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The Palestinian Authority’s top official for border crossings, Nazmi Muhanna, arrives at the Erez border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip on October 16, 2017 (AFP)

General Director of Palestinian Crossing and Borders Authority Arrives in Gaza

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Palestinian Crossing and Borders Authority began assuming its duties of managing Gaza’s crossings, according to the Palestinian Public Works Minister Mufeed al-Hasaynah. Hasaynah spoke during a meeting with General Director of Palestinian Crossing and...

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A photo taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows a Hamas outpost on a hill (right) along the border, February 25, 2016. (AFP/Jack Guez)

Abbas to Visit Gaza as Details of Fatah-Hamas Deal Emerge

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 12, 2017 | Middle East

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Gaza for the first time in a decade within a month, a top official in his Fatah party said on Thursday after the movement reached a deal with Hamas over political reconciliation. Abbas “will be in Gaza within less...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greets delegates after addressing the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 20, 2017. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Fatah, Hamas Leaders to Discuss Unresolved Issues in Cairo

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- The Palestinian cabinet held on Tuesday a meeting in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip for the first time in three years, but failed to take any prompt decisions. Instead, the government decided to send the difficult and complicated files to a meeting of Fatah...

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Israeli soldiers aim their weapons during clashes with Palestinian protesters following a demonstration on December 25, 2015 in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH

2 Palestinians Shot Dead by Israeli Army in Jenin Clashes

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 12, 2017 | Middle East

Two Palestinians were shot dead before dawn Wednesday during clashes with the Israeli army in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical and security sources said. Official Palestinian news agency Wafa identified the dead as Saad Salah, 21,...

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An ambulance leaves the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Lebanon Army Arrests Top Palestinian Terror Suspect

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 1, 2017 | Middle East

A Palestinian militant wanted for planning bomb attacks in Lebanon was detained by the army on Saturday at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency reported. Palestinian factions in Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp handed over...