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Olmert to Rice: "Keep Hamas out of the game"
01 Aug 2007 19:05:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday that Hamas Islamists had to be "kept out of the game" as Israel explores new cooperation with the Palestinians.

At their first meeting since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli government spokesman said Olmert also told Rice that Israel was ready to hand over some security control in the occupied West Bank to President Mahmoud Abbas's forces, but only "after proper security guarantees" are given.
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Demonstrators hold a placard outside Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's residence in Jerusalem during a protest against the expected deportation of Sudanese refugees, August 22, 2007. Israel said on Sunday it would turn away refugees from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region but allow some 500 already in the country to remain, enforcing a policy aimed at halting illegal African migration via Egypt. Responding to a persistent flow of illegal migrants through its porous border with its southern neighbour, Israel handed over 48 Sudanese to authorities in Egypt late on Saturday, Egyptian security officials said.



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