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Kids write their homework in Gaza Strip amid power outage, AFP

Fatah’s Azzam Al Ahmad Plans Cairo Trip in Hopes of Healing Divide with Hamas

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- Palestinian Authority sources announced that the Ramallah-based Fatah party will look into details with Egyptian officials concerning recent talks with Hamas. This will be prior to Fatah taking decisions for upcoming steps, the sources said. “President...

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Palestinian Hamas militants attend the funeral of their comrade, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Ghazi Hamad Criticizes Hamas, Calls for Performance Review

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2017 | Middle East

Gaza- Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad criticized the Gaza Strip-ruling party for its political decisions saying that all Palestinian people, across the spectrum, must be given equal rights and importance. He said that Hamas should extend its limited coverage of...

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Peter Maurer, left, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Yehya Sinwar, a top Hamas official, meet at Sinwar’s office in Gaza City, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

Sinwar Rejects ICRC Demand to Visit Israelis Detained by Hamas

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 6, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah– Hamas Chief in the Gaza Strip, Yehia Sinwar, has rejected a demand by the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, to verify the conditions of Israeli captives, sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. The sources noted that...

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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 to Gradually Cut Gaza’s Annual Budget

by Kifah Ziboun | Aug 7, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would gradually stop paying up to $1.5 billion a year for Gaza Strip if Hamas refused to hand over the territory to the current Palestinian government. Abbas called on Hamas to accept his initiative of the “appeal...

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah speaks with Reuters in Doha November 27, 2013. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR – Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)

Palestinian PM: We Are Ready to Work in Gaza, Hamas Must Accept Abbas’ Initiative

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 2, 2017 | Middle East

Gaza – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah said his government was ready to work in Gaza Strip, stressing that there would neither be an independent state in Gaza nor would a Palestinian State be established without it. Hamdallah called on Hamas Movement,...