltimoresun.com, 06/04/2008, 315 words)
- Abbas-Olmert in new peace talks (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 89 words)
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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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Story keywords
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Gaza, Hamas, Abbas, Israel, Palestinian |
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