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Abbas: Hamas is trying to halt rocket attacks
 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that Hamas is trying to halt rocket fire on Israel and is trying to calm Palestinian streets. Abbas, speaking to Israel's Channel 10 TV, also said that he is the one who sets Palestinian policy, and is willing to talk to Israel at any time and about any subject. "The president decides policy," Abbas said, noting that past agreements with Israel, including a February 2005 cease-fire, were reached under the auspices of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which he also heads.Earlier, Abbas appealed to the Security Council and international mediators to pressure Israel after its acting premier vowed to press on attacks against the Palestinians. After the killing of five Palestinians in an Israeli Army operation in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, Israeli troops shot dead two more in the Gaza Strip overnight. The two included a civilian who was trying to sneak across into Israel to find work as well as a member of an umbrella organization, the Popular Resistance Committees. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-26 |
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