Word: truce
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...Hamas would never agree to act as Israel's policeman in Gaza, a role that Abbas' militia at least pretended to do. But acting as enforcer over its fellow comrades may be the only way for Hamas to convince Israelis that it can deliver on its promises of a truce...
...Strip. Instead, say Hamas officials, they are trying to restore order and calm after what one human rights activist described as the "organized, orchestrated chaos" that reigned during the power struggle between Fatah and Hamas. And to gain a breather, Hamas leaders say they are willing to observe a truce with Israel. But Hamas knows that the cease-fire will never succeed unless Islamic Jihad also signs...
...healed a campus bitterly divided over the Vietnam War during his first term in Mass. Hall, did more than facilitate a truce between opposing camps. With Knowles at his side, Bok charged a long-stalled curriculum review, helped open Harvard’s gates even wider by ending early action admissions, and helped restore order to University Hall...
GAZA CITY Fatah-Hamas truce collapses...
...bombings, though just eight have been successful. Most were conducted during the height of the second Palestinian intifadeh, before Israelis launched a punishing war against terrorism and erected a security "fence" to separate themselves from the Palestinians. Since November 2006, Hamas, the ruling Palestinian party, has intermittently observed a "truce" with Israel. But on April 25, the militant wing of Hamas announced that it had abandoned the cease-fire. The militants oppose a move by Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, a moderate within Hamas, to form a unity coalition with President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah movement, and to take...