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Israel Defense Forces troops receive a briefing on the Gaza Strip operation they carried out Tuesday, in which 6 Palestinian militants were killed and 4 IDF soldiers lightly injured. (AP)
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Hamas urges PA to boycott Israel talks in wake of IDF Gaza raid
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
Tags: peace process, Hamas 

Hamas on Tuesday called on the Palestinian Authority to boycott the first working session with Israel since last month's Annapolis conference, citing the Israel Defense Forces operation in the Gaza Strip earlier in the day, in which six Palestinians were killed.

"The hand of the enemy is still dripping with the blood of the martyrs," Taher Nunu, a Hamas spokesman, said. "It is a mark of shame to go to the negotiations tomorrow." The militant organization has been in control of Gaza since its violent seizure of the coastal territory in June.

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he six Palestinians, all operatives of terrorist organizations, were killed during two separate operations, while four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded. Palestinians described one of the Gaza operations as the second-largest in the coastal territory since the disengagement in August 2005.

Meanwhile, Palestinian officials complained that the operations threatened to sabotage the fledgling peace talks.

"The Israeli policy of escalation aims to sabotage and place obstacles before the negotiations even before they start," said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams are to meet at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon.

The meeting, which is being held in accordance with the joint statement made at Annapolis, will focus on technical issues such as the priority list for the subjects to be covered in negotiations, and the task forces that will be established, but the meeting will open the door to talks on the key issues under dispute.

Israeli sources expect the negotiating teams to discuss next week's donor conference in Paris for the Palestinian Authority, and also anticipate that the Palestinians will express their opinion on construction in the Har Homa neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

