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        <title>Hamas-Fatah truce to kick off with reciprocal prisoner release</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 15:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Hamas deputy says parties will allow press freedom and stop harassing opponents even before government is formed</p>
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        <title>Bulgaria boots out visiting Hamas delegation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Officials come to the group's hotel and escort members to the airport; Islamists had claimed they would be meeting political leaders in first such EU talks</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/bulgaria-boots-out-visiting-hamas-delegation/">Bulgaria boots out visiting Hamas delegation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Bulgaria denies meetings with Hamas officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Palestinian group says delegation in Sofia to confer with local political leaders</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/bulgaria-denies-meetings-with-hamas-officials/">Bulgaria denies meetings with Hamas officials</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Hamas bars EU observers from border crossing with Egypt</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-bars-eu-observers-from-returning-to-border-crossing-with-egypt/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Rafah is a 'Palestinian-Egyptian crossing only, and there is no place for foreigners in it,' Gaza parliamentarian says</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-bars-eu-observers-from-returning-to-border-crossing-with-egypt/">Hamas bars EU observers from border crossing with Egypt</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Hamas official speaks at Geneva NGO event but is barred from UNHRC session</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-bars-hamas-member-from-talks-on-israeli-settlements/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Ismail al-Ashqar demands release of jailed Hamas members; Israel works to prevent new fact-finding mission in West Bank</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-bars-hamas-member-from-talks-on-israeli-settlements/">Hamas official speaks at Geneva NGO event but is barred from UNHRC session</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Israel to lobby against UN investigation of settlements</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Israel working to block proposal for Human Rights Council fact-finding mission</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-call-for-un-investigation-of-settlements/">Israel to lobby against UN investigation of settlements</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Hamas official set to address UN human rights body</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[rockets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tzipi Hotovely]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yigal Palmor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>MK Hotovely: 'This is a new record for the world's anti-Israel lie industry'</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-official-to-address-un-human-rights-body/">Hamas official set to address UN human rights body</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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