Former Mossad chief urges Israeli talks with Hamas

Jerusalem Post;  June 25, 2008 ;     561 words ......Palestinians without Hamas being part of the solution," Halevy said in an address...meeting in Jerusalem. Halevy suggested that Hamas, which has killed hundreds...intermediaries. The truce, which Halevy dubbed an "achievement" for Hamas, was violated Tuesday...

OUT OF THE SHADOWS As the head of Mossad, Efraim Halevy presided over some...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......later. It was also Mr Halevy who devised the strategy...scores of leaders from Hamas, the radical Palestinian...and it worked.'' Mr Halevy's campaign of targeted...assassinations of the Hamas leadership, I pointed...2000. "By the time Hamas announced its ceasefire...exhaustion,'' says Mr ...

Retired Mossad chief calls for long-term deal with Hamas

AP Worldstream;  May 26, 2006 ;     221 words ......term truce with Hamas, a former chief...shunned. Ephraim Halevy was the first senior...since February 2005. Hamas must commit not...truce can begin, Halevy said in a telephone...between the sides," Halevy said. "But if Hamas wants ... a long-te...

The Hamas conundrum; Israel and Palestine.(Israel and Hamas)

The Economist (US);  November 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Hamas is changing, and the rest of the world may have to catch...decade. Their Islamic Resistance Movement, better known as Hamas, which is the main opposition to the ruling Fatah party...then: the United States and the European Union, who classify Hamas as a terrorist organisation; Fatah, which stands to ...

'Hamas calls halt to suicide bombings'

China Daily;  April 10, 2006 ;     570 words ...Hamas is to abandon its use of suicide bombers, who have killed almost 300 Israelis, in any future...other forms of violence if there is no progress towards Palestinian statehood. Yihiyeh Musa, a Hamas member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said Hamas had moved into a "new era" which did not require ...

Israelis, Government Divided on Dealing with Hamas

NPR Morning Edition;  March 18, 2008 ;     625 words ......there are some in Israel who say it's time for talks with Hamas, as NPR's Linda Gradstein reports. LINDA GRADSTEIN: Shlomo...Studies at Tel Aviv University, he says it's time to talk to Hamas. Mr. SHLOMO BROM (Tel Aviv University): The purpose of...is simply to clarify, to find out how far we can go with ...

Mideast Players Differ On Approach to Hamas

The Washington Post;  March 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the Annapolis peace talks in November that said, "As to Hamas, we believe a genuine dialogue with the organization is...National Public Radio that some way must be found to talk to Hamas, arguing, "I don't think you can just cast them into outer...the region without taking into account the standing that ...

An Israel-Hamas coalition for peace

The Boston Globe;  April 9, 2008 ;     645 words ......Israeli- Palestinian agreement requires finding a way to bring Hamas into the process. This must be done without compromising...taken in February, that they would negotiate directly with Hamas to end the rocket attacks from Gaza, controlled by Hamas since June 2007, and to secure the release of the ...

Israel can catch Hamas off guard. Sidelining Abbas may add to pressure

Jerusalem Post;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......taken for a ride by Hamas and those who are...taken for a ride," Halevy said. For as long...However, according to Halevy, such changes from Hamas officials would...sidelining Abbas, both Halevy and Grinstein said...a buffer between Hamas and the outside...

MIDEAST: CARTER URGES BUSH TO INCLUDE HAMAS IN PEACE TALKS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  April 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......appears to have in turn hardened Palestinian support around Hamas. A new poll released late last month by the Palestinian...According to the poll, the reasons for the growing support for Hamas include Israel's recent military response in Gaza, which...S. and Israeli frustration over Carter's meetings with ...

Europe must engage Hamas as well as Israel

The Arab American News;  July 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Hamas' electoral success since the first round of local elections...nationally and internationally. The defining moment was not Hamas' direct participation in the three rounds of local elections...death convincingly shifted the political pendulum in favor of Hamas. Arafat's unanticipated absence brought to ...

Defiant Hamas rejects call for elections ; WORLD

The Independent - London;  December 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Hamas rejected calls for new elections yesterday as fresh violence...of Mohammed Dahlan, a prominent Fatah figure accused by a Hamas spokesman yesterday of being behind the gun attack on the...accusations against him were a "lie" and an attempt to cover up Hamas's own failure to pursue the gunmen it knew to ...

Roundup: Hamas to form cabinet in Palestine, Egypt calls U.S. to give it...

Xinhua News Agency;  February 22, 2006 ;     550 words ...Roundup: Hamas to form cabinet in Palestine, Egypt calls...BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Ismail Haneya, Hamas candidate for Palestinian prime minister...while Egypt asked the United States to give Hamas time to "evolve." "We are determined to...

Analysis: Hamas intensifies contacts with PNA, seeks political partnership

Xinhua News Agency;  April 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Analysis: Hamas intensifies contacts with PNA, seeks political partnership...Yasser Arafat's Fatah and the Islamic Resistance movement Hamas were intensified amid reports that Hamas intended to join the Palestinian decision-making. Hamas, which...

Cash Flow to Hamas Is More Restricted, Deeper Underground

The Washington Post;  February 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Hamas leaders who took charge of the Palestinian parliament Saturday...money for the Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, that mixes Palestinian community work with anti-Israeli suicide attacks. After Hamas was outlawed, investigators say, one Texas charity funneled...