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Israeli Silence Looms over Assassination of Top Hamas Official

by Kifah Ziboun | Mar 26, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Israel registered no remarks on the recent assassination of a senior Hamas commander, Mazen Faqha. Faqha was shot dead near his home in Tel el-Hawa, a neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City, by assailants using a weapon equipped with a silencer. He...

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Palestinians walk at the headquarters of the High Court in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Hamas Jails ISIS Supporters

by Kifah Ziboun | Mar 24, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Martial courts run by Palestine’s Gaza Strip ruling authority, Hamas, issued jail sentences against ISIS members. All convicts were found guilty of manufacturing and launching projectiles against Israeli territory and propagating anti-revolutionary...

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Palestinian students play in a classroom at a United Nations school in Gaza City. (AFP)

Education in Eastern Jerusalem Maintains Palestinian Identity

by Kifah Ziboun | Mar 21, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Ramallah – Since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority 24 years ago, Israel has been trying through all the possible means to control the academic curriculum in Eastern Jerusalem, which includes around 150 schools. These schools have taught the...

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Illustrative: A gallows is prepared for an execution in Gaza, 2013 (AP/Gaza Interior Ministry)

In a First, Hamas Sentences 2 Drug Dealers to Death

by Kifah Ziboun | Mar 20, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas intensified its war on drugs and drug dealers in Gaza Strip as part of the campaign launched to end the spreading of narcotics. A military court sentenced on Sunday two drug dealers to death, the first such punishment handed down by the Palestinian...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al Khalid al Sabah and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki (not seen) sign an agreement and a memorandum of understanding, in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Abbas: Arab League to Support 2002 Peace Initiative

by Kifah Ziboun | Mar 17, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that the upcoming Arab League Summit in Amman would witness overwhelming support to the Arab Peace Initiative as the only means to achieve sustainable peace in the Middle East. Speaking at a joint news...