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Official: Abbas and Meshal to meet Saturday in Damascus
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Hamas' Damascus-based political chief Khaled Meshal in the Syrian capital on Saturday, a senior Palestinian lawmaker who has been mediating between the two said Thursday.

Ziad Abu Amr told Haaretz that there has been a certain amount of progress in talks on the formation of a Palestinian unity government, but there are still disagreements on several issues that must be clarified by the leaders.

The meeting will bring to an end a long period in which the ties between the two were frozen, due to a speech Meshal gave in Syria in which he harshly attacked Abbas.
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Militants: Hamas alone holding Shalit
The Army of Islam, one of the three groups responsible for abducting and holding Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, issued a handbill on Wednesday proclaiming that only Hamas was holding Shalit.

The proclamation, distributed in the Gaza Strip, runs contrary to all the organization's announcements to date, which have emphasized that three groups were holding Shalit.

The Islamic Army is headed by Mumtaz Dormush, who recently fell out with Hamas after its activists killed two of his relatives. It is not clear if the handbill is authentic. However, by late last night, no Army of Islam spokesman had denied it.

The handbill blasted Hamas for making political use of Shalit's abduction and of the prisoners' issue, instead of acting swiftly to obtain the release of Palestinian prisoners.

Meanwhile, talks in Damascus on setting up a Palestinian national unity government have ended without results, Palestinian sources told Haaretz on Wednesday.

