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Hamas ready for talks with Obama administration.

Article from: Albawaba.com Article date: November 08, 2008

Summary: In an interview with Britain's Sky News, the exiled leader of Hamas said he is ready to talk to the US president-elect Barack Obama.

In an interview with Britain's Sky News, the exiled leader of Hamas said he is ready to talk to the US president-elect Barack Obama. Speaking from Damascus, Khaled Meshaal commented on Obama's election win. "There is no doubt that the recent American election is a big change when you get an American president with African roots," he said.

"It's a big change - political and psychological - and it is noteworthy and I congratulate ...

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Obama, in Israel, Vows to Work for Peace as President

Posted Jul 22, 08 5:16 PM CDT in Politics 

Obama, in Israel, Vows to Work for Peace as President
Source: AP Photo/Ziv Koren,Pool

(Newser) – Barack Obama touched down in Israel late today, promising work on peace negotiations “starting from the minute I’m sworn into office.” He said that while the “historic and special relationship” between the US and Israel “is not going to change,” an American president could be more concerned with “the legitimate difficulties that the Palestinian people are experiencing,” the AP reports.

He also condemned a violent attack in Jerusalem today, pledging “to work diligently” and “urgently…to defeat terrorism.” He said that no US president “can suddenly snap his fingers and bring about peace” and noted the harsh reality that today's Israeli government is “unsettled” and the Palestinian one is “divided.” The candidate will meet with a host of leaders tomorrow.

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(Newser) - A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli mall today, killing one woman and injuring seven, in the first suicide bombing in Israel in more than a year. Police shot a second bomber as he was attempting to detonate an explosives belt. “We heard a large explosion and people started to run. I saw pieces of flesh flying in the air,” said one witness. More »

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Thousands Rally in Gaza

Police kill West Bank protester; Israel guns down three in other incidents

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(Newser) - Massive crowds demonstrated in Gaza today, condemning the Annapolis conference and chanting "Death to America!" Hamas leaders told tens of thousands of supporters that the peace summit was "doomed to failure" and vowed that "whoever thinks we will recognize a Jewish state are deluding themselves." A smaller, West Bank protest was scuttled by police, who killed one, the BBC reports. More »

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 Hamas: We're 
 Winning the 
 Sympathy War  

Group sees political gains in the face of casualties

Time Time Jan 6, 09 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - The casualties—most of them civilians—are appalling, but Hamas still sees itself coming out the winner in Israel’s devastating Gaza offensive, Time reports. In a war of “perception,” write Jamil Hamad and Tony Karon, Hamas is reaping sympathy from the wide distribution of images of suffering and destruction. And Hamas seems to be keeping many of its fighters out of the path of the Israelis, rather than being drawn into battles that would take a heavy toll. More »

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