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Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, denounced on Tuesday during a cabinet meeting in Gaza , what he called escalation by the Palestinian Authority's security services against Hamas in the West Bank.  

JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction has rejected a request by Islamist rival Hamas to meet ahead of unity talks planned for next month in Cairo, Fatah officials said Tuesday."Hamas ...  

The Hamas government announced Tuesday that it will not permit thousands of striking teachers to return to their jobs, further heightening tensions with its political rivals in the West Bank.The strike was called Aug. 24 by the West Bank-based teachers' union. It was seen, in part, as an attempt...  

A spokesman for Hamas on Tuesday said committees to help settling outstanding issues with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement were formed.  

Egypt has handed out its vision to rival factions of Hamas and Fatah for settling their rift and making a Palestinian national reconciliation, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday.  

Tuesday's decision further heightens tensions between Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers and the government of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who controls the West Bank. The Gaza strike was called in August by the West Bank-based ...  

Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat - An informed Palestinian source warned against excessive optimism following talks that a Hamas Movement delegation recently held in Cairo. He emphasized that the understandings,  

Damascus, Asharq Al-Awsat - Palestinian sources have told Asharq al-Awsat that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu-Mazin) did not ask Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to pressure the Hamas movement into  

DAMASCUS, Syria — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday the rift between his mainstream Palestinian faction and archrival Hamas must end. The Hamas leader, meanwhile, said the time is right for reconciliation. Fatah and Hamas have been at ...  

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday the rift between his mainstream Palestinian faction and rival Hamas must end.  

Hamas representatives Khalil al-Hayya (left) and Moussa Abu-Marzouk at a press conference in Cairo on October 8. Their talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman came after a string of meetings with a dozen Palestinian factions over the ...  

A Fatah official Sunday welcomed Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal's recent call for stopping incitement between the two movements and releasing each other's members.  

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) _ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday the rift between his mainstream Palestinian faction and archrival Hamas must end. The Hamas leader, meanwhile, said the time is right for reconciliation. Fatah and Hamas have been ...  

Damascus: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday the rift between his mainstream Palestinian faction and archrival Hamas must end. The Hamas leader, meanwhile, said the time is right for reconciliation. Abbas was in the Syrian capital for ...  

Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction is considering a request to meet with Hamas officials for the first time in months, Fatah officials said Saturday.