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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a ceremony for veterans and relatives of victims in Ankara on October 27, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN

Turkey Appoints Ambassador to Israel in Reciprocal Move

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 16, 2016 | Middle East

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed a foreign policy advisor to the prime minister as ambassador to Israel, sealing the normalization of diplomatic relations after a partial rupture in 2010. The appointment reciprocated a move by the Israelis a day...

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Mahmoud Abbas (L), and Mohammed Dahlan. (Photo: AP)

Struggle Mounts between Abbas, Dahlan

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 25, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- One day after the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ousting a number of leaders from Fatah suspected of having ties with Muhammad Dahlan, the latter led a huge offense against Abbas. Dahlan told the BBC that he will not allow Abbas to destroy Fatah. “Abbas...

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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

Palestinians, Israelis, International Parties Preoccupied with Choosing Vice President for Abbas

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 16, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- Many Palestinians, Arabs, Israelis and Western parties seem preoccupied by the topic of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas choosing a vice president. However Abbas does not seem to have an equal interest as he has handed the matter to Palestinian leaders...

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Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016 in Gaza city. AFP

Iran-Palestine Ties, a Political Tale of Reserved Support

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 10, 2016 | Features

Ramallah-The first official to have ever set foot in Iran after the cleric-led revolution took over the country in 1979 was Palestine’s former chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat. Arafat’s attachés revealed that the freedom fighter...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas kisses a Palestinian flag before raising it during United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations in Manhattan, September 30, 2015. Even though Palestine is not a member of the United Nations, the General Assembly adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution that permits non-member observer states to fly their flags alongside those of full member states. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Central Elections Commission Urges Abbas to Postpone Local Elections

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 4, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- The Palestinian Supreme Court ruling to hold municipal elections exclusively in the West Bank caused multiple reactions. Hamas threatened to take action to break Fatah party’s monopoly of the elections, and the Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC)...