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PLO appoints Abbas 'president of Palestine'

Jerusalem :: Israel | about 19 hours ago

The central committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) appointed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday as "president of the State of Palestine" – which the late Yasser Arafat declared in 1989.   Abbas now hold all three...

Tags: israel, palestine, ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Abbas, Arab-Israeli, Palestinian Authority, Iran, Hamas, PLO Central Council, president mahmoud

Gaza suffers with closed borders

Gaza :: Palestine | 1 day ago

Residents of the Gaza Strip are suffering a humanitarian crisis, the result of 18 consecutive days of a blockade imposed by Israel. Israel closed border crossings in response to Palestinian rocket attacks...Bakeries in the Gaza Strip continue to ration...

Tags: israel, gaza, Israeli, Gaza Strip, rockets, war, Palestinian Authority, palestinian militants, isra army, rocket fired

Jewish settlement in Hebron bans rioting youths

Hebron :: Palestine | 2 days ago

We are making great efforts to put an end to recent events and I hope we will succeed," Noam Arnon, spokesperson for the Jewish settlement in Hebron said on Friday ahead of the reading of the 'Chayei Sarah' weekly portion (lit. 'The Life of Sarah,' Genesis...

Tags: Israeli Supreme Court, West Bank, Hebron, Palestinians, bank city, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmud Abbas, israelis soldiers, Muslim

PM welcomes Abbas ads in Israeli press

Jerusalem :: Israel | 3 days ago

Declaring that Israel is willing to talk with "all of its Arab neighbors" on the basis of 2002's Arab League peace initiative, the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday said it welcomed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's move in which he appealed...

Tags: israel, Israeli Foreign Ministry, jerusalem, gaza, The Jerusalem Post, Mahmoud Abbas, jewish legislators, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Tel Aviv Stocks, tel aviv, Palestinian Authority, arab world, Hebrew, Shimon Peres, palestine, obama, arab league, Israeli, Jerusalem Post

Palestinians to hand over wanted militant to LAF

Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago

Palestinian officials and Islamist figures in the southern city of Sidon reportedly started efforts on Wednesday aimed at handing over six wanted militants to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Among the wanted is Abdel al-Rahman Awad, who is believed the...

Tags: Fatah al-Islam, Sultan Abu al-Aynayn, Ain al-Hilweh, Palestinian Authority, refugee camp

Israel police remove protest tent

Jerusalem :: Israel | 4 days ago

Israeli police have pulled down a protest tent set up by a Palestinian family evicted from their home of 52 years in East Jerusalem. They also arrested three international activists and one Palestinian. Fawzia al-Kurd, 57, had been sleeping in the tent...

Tags: israel, jerusalem, East Jerusalem, protest tent, kurd family, Israeli, palestine, hamas, Arab East Jerusalem, Jerusalem Palestinian, israelis police, Franco Frattini, Palestinians, palestinian family, Jarrah, sheikh jarrah, Arab-Israeli, Middle East, Palestinian Authority, West Bank

Hamas gunman killed in Gaza explosion

Jerusalem :: Israel | 4 days ago

Hamas said the man was a member of the organization's lookout unit and had been "killed in action." The IDF denied the report, saying that there had been no shooting incidents in the area and that the man had probably been killed by an errant Palestinian...

Tags: Hamas, israel, West Bank, gaza, Free Gaza Movement, hamas, Hamas and Fatah, Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Authority, Cairo, rockets, Israeli, airstrike, Gaza Strip, Arab League Cairo, jerusalem, United Nations, palestine, Arab-Israel, Saudi Arabia, Hevron, Gaza City, peace plan, arab peace, Hebrew

Obama calls Palestinian leader, says peace vital

Ramallah :: Palestine | 5 days ago

President-elect Barack Obama has called the Palestinian president and told him that peace is a vital interest for Israelis and Palestinians. Negotiator Saeb Erekat says the phone call took place Tuesday. Erekat says Obama told President Mahmoud Abbas...

Tags: israel, obama, president-elect, elections, election, barack, news, Israeli, Barack Obama, peace process, Palestinians, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmud Abbas, palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, Israeli-Palestinian, Gaza, hamas, Palestinian Islamic Hamas, Middle East, Abbas' Fatah, Arab

Israeli tanks rumble into Gaza, raze farmlands

Gaza :: Palestine | 5 days ago

The Israeli military described the activity as "a routine operation to uncover explosive devices." Militant groups said they fired mortars and rockets at the tanks, which did not return fire. The military withdrew from the area by early afternoon, according...

Tags: israel, gaza, hamas, Gaza Strip, southern gaza, Israeli, Rafah, human rights, Hamas party, tanks rolled, Israeli Navy, Hamas, palestinian fishermen, Keep Gaza Border Crossings, End Gaza, rockets, Navi Pillay, Gazans, UN Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian, IDF, Navy Abducts, Gazan Arab, Gaza Goods Crossings, Palestinian Authority, minister ehud, Olmert Gaza, Ehud Olmert, prime minister, United Nations, humanitarian situation, call, Hamas Parliament

Disinvestment From West Bank Settlements Gains Momentum

Hebron :: Palestine | 5 days ago

The UK has been trying to get Brussels to take a tougher approach to Israel as it believes the Jewish settlements are the core issue in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

Tags: Israel, Israeli, israel, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, dispute house, Nissim Zeev, ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party, Hebron, jewish settlers, bank city, court order

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