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    Hamas: 'Breakthrough' in Palestinian talks

    DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A senior Hamas political official says breakthrough deals have been reached with the rival Palestinian Authority on a reconciliation pact.

    The message from Izzat Rishiq was posted on his Facebook page Monday shortly before a planned news conference in Qatar with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal.

    Rishiq says a "major breakthrough" was reached, without specifying what it was. Talks have focused on forming a future unity government and releasing political prisoners in the West Bank, which is controlled by Abbas.

    Hamas officials had previously suggested that Abbas would become prime minister in an interim Palestinian government that would prepare for general elections in Hamas-controlled Gaza and the West Bank.

     

    28 comments

    • Randy  •  Scottsville, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      The West Bank is "...controlled by Abbas". Really? When did this happen?
    • Mr. Pink  •  3 mths ago
      Am I the only one who read this article and just saw a random assortment of words that make no sense?
      • gofer 3 mths ago
        Did either side ever make any!
      • Randy 3 mths ago
        sounds like rhetoric.... more blah, blah, blah from Palestinian leadership
      • Sam 3 mths ago
        Absolutely...nothing meaningful was said...complete tripe.
    • High Plains Drifter  •  3 mths ago
      This is at least the 3rd Hamas-Fatah "unity" announcement in the last 6 months.
    • potato  •  3 mths ago
      So many people are caught up in the mind game of calling their enemy "terrorist". At the end of the day it doesn't matter what's said, or who you can convince. War is extremely close and everyone is still obsessed with name calling and making cheap points.
    • Adam L  •  3 mths ago
      its a shame that all the haters have no clue-open a history book
    • Adam L  •  3 mths ago
      hey BK-you are an idiot-the brittish were helping the pali-the israeli defended, it didnt storm anything. Hussaini told them to rally, leave your homes and do not return until the jews blood is spilled and they got their #$%$ kicked! the israelis didnt have the man power or the arms that the pali had. But the arabs that didnt fight had their land and had received the same benifits as the israelis the truth is you are stupid, have no knowledge of the facts and...the israeli is the only one who has given anything to the pali-it wasnt their 22 other nations. wo0nder why the Druze don't complain like you dirty goat falking, propaganda spreading, palis?
      • Hebrew 3 mths ago
        all true but you're wasting your time with these vermin.
      • b k 3 mths ago
        i can sit here and tell you ...your a falking piece of #$%$.and your mom fawks dogs and thats how you were created...but ill refrain...name calling isnt the answer...thats why you are dirty piece of crap...your arguements are all crap...you make #$%$ up just like all the other zionists in this country ...you think by coming off strong it makes you right...it doesnt...your arguments dont make sense..to say that the people ran away because of word was wrong...the palestinians ran away because of the sabra and shatillas that happened...thats why your piece of crap ex president sharon deserves the crappy life he has now...karma is a bich like your mom.
    • John  •  3 mths ago
      Abbas officially becomes nothing more than a lap dog for a recognized terorist organization. Must be a proud moment for him and his people of the west bank who will now live in daily fear for their safety!
    • Adam L  •  3 mths ago
      hey morons-the majority of palis that are now refugees are refugees because they attacked in 48. they were t6old to leave their homes and fight-they lost and now they are crying about it. get an education about the subject before you post your ignorance
      • b k 3 mths ago
        hey adam just a fyi ...b4 you start posting your idiotic unbelievable outlandish statements..maybe you should get your facts straight..most of the refugees are refugees because they didnt fight during the war...most of the towns were stormed by jewish soldiers and taken because of the fact these palestinians didnt have arms to protect themselves..the jewish soldiers armed by the brits and the united states walked in with heavy weaponry and massacred towns and villages b4 the people just got up and ran away..they fleed to save their lives from the brutality of the jewish soldiers...brutality was part of life for the jews back than..and continues now...only aggressive country in the world always plotting to attack other countries..so before you start making out the jews to be innocent in the matter maybe you should check your facts..because what your stating isnt even comprehendable in the minds of normal thinking people.
      • Dan 3 mths ago
        B K check your "facts" from truthful sources and the picture completely changes Adam L is correct the Jews obtained much of their land from defending themselves after being attacked by almost all the surrounding Arab countries they also have given much of it back and got nothing in return but more attacks from Hamas or Hezbollah. I'll go no further as I suppose my thinking is abnormal because I HAVE checked the facts not the one sided from the liberal press where apparently 'normal thinking' people get theirs ......
      • No islam 3 mths ago
        mooslimes don't let facts stand in the way of global jihad
    • chris  •  3 mths ago
      hamas does not want peace it only wants rivers of Jewish blood running down the streets of Israel-- then they will go back to killing each other happily as Israel turns back into the desert it once was
      • gofer 3 mths ago
        Israel wants their land and them dead!
      • Jeffrey 3 mths ago
        I agree Israel wants Hamas dead....but only the same way when a homocidal knife wielding maniac is in my house I want that guy dead too.
    • Rufus  •  Cavan-Monaghan, Canada  •  3 mths ago
      hahaha ...and I have some swamp land in Fla for you.
    • No islam  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      all mooslimes are terrorists, islam demands it
      • A Yahoo! User 3 mths ago
        Or Freedom Fighters depends on whose eye one is looking through
    • b  •  3 mths ago
      Message to Hamas - accept Israel's right to exist, then there's a chance of peace. You want peace, don't you?
    • Sam  •  3 mths ago
      Everything said here is complete rubbish.
      Nothing but empty rhetoric.
    • trickytrunk  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      completely convinced that aliens live in qatar..
    • seth h  •  3 mths ago
      this is setting the stage for the end times, wow!!
    • Mark  •  3 mths ago
      the super bowl of towel heads no peace here ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    • JD  •  3 mths ago
      Why is HAMAS, a terrorist organization, speaking for any of the other Arabs there? Oh yeah, that's right, because the so-called "Palestinians" elected them for their government about 3 years ago. Yep. That should tell you a whole lot about the "Palestinians", which, by the way, don't exist. Google "Palestinians Dont Exist" and learn a little REAL history instead of the Arab propaganda everyone seems to be swallowing like raspberry flavored Arab semen.

      Seriously people, you CAN think for yourselves, right? The educate yourselves. Dont take my word for it, LOOK IT UP. Really. Just do it.
    • canadian bacon  •  Tucson, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      send the mushroom pickers to iron out the small details
    • Jeffrey  •  3 mths ago
      The same way US doesnt give aid to certain UN agencies as a form of punishment for doing the feel good accepting of palestinian statehood before its been negotiated (and I dont fault the US for this course of action), this maneuver will also have plenty of negative repercussions. Hamas doesnt acknowledge Israel and is bent on its destruction. I wouldnt go around celebrating unity with a terrorist organization or else the palestinians who are basically professional beggars will see alot of their donations dry up. It would be funny if the Red Cross joined up with Al Qaeda and was then shocked that people no longer gave...no one ever accused these guys of being smart though.
    • Texas Beauty  •  Fort Worth, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Well, this really doesn't make any sense! It's like Hamas is already predicting to takeover Palestinian people. Why would Pres. Abbas become Prime Minister? Is he stepping down as President? Keep in mind Palestinians you still live in Israel! You can run your own people, but you cannot takeover a country that's already taken!
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