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Internationally recognized Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Monday conditioned a return to besieged Gaza only when Hamas, which controls the enclave, hands it over to the Palestinian Authority (PA), nearly one month after PA Prime Minister escaped an assassination attempt. Abbas Read more
The Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Palestinian strip of Gaza has named Anas abu Koussa as main suspect in the assassination attempt on Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah early last week in the enclave. Hamas Wednesday finger-pointed 25-year Read more
Gaza ruling movement Hamas has denied any involvement in the Tuesday bomb attack against the motorcade of Palestinian Prime Minister in the enclaved strip. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah escaped Tuesday an apparent bomb attack when he was entering the enclave. Read more
The Palestinian Prime Minister based in the West Bank announced Wednesday resumption of payment of Israel-supplied electricity in Gaza enclave nearly six month after refusing to foot the bill and leaving the strip in nearly complete darkness. Last June, Mahmoud Read more
Hamas has announced it sealed a unity agreement with rival West Bank-based Fatah after two days of talks in Cairo. The Head of Gaza-based Islamist group Ismail Haniyeh said both parties reached a deal on the management of Gaza, which Read more
Palestinian internationally recognized Prime Minister answering leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected in Gaza today to make the turn of Fatah which controls the Palestinian Authority as schism with rival Hamas looks edging towards end. Rami Hamdallah is expected in Gaza Read more
UN Chief Antonio Guterres Tuesday in Ramallah underlined the UN stance on the two-state solution to end decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict while inviting both sides to cease moves that may hinder peace building. “I want to express very strongly the total Read more
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are raising concerns about the impossibility for them to go through the Israel-controlled areas out of Gaza because of the quasi-impossibility to obtain a “no objection” letter from Jordanian authorities. They need to have the Read more
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is set to visit Israel and Palestinian West Bank this month, in a bid to relaunch the dead peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis. Manuel Valls will be in the region from 21 to 24 Read more
In a first decision of its kind, the Palestinian Authority responded to an Israeli ban on products from five Palestinian companies, adopted earlier this month, by adopting a similar move that it said would be implemented “immediately.” “In response to Read more