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Fatah and Hamas could be on the verge of reaching a power-sharing agreement, which could further relax the blockade on the crossing point with Egypt. Revealing details of the possible agreement in a telephone interview with Associated Press, Mohammed Dahlan, Read more
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel are continuing talks for an exchange of prisoners as Israeli Prime Minister undergoes home pressure. Israel has begun talks with its enemy for the release of three Israeli soldiers arrested during Israeli army incursions Read more
A decade after Hamas seized the Gaza Strip, the living conditions for two million people in the Palestinian enclave are deteriorating “further and faster” than the prediction made in 2012 that the enclave would become “unlivable” by 2020, a new Read more
Qatar Tuesday reiterated its support to the Palestinians and to Gaza people pointing out that it will continue assisting in the reconstruction effort despite its isolation by other gulf countries, among which Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. Read more
The leader of the Islamist Hamas movement Wednesday told reporters that Egyptian officials are sensitive to the plight of Palestinians in the enclaved Strip of Gaza in reference to recent rapprochement between the movement and Cairo. “Egyptian authorities issued a Read more
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt announced Tuesday that they received Doha’s response to the 13-demand list they had asked their neighbor to fulfill before they lift the blockade imposed on it, demands Qatar deem unrealistic Read more
Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip began Wednesday construction of a safe area at its border with Egypt as part of agreements for rapprochement between the Islamist movement and Cairo. The new buffer area will stretch on 12 kilometers, along Read more
A leaked document entitled ‘A National Consensus Document for Trust Building’ has been published by the pro-Fatah Ma’an news agency highlighting that Hamas and Muhammad Dahlan have reached an agreement to appoint Dahlan as the Head of Gaza’s government following Read more
Egypt Wednesday sent a first convoy of trucks loaded with 1 million liters of diesel fuel to power the Gaza electricity plant, out of operations for several months due to shortage of fuel, especially after Israel reduced power supply to Read more
Hamas’s Deputy Leader said the resistance group, fighting for an independent Palestinian State, is not politically interested in another round of armed hostilities with Israel. “We, in Hamas, do not initiate wars and we do not expect one, this is Read more