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Hamas movement members and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (Reuters)

Hamas Urges Palestinian Authority to Assume Gaza Duties without Delay

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 19, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas asked on Monday the Palestinian government headed by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to quickly come to the Gaza Strip to assume its duties. “We demand President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and the Fatah movement to immediately...

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures during an interview with Reuters in Gaza City. Reuters

Cairo Tries to Bridge Gap between PA, Hamas

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 12, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- The meetings of Hamas delegation with the Egyptian intelligence officials focused on two issues: reconciliation within the framework of the status of the Palestinian case and security cooperation, Palestinian informed sources said. Sources told Asharq...

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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh. (AP)

Hamas Leadership Meets in Cairo

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 11, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – The new Hamas leadership chose to hold its first meeting since the election of its politburo last May in the Egyptian capital as a sign that the Palestinian movement withdrew from Doha where it kept its offices for years. Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat...

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Hamas security personnel keep guard as fuel tankers enter Gaza’s power plant through the Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip June 21, 2017. (Reuters)

Hamas Declares State of Alert in Gaza, Wages Campaign of Mass Arrests against Extremists

by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 10, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas launched on Sunday a wide campaign in the Gaza Strip to arrest extremists, who are influenced by ISIS, in the wake of last week’s terrorist attack in Sinai, which claimed the lives of 23 Egyptian soldiers. Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that...

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures during an interview with Reuters in Gaza City (Reuters)

Haniyeh Says Hamas Ready to Hold Presidential, Legislative Polls

by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 6, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Head of Hamas Polibureau Ismail Haniyeh called on Wednesday for forming a Palestinian national unity government and holding general elections across the Palestinian territories. “Hamas is ready to participate in presidential and legislative elections,”...