The talks were held between senior Hamas officials and two Palestinian mediators, Mohammed Rashid, onetime economic adviser to Yasser Arafat, and PA parliament member Ziad Abu Amar. Apparently the talks broke down over the powers that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was to grant the next prime minister in his letter of appointment, and over who the next interior minister would be.
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  1.   with all the sad problems with Israeli politics atleast... 05:38  |  David G 18/01/07
  2.   ABBAS should control PA. Release Gilad Unconditionally........... 05:56  |  Vittorio 18/01/07
  3.   What! They Lied! 06:27  |  Eytan 18/01/07
  4.   #3, hey, what`s a lie or two among 07:25  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  5.   what other country would let this go on so long?? 07:39  |  vik 18/01/07
  6.   BEWARE, YOU ARE ALL WILL BE DEATH 08:08  |  indrajaya 18/01/07
  7.   no letter - no video of Shalit means no news ! 08:17  |  redmike 18/01/07
  8.   Where is the old IDF discrete creativity? 08:39  |  Hastaroth 18/01/07
  9.   For Vittorio, on Shalit`s release 09:16  |  Clickfool 18/01/07
  10.   to 5 09:24  |  gazaboy 18/01/07
  11.   Answering Hastaroth # 8 09:50  |  Clickfool 18/01/07
  12.   WHY are they suddenly pointing the finger at Hamas? 10:30  |  PETERSM 18/01/07
  13.   indrajaya every few years the natives run amok 11:00  |  tommy suharto 18/01/07
  14.   the fowled mouthed granny ballistic 11:07  |  nahum 18/01/07
  15.   non sequitur ballistic 11:12  |  chaim 18/01/07
  16.   # 8, HASTAROTH 11:15  |  indrajaya 18/01/07
  17.   # 13, (FALSE) TOMMY SOEHARTO 11:34  |  indrajaya 18/01/07
  18.   Shalit a political pawn 11:55  |  L A 18/01/07
  19.   Release the 10 000 Pals Unconditionally 12:03  |  Dav 18/01/07
  20.   FOOLToday`s Israelis are weak and flabby"they beat you in sailing 12:07  |  PETER SM 18/01/07
  21.   # 18, LA 12:21  |  indrajaya 18/01/07
  22.   Has it even been a question that it has been 12:26  |  Dalya 18/01/07
  23.   #22 indrajaya 13:20  |  L A 18/01/07
  24.   # 19 Dav 13:23  |  Lynn 18/01/07
  25.   Re: Post #6, supposedly from Indrajaya 13:23  |  Hannah 18/01/07
  26.   # 16 13:28  |  Lynn 18/01/07
  27.   Vik from New York 13:40  |  Lynn 18/01/07
  28.   Clickfool`s paradox 13:48  |  Rufus 18/01/07
  29.   #12, PETER SM 14:32  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/01/07
  30.   # 25, HANNAH, EASY HANNAH 14:49  |  indrajaya 18/01/07
  31.   Are you, Hannah, the same non-fake Hannah who 14:59  |  Adi 18/01/07
  32.   $29$, Ms Kohn 15:10  |  Hannah 18/01/07
  33.   #4 IS BALLISTIC ACOMPUTER PROGRAMME ?? 15:16  |  paul harris 18/01/07
  34.   #30, Indrajaya 15:19  |  Hannah 18/01/07
  35.   indrajaya some cultural interest 15:20  |  tommy suharto 18/01/07
  36.   indrajaya cry the beloved country 15:35  |  tommy suharto 18/01/07
  37.   comical indrajaya 15:37  |  good javanese 18/01/07
  38.   indrajaya did you know that 15:47  |  good javanese 18/01/07
  39.   indrajaya its april and not spring 15:59  |  tommy suharto 18/01/07
  40.   Ballastic Granny ... 16:09  |  Gee 18/01/07
  41.   hannah and indrajaya make out or make up 16:09  |  yirmiyahu 18/01/07
  42.   #32, Hannah 16:12  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/01/07
  43.   # 7 redmike 16:13  |  Lynn 18/01/07
  44.   # 22 16:19  |  Lynn 18/01/07
  45.   # 32 Hannah 16:22  |  Lynn 18/01/07
  46.   #16 to indrajaya 16:23  |  Bounce 18/01/07
  47.   held by Hamas, not the PA government 16:24  |  Paul Freedman 18/01/07
  48.   For Rufus # 28, who has logic problems 16:54  |  Clickfool 18/01/07
  49.   Peter SM and Cipora Julianna Kohn 16:55  |  Richard 18/01/07
  50.   For Lynn # 45 on Arafat 16:58  |  Clickfool 18/01/07
  51.   #42, Ms Kohn 17:01  |  Hannah 18/01/07
  52.   hey Paul 17:06  |  vik 18/01/07
  53.   # 34, HANNAH, MY GUARDIAN 17:06  |  indrajaya 18/01/07
  54.   And they wonder why we don`t subsidize the PA... 17:15  |  Paul Henzen 18/01/07
  55.   Indraya 17:21  |  danite 18/01/07
  56.   # 51, Ms. Hannah 17:22  |  Richard 18/01/07
  57.   indrajaya "hannah my guardian" 17:23  |  tommy suharto 18/01/07
  58.   indrajaya weeps "after all these(sic)hardhsips(sic)" 17:26  |  tommy suharto 18/01/07
  59.   RESPONSE TO #11 CLICK IS A FOOL 17:27  |  Kipperraes 18/01/07
  60.   Where is the Red Crystal? 17:34  |  FOX 18/01/07
  61.   # 19 Dav - What about the other 3,500,000 Palestinian women? 17:34  |  Paul Henzen 18/01/07
