Hamas says Gaza rule is 'temporary', wants talks  
By Reuters 
Hamas said on Wednesday that it will hold reconciliation talks with the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and hinted it may be ready to give up control of the Gaza Strip, which it seized in June.
"There is a serious movement in the realm of Palestinian dialogue and we have agreed to hold a dialogue with Fatah in one of the Arab capitals," said deposed Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh.
"Our administration in Gaza is temporary," Haniyeh said at the end of a public prayer in Gaza. The statements were posted in an urgent bulletin on a pro-Hamas Web site.
Haniyeh's statements mark the first time a Hamas official has called the rule of the militant group in the coastal territory temporary. However, he has very little influence on Hamas' armed forces or political decision-makers.
The Western-backed Abbas, who is pursuing a peace deal with Israel, has ruled out re-engagement with Hamas unless the Islamist group submits to his authority and ends its control of Gaza.
A Fatah official in Gaza said he could not immediately confirm Haniyeh's statement that new talks would take place.
Haniyeh said the talks would be held after Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that ends the holy month of Ramadan and falls on Friday or Saturday.
An official involved in Hamas-Fatah mediation but affiliated with neither group confirmed that there would be a meeting as early as next week, and said Cairo was the likely venue.