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      1.   GO TO THE MEETING/All Meetings! Don`t Give Israel What It Wants. 02:38  |  Proud Pal Defender 12/12/07
      2.   whats Abbas going to do?? 02:57  |  vik 12/12/07
      3.   why are you bleeping now,you quisling,you knew perfectly well 03:06  |  lakshmi 12/12/07
      4.   Let Hamas and the PA join together... 03:41  |  Silvienne 12/12/07
      5.   Proud Pal Defender #1 03:49  |  Elyah 12/12/07
      6.   #1, you are proud of defending terror? 05:04  |  DR 12/12/07
      7.   #4 Silvienne Re: amas and fatah 05:06  |  DR 12/12/07
      8.   #4 Silvienne - They were joined 05:17  |  * BEN JABO 12/12/07
      9.   #4 Silvienne 05:49  |  geoff 12/12/07
      10.   to lakshmi 3: Never again! 05:49  |  Daniel 12/12/07
      11.   Zions want no peace! 06:20  |  Niva dos santos 12/12/07
      12.   hey Niva dos santos 06:56  |  vik 12/12/07
      13.   Pretty simple, I would have thought 07:20  |  Johnboy 12/12/07
      14.   Hamas and the PA have a very distorted view of reality. 07:47  |  redmike 12/12/07
      15.   #1 - Israel already has everything it wants .. :-) 07:53  |  redmike 12/12/07
      16.   Same old 08:18  |  ScotGuy 12/12/07
      17.   Equitable and practicable Partition Plan that may work: 08:19  |  Uzi 12/12/07
      18.   Equitable & practical Partition Plan that may work for a change: 08:22  |  Uzi 12/12/07
      19.   There can never be separate Arab polity west of the Jordan! 08:23  |  Uzi 12/12/07
      20.   The Arabs must make very painful concessions for real peace! 08:25  |  Uzi 12/12/07
      21.   The two B`s 08:28  |  Edifice 12/12/07
      22.   To Number 1 Proud Pal defender 08:37  |  Yossi 12/12/07
      23.   Negotiations must go on 09:17  |  Steve the Pals. 12/12/07
      24.   What`s an Uncle Tom to do? 09:24  |  Clickfool 12/12/07
      25.   15 Kassams this morning reason enough to stop talks 09:31  |  Bert 12/12/07
      26.   BACK TO THE UNITY GOVERNMENT: STAND FIRM 10:03  |  indrajaya 12/12/07
      27.   Redmike 15 Israel`s beautiful, the occupation`s obscene. 11:32  |  Michael 12/12/07
      28.   No Hamas. Peace will come. It`s God`s way, and you can`t stop it 13:27  |  . 12/12/07
      29.   15Redmike,what you described sounds euphoric,but I`m afraid it is 14:13  |  lakshmi 12/12/07
      30.   Uzi, your virus is getting worse 14:41  |  Murray 12/12/07
      31.   Clickfool the "hero" of the British Navy 14:44  |  Josephus 12/12/07
      32.   to lakshmi -you purveyor of knowledge 15:33  |  Uday 12/12/07
      33.   Man smokes jazz cigarettes # 31 15:35  |  Clickfool 12/12/07
      34.   PA Please Boycott Talks!!! 15:45  |  dr Eric 12/12/07
      35.   no feeling of peace at all 15:54  |  Ana 12/12/07
      36.   Israel Does Not Want Peace 16:59  |  Jeff 12/12/07
      37.   UZI - BE CAREFUL 17:29  |  * BEN JABO 12/12/07
      38.   #32 BEN JABO -USA 17:55  |  tbora 12/12/07
      39.   TO UZI.Another Solution. 18:04  |  The Teacher/Instruct 12/12/07
      40.   Hamas is islamic terrorist, not palestinian nationalist 19:08  |  Voice of Reason 12/12/07
      41.   Hamas-PA return home to Egypt,not 2 get hurt 20:14  |  sam 12/12/07
      42.   Palis have it backwards, yet again. 20:58  |  Mark 12/12/07
      43.   Thanks, Germany 21:20  |  Dav 12/12/07
      44.   Hamas Murdered The PA 21:31  |  Mo 12/12/07
      45.   Clickfool #24 (Abbas is not an uncle tom) 21:57  |  Haim Shmendrik 12/12/07
      46.   #38 tbora 22:25  |  * BEN JABO 12/12/07
      47.   #43 DAV - Don`t be too thankful 22:27  |  * BEN JABO 12/12/07
      48.   #27 - tourism and more .. 22:40  |  redmike 12/12/07
      49.   #29 - Arab logic - the population is growing because people are 22:49  |  redmike 12/12/07
      50.   #43-2 DAV 23:08  |  * BEN JABO 12/12/07
      51.   Israel`s NATIONAL CHARACTER 23:27  |  DoubleClick 12/12/07
      52.   40Voice of Reason,the exact opposite,Hamas has always said that 23:35  |  lakshmi 12/12/07
      53.   47Redmike,like most sybarites you live in the land of the Lotus 00:06  |  lakshmi 13/12/07
      54.   voice of reason # 40 03:12  |  American in NY 13/12/07
      55.   #6, DR, are you proud of stealing the land of other people? 03:57  |  Silvienne 13/12/07
      56.   #7, DR: "Pals are taught to be hateful and violent from birth" 03:59  |  Silvienne 13/12/07
      57.   #9, geoff... 04:04  |  Silvienne 13/12/07
      58.   #8, Ben Jabo... 04:06  |  Silvienne 13/12/07
      59.   #10 Daniel , It`s never again for Israel 11:32  |  Dutch 13/12/07
      60.   #59, Dutch and lies 16:36  |  DR 13/12/07
      61.   #56 Silvienne to DR 18:51  |  * BEN JABO 13/12/07
      62.   #58 Silvienne 03:29  |  * BEN JABO 14/12/07
      63.   #58-2 Silvienne - Are you trying to tell me 03:35  |  * BEN JABO 14/12/07
      64.   #60, DR 04:47  |  Silvienne 14/12/07
      65.   #61, Ben Jabo... 04:50  |  Silvienne 14/12/07
      66.   #62, Ben Jabo... 04:53  |  Silvienne 14/12/07
      67.   #63, Ben Jabo... 04:56  |  Silvienne 14/12/07
      68.   #60, DR, the doctor of spin 06:50  |  VIPER 14/12/07
      69.   #65-67, SILVIENNE on ben-jabo 06:53  |  VIPER 14/12/07
      70.   #65 Silvienne - show me the films made 4 kids 03:12  |  * BEN JABO 15/12/07
      71.   #66 Silvienne - What Muslims do in other countries 03:18  |  * BEN JABO 15/12/07
      72.   #67 Silvienne - what "you say" is conjecture- 03:30  |  * BEN JABO 15/12/07
      73.   #69 Viper to Silvienne 03:33  |  * BEN JABO 15/12/07
      74.   #62-2 Silvienne - situations are related 03:36  |  * BEN JABO 15/12/07
      75.   #70, Ben Jabo... 04:54  |  Silvienne 15/12/07
      76.   #71, Ben Jabo... 05:00  |  Silvienne 15/12/07
      77.   #72, Ben Jabo... 05:05  |  Silvienne 15/12/07
      78.   #74, Ben Jabo... 05:09  |  Silvienne 15/12/07
      79.   #74, Ben Jabo... 05:20  |  Silvienne 15/12/07
      80.   #75 Silvienne - The settlers kids learn 04:12  |  * BEN JABO 17/12/07
      81.   #76 Silvienne 04:17  |  * BEN JABO