  62.   # 50, CLICKFOOL 17:35  |  indrajaya 18/01/07
  63.   indrajaya defeat is hard but you have to take it 18:06  |  good javanese 18/01/07
  64.   indrajaya "i hope hamas would never recognise 18:09  |  bong bong 18/01/07
  65.   clickfool "ass whupped by hizb" 18:15  |  nasrallah 18/01/07
  66.   Clickfool`s `logic` 18:24  |  Rufus 18/01/07
  67.   #14 Nahum--"foul mouthed" 18:31  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  68.   #15 nonsequitur 18:32  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  69.   #40 Gee response 18:38  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  70.   #54 Paul on intl law 18:41  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  71.   #33 Good morning Paul 18:43  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  72.   ballistic i think more then a few would agree 18:45  |  nahum 18/01/07
  73.   and ballistic did i mention your obnoxious racism? 18:47  |  nahum 18/01/07
  74.   #8 Hastaroth--"robbery" 18:48  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  75.   ballistic 18:49  |  judith ackerman 18/01/07
  76.   ballistic "israeli behaviour" 18:51  |  judith ackerman 18/01/07
  77.   ballistic your soldiers have raped iraqi women 18:53  |  judith ackerman 18/01/07
  78.   #72 hillbilly thinking 18:53  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  79.   To Haaretz 18:54  |  Sarah 18/01/07
  80.   ballistic 350000 iraqis have been killed 18:56  |  judith ackerman 18/01/07
  81.   #73 never said a bad word about Jews 18:59  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  82.   response to # 67 Ballistic 19:01  |  Kipperraes 18/01/07
  83.   response to # 67 Ballistic 19:01  |  Kipperraes 18/01/07
  84.   ballistic "calling the kettle black" 19:03  |  judith ackerman 18/01/07
  85.   #75 Judith, no infants here 19:05  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  86.   ballistic you have just killed 100 innocent 19:07  |  flashman 18/01/07
  87.   #56, Richard in Gay Paree 19:07  |  Hannah 18/01/07
  88.   For Kipperraes # 59 19:09  |  Clickfool 18/01/07
  89.   #76 Judith; wrong again 19:10  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  90.   ballistic "i never said a bad word about jews" 19:13  |  nahum 18/01/07
  91.   For "Nasrallah" # 65 19:13  |  Clickfool 18/01/07
  92.   #77 Judith 19:15  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  93.   Poor Sarah, the Zionist Lobby in micro-micro-microcosm # 79 19:16  |  Clickfool 18/01/07
  94.   everyone here welcome criticism 19:17  |  nahum 18/01/07
  95.   #80, you typical response from somebody like you 19:20  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  96.   #82, well, er, sorry to advise you 19:24  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  97.   ballistic "uhaul israel" 19:34  |  chaim sassoon 18/01/07
  98.   #84 and we have your neocons to thank for that, yessiree 19:54  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  99.   #86 yessiree, always point to other bad behavior 19:59  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  100.   #90; "critical not hateful" 20:04  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  101.   Hey gazaboy 20:04  |  Dov 18/01/07
  102.   #97 UHaul 20:08  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  103.   #90 Hey Nahum 20:11  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  104.   response to #92 20:32  |  Kipperraes 18/01/07
  105.   Yiddish Proverb and note to clickfool 20:36  |  Michael Korn 18/01/07
  106.   RESPONSE TO BALLISTIC FOR HIS POST # 99 20:41  |  THE WARRIOR 18/01/07
  107.   ballistic "my arse is not parked on anyone 20:43  |  sassoon 18/01/07
  108.   ballistic "ah theft" 20:45  |  judith ackerman 18/01/07
  109.   ballistic "dont give me lectures" 20:50  |  judith ackerman 18/01/07
  110.   ballistic kids writing messages on bombs 20:52  |  nahum 18/01/07
  111.   ballistic you have been responsible 20:56  |  judith ackerman 18/01/07
  112.   to ballistic # whatever,looks like your muslim buddies are 20:58  |  terrornator 18/01/07
  113.   clickfool by a thousand camels 21:00  |  nasrallah 18/01/07
  114.   Judith Ackerman,where you from,the moon 21:04  |  Tell us 18/01/07
  115.   clickfool 21:05  |  ephraim 18/01/07
  116.   # 70 - ballistic - `international law` never prevented a genocide 21:20  |  Paul Henzen 18/01/07
  117.   ballistic not 35000 iraqis killed but 350000 21:21  |  nahum 18/01/07
  118.   Clickfool #93 21:43  |  Sarah 18/01/07
