by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah convened a cabinet meeting in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip for the first time in three years. This marks a major step towards reconciliation between the mainstream Fatah party and Islamist group Hamas. “Today, we stand...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 2, 2017 | Middle East
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday in what is seen as a major step towards ending the decade-long rift between Fatah and Hamas, which seized control of the coastal strip in 2007. Hamdallah drove through the Israeli Erez...