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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greets delegates after addressing the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 20, 2017. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Fatah, Hamas Leaders to Discuss Unresolved Issues in Cairo

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- The Palestinian cabinet held on Tuesday a meeting in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip for the first time in three years, but failed to take any prompt decisions. Instead, the government decided to send the difficult and complicated files to a meeting of Fatah...

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (L) shakes hands with Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Hamdallah in Gaza: My Government’s Success Depends on its Ability to Work on Ground

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said on Monday his government’s success in the Gaza Strip would depend on its ability to work on the ground. Hamdallah, accompanied by a senior governmental delegation, crossed into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a...

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah talks to media after the first unity government meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 3, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Hamdallah: We Will Not Accept any Derogation from Government’s Work in Gaza

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 27, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah– Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said his government wanted to assume full responsibility of the Gaza Strip and to extend its power over all sectors. “The government of National Reconciliation will assume its responsibilities in the Gaza Strip,...

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United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, speaks during a press conference in Gaza, Feb. 17, 2016 (AP)

Mladenov: Cairo Agreements are the Palestinians’ Last Chance

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East

Gaza – UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said on Monday that the Cairo agreements represented the last chance for intra-Palestinian reconciliation. “This opportunity must be well used,” Mladenov said during a visit to the...

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah speaks with Reuters in Doha. Photo: Reuters

Palestinian Government to Hold Weekly Session in Gaza

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 25, 2017 | Middle East

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah will travel to Gaza on Monday as part of a fresh push to end a decade-long split between the Fatah and Hamas movements, his government announced. “Hamdallah has decided after consulting with president Mahmoud Abbas that...