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Palestine Chronicle
| 9 months ago
30 09/28/2012 It has not gone unnoticed that Palestinians are showing little interest in Mahmoud Abbas's speech to the United Nations, which he held on the 27th of September. Most Palestinians have no idea what he said, and do not care to know it.
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Israel National News
| 9 months ago
While giving credit to Abu Mazen for the way in which he presented "the suffering of the Palestinian people as a result of the occupation," Spokesman Salah Bardawil said Abbas implied that Abraham was a symbol for the Jewish people and on this basis...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 9 months ago
Palestinians who were galvanized a year ago by the launch of a campaign for statehood in the United Nations were left cold on Thursday by a watered-down bid from their leader President Mahmoud Abbas...General Assembly, Abbas sought so-called "non-...
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The Economist
| 9 months ago
Gaza's parliament hangs a tableau of two smiling Islamist leaders. Muhammad Morsi, the new president of Egypt, and Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the neighbouring Gaza Strip, which is run by Hamas, the Palestinians' dominant Islamist movement. The...
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Russia Today
| 9 months ago
Rebel fighter commander Khaled al-Zamel, or Abu al-Walid (C). (AFP Photo) A group of Syrian rebels from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) defected and joined pro-government forces on Wednesday. The troops' commander announced that the road is open, and...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 9 months ago
In a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat, the sources ruled out the possibility of electing Ismail Haniyah, head of the sacked government in Gaza, or any of the Movement's leaders in the Gaza Strip for this post due to national political reasons and other...
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Palestine Chronicle
| 9 months ago
21 09/25/2012 The news that Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal is giving up his leadership post is an ominous sign that Hamas is heading toward more confrontation with its Palestinian rival Fatah and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the near future.
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Palestine Chronicle
| 9 months ago
32 09/25/2012 If the new Egyptian leadership thinks it is possible to achieve lasting reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah within the current political climate, it is likely to be disappointed. In the case of Gaza, the...
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Arab News
| 9 months ago
President Mahmoud Abbas finds himself in an unenviable position as he prepares to fly to New York to pursue the difficult goal of upgrading Palestine's status from observer entity to that of a non-member observer state. According to close aides the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Khaled Meshaal, the head of the Hamas movement, has reaffirmed his decision to relinquish leadership of the group, Hamas officials said on Tuesday. The movement in January announced its longtime leader-in-exile was ready to step down from his post,...
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Israel National News
| 9 months ago
The two officials, Mussa Abu Marzouq and Izzat Rishaq, confirmed that Mashaal has told Hamas leaders during a conference Cairo that he would not seek re-election.
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SF Gate
| 9 months ago
Gaza Strip (AP) The supreme leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas has decided to step down, clearing the way for the movement to choose a new leader for the first time in more than 15 years, two senior officials said Monday. Khaled Mashaal told...
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Associated Press
| 9 months ago
Two senior Hamas officials say the Islamic militant movement's supreme leader, Khaled Mashaal, has announced he will resign. Izzat Risheq, a confidant of Mashaal, told The Associated Press on Monday that Mashaal told a Hamas leadership meeting in...
