by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | Apr 19, 2017 | Middle East
Ramallah, Tel Aviv – On the second day of hunger strikes in Israeli prisons, officials attacked strike leader Marwan Barghouti, saying that Israel should have executed the head of the central Fatah committee a long time ago. Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli...
by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 23, 2014 | Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian leadership has agreed to make amendments to the statehood resolution it submitted to the UN Security Council on Wednesday before a vote by the Council due by the end of the year. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Palestinian...
by Michel Abu Najm | Apr 15, 2014 | Middle East
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remains committed to securing the release of popular Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, a “priority” for his government, according to Barghouti’s wife. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Paris...