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President Mahmoud Abbas discussed with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Cairo “ways of coordinating Arab efforts and the steps that need to be taken within the UN Security Council” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during Egypt’s month-long rotating Read more
Calm has returned to the Gaza Strip after Israel’s air force bombarded the area for three consecutive days, from Wednesday to Friday. The shelling started after Hamas was accused of launching mortars onto Jewish territory “against forces during operational defensive Read more
Hamas has slammed French efforts for an international peace conference between Israel and Palestine scheduled to take place on May 30 as “a waste of time and a free service for the Israeli government that continues its daily violations against Read more
Hamas-led government in Gaza Thursday amassed forces along border with Egypt in response to Cairo’s request for clampdown on crossings by IS militants. Hundreds of military forces were moved to double military presence along the 13-kilometer border with Egypt. The Read more
Hamas will not attack Israel in the near future because “it fears for itself” and the “real threat” of the organization is “its central ideology” of not negotiating with Israel, said a senior defense ministry official. Director Amos Gilad of Read more
A report of an “unprecedented profiling exercise” of internally displaced Palestinian families in Gaza outlined that 80% of families borrowed money to get by in 2015 while more than 85% had most of their food on credit and more than Read more
Hamas has accused forces of the Palestinian Authority (PA) of collaborating with Israel to crackdown on those planning to launch attacks on the Jewish state. The allegations coincided with Prime Minister Netanyahu stating that a “significant decline” of attacks on Read more
Ties between Ankara and Tel Aviv are seemingly warming up as the Turkish foreign ministry underlined in a statement that “progress” was made in the latest round of talks held in London and that an agreement could be materialized “very Read more
Israel extended the fishing zone of Gaza’s fishermen to nine nautical miles (16km) from six (11km) with effect from Sunday but the measure will only be implemented in the central and southern shores of the Gaza Strip. The decision was Read more
Egyptian government Sunday charged outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Gaza’s Hamas of the assassination of Public Chief Prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year in June. “This plot was carried out on the orders of the Muslim Brotherhood … in close coordination with Read more