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** FILE ** Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Khaled Mashaal (right), chief of the Islamic militant group Hamas, sit with Qatar's crown prince, Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, as they sign a reconciliation agreement in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Thaer Ghanaim, Palestinian President's Office)

Hamas strongman in Gaza rejects unity deal

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Iran’s leaders urge Hamas to not let up resisting Israel

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

**FILE** Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister of the Gaza Strip, delivers a speech in front of portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left), and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a visit to Tehran on Feb. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

Iran urges Hamas to continue fight against Israel

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Embassy Row

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Khaled Mashaal (right), chief of the Islamic militant group Hamas, sit with Qatar's crown prince, Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, as they sign a reconciliation agreement in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Thaer Ghanaim, Palestinian President's Office)

Palestinians take step toward unity

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub - Associated Press

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Associated Press)

Palestinian rivals hold unity talks in Qatar

Associated Press

** FILE ** Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Associated Press)

Palestinian Authority likely to welcome back Hamas

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Imam Malik Sakhawat Hussain puts on formal garb for an interview at the Al-Mahdi Foundation in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYPD document: Collect intelligence at mosques

By Adam Goldman, Chris Hawley and Eileen Sullivan and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

Palestinian demonstrators surround the convoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as it enters the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinians hurl shoes at visiting U.N. chief

By Ibrahim Barzak - Associated Press

Palestinian Hamas supporters hold banners of prisoners arrested by the Palestinian Authority and call for their release during a protest in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Activists: Climate of intolerance in West Bank

By Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

"Nobody can force me" to sit with Israelis, says Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Ezzat (left). He and Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie appeared for a news conference last year in front of a banner that reads, "Islam is the answer." (Associated Press)

Muslim Brotherhood walks fine line

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

World Scene

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Salam Fayyad

Palestinian leader dismisses presidential rumors

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 15, 2010, file photograph, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon. Mashaal won't seek re-election, Hamas announced Saturday, paving the way for a leadership contest and possible struggle over the ideological direction of the Islamic militant group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Longtime Hamas leader Mashaal asks to quit

By Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Hamas bans singing competition in Gaza

By DIAA HADID - Associated Press

Hamas bans reality singing show in Gaza

By Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

Briefly: Middle East

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 photo, seen through a gun slit, trucks with goods destined for Gaza wait to be unloaded on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing, between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Each day, dozens of trucks move food, consumer products and industrial materials into the Gaza Strip at this heavily fortified crossing, in an odd arrangement that has turned Israel into a key supplier to a territory governed by its bitter enemy Hamas. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Gaza unlikely trade partner with Israel

By Josef Federman ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas could pay a heavy price among Palestinians if he returns to formal peace negotiations without an Israeli settlement freeze. (Associated Press)

Jordan-backed talks may help Palestinian leader

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Gazan Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh waves a Palestinian flag from the Mavi Marmara ship he visited in Istanbul on Jan. 2, 2012. The ship was the target of a deadly raid by Israeli troops seeking to prevent an aid flotilla from reaching the Palestinian territory. (Associated Press)

Hamas leader visits Gaza-blockade-running Turkish ship

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times