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A Palestinian Authority employee holds a placard during a protest the sudden slashing of their monthly salaries at the Unknown Soldier Park in Gaza City, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (AP)

Wave of Anger after Palestinian Govt. Slashes Gaza Employee Wages

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 6, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – The Palestinian Authority announced on Wednesday that it was cutting the salaries of tens of thousands of government employees in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The decision to cut the salaries by 30 percent deepened the divide between the West Bank and...

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Palestinian fighters from the Ezzeddine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stand inside an underground tunnel in Gaza on August 18, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Hamas Gives Israel’s Agents One Week to Repent

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 5, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas said on Tuesday it would offer a “week of redemption” for collaborators with Israel to avoid arrest and punishment, within a campaign to avenge last month’s assassination of Mazen Faqha, a senior official in Ezzeddine al-Qassam Brigade, Hamas’...

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Members of Hamas’s armed wing carry the body of Mazen al-Faqha at his funeral in Gaza City. (Reuters)

Hamas Launches ‘Revenge’ Campaign against Israeli Collaborators

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – The Hamas movement has launched a new campaign against suspected Israeli collaborators a day after deputy politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh issued a threat that killers of prominent leader Mazen al-Faqha will not escape punishment. Haniyeh asserted that Hamas...

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Construction workers at a building site of new housing units in the Jewish settlement of Neve Yaakov, in the northern area of east Jerusalem in December 2016. (AFP)

Israel’s Approval of New Settlements Draws International Criticism

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 2, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed his disappointment over the recent Israeli decision to build a new settlement on land the Palestinians seek for a state. He voiced his alarm at the development and condemned the move, his...

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An Israeli archeologist is accused of trying to take a stone from a pillar in an underground section of the al-Aqsa mosque [Reuters]

Aqsa Mosque Altercations Escalate, Israeli Forces Arrest Mosque Guards

by Kifah Ziboun | Mar 29, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- Tensions in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem escalated following a group of Israeli settlers stormed the Islamic site for the second day. Israeli forces detained at least 11 guards of the East Jerusalem flashpoint on Tuesday, most of which are in detention under...