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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Reuters

PA Steps Up Actions against Hamas, Israel Continues to Reduce Electricity Capacity

by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 21, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- For the second time in two days, Israel has reduced the amount of electricity it is providing to the Gaza Strip by additional 12 MW, in compliance with a request from the Palestinian Authority to reach 20 MW less. This move would exacerbate the crisis of...

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Khamenei with participants at the Sixth International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada held in Tehran on Tuesday/ Tasnim

Khamenei Threatens ‘Substitution’ of his Palestinian Allies

by Adel al-Salmi | Feb 22, 2017 | World

London, Ramallah- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Tuesday Tehran’s Palestinian allies that if they abandoned the resistance, another group would be ready to carry their flag. Khamenei’s comments at the Sixth International Conference in Support of...

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A photograph supplied by the Palestinian Authority shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) as he meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Amman, Jordan, 17 July 2013, on his sixth trip to the region in four months in a bid to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. EPA/THAER GANAIM/HANDOUT

Palestinians set to discuss Kerry’s peace plan

by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 18, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat— The Palestinian leadership, represented by the PLO’s Executive Committee, Fatah’s Central Committee, and a number of representatives of several Palestinian movements, is set to hold a decisive meeting headed by Abu Mazen to discuss the peace...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at an opening event of the India-U.S. Higher Education Dialogue in New Delhi, India on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, before heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for a day visit and then on to Kuwait, continuing his Middle East tour. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Kerry seeks to revive peace process amid Palestinian, Israeli doubts

by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 26, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—For the fifth time in four months, US secretary of state John Kerry visited the Middle East in a bid to revive the long-suspended Palestinian–Israeli peace process amid doubts from both sides over the outcome of the US top diplomat’s mission....

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In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013 file photo, New Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah attends his first meeting of the new government cabinet in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

New Palestinian PM Hamdallah resigns

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 21, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Only two weeks after being sworn in as Palestine’s prime minister, Rami Al-Hamdallah submitted his resignation to Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Thursday. An informed source told Asharq Al-Awsat...