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Excerpt from: Causes of Conflict in the Middle East

June 05, 2008

Palestinian Leader Opens Door To Talks with Hamas

Mahmoud Abbas proposes course that may cause Israel to break off peace discussions

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Israel, Palestine and Hamas

•	Apathy, as Mahmoud Abbas abandons an irrelevant presidency - Daily Star - Lebanon
•	Jerusalem's undying ethnic strife deepens urban divide - Worldfocus
•	Suicide bomber in Pakistan kills 19 at courthouse in Peshawar - Link TV
•	UDI won't mean Palestinian statehood - guardian.co.uk
•	A Chronicle of Gaza, in Kitsch Form - New York Times
•	US, Israeli barriers not like Berlin Wall - DesMoinesRegister.com
•	Report: Huge progress in Schalit deal - Jerusalem Post
•	Blog Post » Will Salam Fayyad deliver the State? - Palestine Note (blog)
•	Israel frustrates Abbas, yet still needs him - Xinhua
•	UN chief calls for "full, independent, credible" probes in both Israel ... - Xinhua

The New York Times carried a report today about Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas's suggestion that talks begin with nemesis Hamas. Clearly frustrated by Israel's continued construction activity in East Jerusalem, the PA president said that if talks succeeded with his rivals, he would call new Palestinian elections.