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An Israeli soldier stands guard next to Palestinian workers who were transported out of the Tekoa settlement, south of al-Quds (Jerusalem), January 18, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

Palestinian Authority Resorts to U.N. after Netanyahu’s Claims on Settlements

by Kifah Ziboun | Aug 31, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- Palestine authorities said that they are working at top speed for addressing the U.N. Security Council on statements made by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Jewish right to build and occupy Palestinian territory and Jerusalem. The...

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Palestinian Muslim worshippers break their day-long fast during a charity “Iftar” meal outside the golden Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on July 14, 2013. (Photo: AFP – Ahmad Gharabli)

Majority of Palestinians, Israelis Support Two-state Solution

by Nazir Majli | Aug 24, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – The majority of Jewish Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Jerusalem still support a two-state solution, despite the decline in the number of people supporting it. Results were revealed in a joint poll published by the Israel...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prays for Maysara Abu Hamdeya, a Palestinian inmate who died from cancer in an Israeli hospital, during a Fatah Central Committee meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah in this April 2, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mohamed Torokman/Files

Palestinian Authority Approves Egypt’s Initiative on Condition it doesn’t Contradict French Proposal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-The Palestinian Authority has approved the Egyptian initiative to convene a regional and international summit in Cairo to revive the talks between Israel and the Palestinians, according to political sources in Israel. The sources confirmed that Palestinian...

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A Palestinian protester hurls stones towards Israeli troops during clashes at the Israeli Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus, October 16, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Talat

Mother of Palestinian Hunger Strikers: I Reject Seeing them Defeated

by Taha Abed alWahed | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East

Bethlehem-Sanaa Alayan continuously thinks about the health conditions of her two sons Dr. Mohammed al-Balboul and Lieutenant Mahmoud al-Balboul who went on a hunger strike 45 days ago to protest their administrative detention in Israeli prisons. Alayan can do nothing...

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Hamas Expresses Concern over Ties with Iran

Hamas Expresses Concern over Ties with Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 17, 2016 | Middle East

London- Commander of Hamas’ West Bank Department Saleh al-Arouri has expressed deep concern over the high cost that the movement might pay to Iran in return for the military and financial support received by Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas,...