The ministry said the report does not mention Hamas' "deliberate use" of civilians as human shields.
More likely, agrees Diana Buttu, a former adviser to Mr Abbas, the famously diffident Palestinian president wanted to avoid a showdown, and simply did not expect Hamas to go so far.
The Egyptians scored points again earlier this month, when Hamas blocked the exit of Gazans headed for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, on the ground that the Saudis had granted visas only to those who had applied through the PA and not through Hamas.
While Egypt has found it hard to block the tunnels, it has kept its official border with Gaza sealed to all but a trickle of humanitarian traffic, saying that the crossing's Palestinian side should be controlled by a proper government body, such as the PA, but not by Hamas.
Amr Moussa, the 22-state Arab League's secretary-general, paid a rare visit to Gaza earlier this month but met Hamas officials as members of a faction, not as Gaza's official authority, and asked Hamas's security guards not to escort him.
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The Quartet says it will not engage with Hamas unless, among other things, it recognises Israel.
And so, Livni is reduced to begging them not to recognize Hamas.
Obama also supports funding for Palestinian entities not controlled by Hamas, which controls Gaza and which the United States labels a terrorist organization.
He also indirectly criticises Israel for avoiding peace talks not just with Hamas, but with past leaders who did recognise Israel's right to exist.
Both Israel and the US have said they will not deal with Hamas, and have until now opposed a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood.
Binyamin Netanyahu, the present prime minister, strikes a deal not only with Hamas but responds to Mr Abbas's pleas for a freeze on Jewish settlement-building in the West Bank with a surge in construction.
Pavilonis and Nabavi both said the conflict between Israeli and Hamas has not affected gold prices yet.
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Zahri emphasized that Hamas does not interfere in any Arab or Islamic affairs.
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The point is not that Fatah and Hamas don't like one each other.
However, the UN, along with most of the Western world, does not deal directly with Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.
But since the split between Hamas-controlled Gaza and the Palestinian-Authority-run West Bank, Hamas does not recognise the authority of President Mahmoud Abbas.
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But by agreeing to deal with Hamas through Egyptian mediators, Israel could be acknowledging that its complete exclusion of Hamas was not working.
Speaking on ABC News' "This Week, " Carter shrugged off criticism from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that a meeting with Hamas would not help U.S. peace efforts.
But Hamas is not known to have any bank accounts in Jordan and there were already restrictions on the group since 1999 when Jordan expelled four Hamas leaders.
When Western countries met last month to pledge billions of dollars in funding to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, they stressed that Hamas would not receive funding until it recognized Israel.
They do not seek nuclear weapons and they do not support the likes of Hamas and Hizbullah.
In Israel, the mood is not to trust any of Hamas's cautious overtures.
But I think part of the relationship will be dictated by how Hamas acts, not how the United States acts.
But its presence in power in Egypt will reassure the leaders of Hamas that they are not alone.
"It so happens that Hamas' rockets are not precise, " he says.
Like the cease-fire deal in Lebanon, this plan does not foresee the toppling of the Hamas regime in Gaza or the destruction of its military capacity.
Fatah leadership has had a great deal of support from the West and has been warned over the years not to join hands with militant Hamas, which several countries have deemed a terrorist organization.
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Mr Abbas, sitting in the West Bank, did not declare a state of emergency until Hamas militants were ransacking his Gaza home.
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