  119.   The Pals love Shalit 21:46  |  Adrian de Klerk 18/01/07
  120.   Ballistic, Indrajaya, and Hannah 22:04  |  jc 18/01/07
  121.   #104 Paul; read your post; I do believe the issue 22:07  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  122.   #105 Nahum; the Iraqi gov`t, of course, denies 22:13  |  ballistic 18/01/07
  123.   #70 BALLISTIC IS NOW AM EXPERT ON INTERNATIONA L LAW?? 22:23  |  paul harris 18/01/07
  124.   to ballistic#70 22:25  |  Ilya 18/01/07
  125.   #81BALLISTIC THE QUEEN OF B/S DOESNT LIKE IT 22:28  |  paul harris 18/01/07
  126.   ballistic 22:42  |  bev 18/01/07
  127.   To Ballistic... The Jimmy Carter Lover 23:39  |  Klaudia 18/01/07
  128.   Shalit 23:54  |  KUTW 18/01/07
  129.   A rogue government 23:56  |  KUTW 18/01/07
  130.   19 Dav: Why should pal terrorists 00:00  |  KUTW 19/01/07
  131.   #113 Hey paul, since you are now awake; 00:01  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  132.   #112, so what are you guys doing at the UN 00:03  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  133.   #114 Save it Granny 00:08  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  134.   # 109 ballistic - no Israel without Zionism 00:17  |  Paul Henzen 19/01/07
  135.   #104 you are right; we need to oust those neocons 00:30  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  136.   #105; I am still waiting to hear from Navrum exactly 00:32  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  137.   CIPORA .History just repeating itself.Arab slaughtering Arab 00:33  |  PETER SM 19/01/07
  138.   2 Vittorio - Abbas as Figurhead 00:42  |  Mark of Lewiston 19/01/07
  139.   #21 Indrajaya 00:59  |  * BEN JABO 19/01/07
  140.   Kim - Rouge Government 01:45  |  Ernie 19/01/07
  141.   # 50 clickfool 01:54  |  Lynn 19/01/07
  142.   # 54 Paul Henzen 01:58  |  Lynn 19/01/07
  143.   Ah ballistic, Oh Ballistic. Be a bit more Realistic. 02:06  |  Vittorio 19/01/07
  144.   # 76 Judith 02:14  |  Lynn 19/01/07
  145.   indrajaya, what do you mean? 02:30  |  TOMY 19/01/07
  146.   Ballistic , since you are so fair, 02:41  |  TOMY 19/01/07
  147.   Ballistic is raving today, ful of hate 02:56  |  TOMY 19/01/07
  148.   #133 Vittorio; anything of substance ?? 03:06  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  149.   Hey Tomy; #147; just answer4ed #146 03:10  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  150.   #127 Klaudia; funny I didn`t read any 03:20  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  151.   #106 Warrior 03:31  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  152.   #107 well, alrightee, that fact alone 03:32  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  153.   #112 terrornator 03:33  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  154.   Israeli`s be quiet . . . . 03:37  |  revoltop 19/01/07
  155.   #114 Tell us re Judith 03:38  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  156.   #154 Hey Revoltop 04:04  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  157.   #150, ballistic, "that is democracy" 04:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/01/07
  158.   #117 Nahum--hey Nahum--you were 04:11  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  159.   Baliistic,I meant cartoon 04:32  |  TOMY 19/01/07
  160.   #157 As I recall, the people threw out the Shah 05:27  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  161.   #159 okay, fair, welcome to `America 05:31  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  162.   Hey Judith--have you no response 05:42  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  163.   #160, the run-on sentence 05:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/01/07
  164.   #163 Cipora--looks like nobody is awake 06:13  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  165.   "Army " of Islam? 08:15  |  Ariel 19/01/07
  166.   ballistic, Israel destabilized Seniora? 08:40  |  Jake 19/01/07
  167.   #165, Ariel 10:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/01/07
  168.   #166 Jake, er, save the BS spin if you wanna talk 16:41  |  ballistic 19/01/07
  169.   Don`t mind Ballistic - nobody listens to it at home 21:22  |  * BEN JABO 19/01/07
  170.   #169 Hey Ben Jabo, your charges 04:30  |  ballistic 20/01/07
  171.   To Madame Ballistic 18:17  |  FOX 20/01/07
  172.   #171 Fox - Ballistic has keyboard diarrhea 00:13  |  * BEN JABO 21/01/07
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