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News Source: Weekly Arham
| 7 days ago
The deal would see the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip more than three years ago, in exchange for the release from Israeli detention camps of hundreds of Palestinian political prisoners.
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News Source: BDNews24
| 7 days ago
Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid-ul-Azha or Festival of Sacrifice - a four-day holiday marking the end of the hajj pilgrimage. Islam marks its second largest festival with prayers and sacrifice. In Bangladesh, thousands upon thousands of
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News Source: The New York Times
| 25 days ago
I can offer you a discount on the headbands,” said Tareq Abu Dayyeh, souvenir-store owner. “They’re just like the kind used by suicide bombers.” He was making a sales pitch at his Chairman Arafat Shop, one of Gaza’s oddest commercial
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News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 month ago
He was convicted in 2002 of involvement in the killing of four Israelis and a Greek Orthodox monk, but is seen as a potential leader by many Palestinians. Barghouti is a fluent Hebrew-speaker who has supported peace talks with Israel but was also a
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 month ago
Now he wants to create Palestinian settlements, in effect, to counter Israeli moves...Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in less than three months, but the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Salam Fayyad, isn't concerned
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News Source: Financial Times
| about 1 month ago
The president of the Palestinian Authority has already seen his poll ratings fall sharply, largely in response to the botched handling of a UN inquiry into the recent Gaza war. He has made no progress towards ending a fierce power struggle with the
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News Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat
| about 1 month ago
PLO Executive Committee Member Saleh Rafat said that the proposal is still under study...Rafat told Asharq Al-Awsat that Abbas's proposal aims at portraying the PLO factions as unified. He explained that if these factions are to reach agreement, they
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News Source: Press TV
| about 1 month ago
Haniyeh, who was speaking to a American medical delegation on Wednesday, was quoted by Ma'an news agency as saying that "there is nothing wrong with talking to the United States." However, he added that Washington must live up to its promises and