Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast negotiations

Friday, September 3, 2010

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas -- the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations.

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