An Israeli plan to release a batch of Palestinian prisoners as a "goodwill gesture" and "confidence-building measure" to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , does not signal the end of detention of thousands of other prisoners, but it could bring the...
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The last president the Palestinians had was Yasser Arafat, or Abu Ammar, who died four years ago. Now, Abbas, who is already president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and head of Fateh, is wearing the new cap of head of state. The fact of the matter...
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Palace, created some controversy among the Palestinian factions, because Secretary General of the mainstream faction of the Fatah Movement Sultan Abu al-Aynayn insisted on speaking in addition to PLO representative Abbas Zaki. Sources told the paper...
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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has decided to resume fuel shipments to Gaza's electricity plant despite continued rocket fire, after Gaza officials shut down the facility, cutting power to much of the Gaza Strip. Israel is the sole provider of industrial...
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Embassies - Observation Iran is watching out possible interference of foreign embassies in the Iranian presidential election, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hassan Qashqavi, said on Monday. "No country expects other countries to interfere in its internal...
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The new Palestinian stadium that opened last week was great news football wise, but it has not and will never replace the real ground, the state, that Palestinians lost 60 years ago. So when you read things in the Western press like "Palestinians may...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' special envoy to Lebanon, Adib al-Husan, kicked off his duties by restructuring Fatah's military, political and financial arms in Lebanon, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday. The newspaper said Husan has taken...
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A senior Fatah official said, "Hamas has tried to change the Egyptian plan by requesting a bilateral meeting with Fatah which excludes the other 11 Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) factions. "We adhere to the Egyptian plan which calls for a meeting...
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Mahmoud Abbas, who arrived in Damascus on a two-day visit on Saturday, is scheduled to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his deputy Farouk al-Shara on Sunday. Abbas told reporters upon arrival that he would discuss with Syrian officials developments...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces raided a Hamas bomb factory and arrested 11 members of the rival Islamist faction in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, a senior police officer said. The raid was part of a law-and-order drive...
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