March 13, 2012
Israelis survey the damage to shops following a rocket attack in Gaza. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images Israel and militant factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered truce to end four days of cross-border violence in which 25 Palestinians have been killed, a senior Egyptian security official said. Both sides had “agreed to end the current [...]
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March 7, 2012
(MaanImages/Hatem Omar, File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hamas leader Ahmad Yousef said Tuesday evening that ministers in a new interim government will be named within two weeks, raising hopes that an impasse over the unity cabinet had been broken. Hamas leader: New cabinet will be named in 2 weeks Published today (updated) 07/03/2012 11:43 Fatah [...]
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March 1, 2012
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The prime minister in Gaza on Thursday called on Palestinian leaders to visit the Gaza Strip, saying they all have a right to visit the enclave as part of an undivided Palestine. Speaking during a lunch meeting with leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ismail Haniyeh [...]
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February 23, 2012
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas officials on Thursday played down reports that the movement was placing barriers in front of a reconciliation deal it signed with Fatah earlier this month. Party spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Hamas was moving forward with the deal in line with the terms agreed in Doha by President Mahmoud Abbas and [...]
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January 24, 2012
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Gaza headquarters of the Central Elections Commission reopened Tuesday and will start work Wednesday, officials said. link to article http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=455108 CEC director Jamil Khalidi received keys for the Gaza City office a day after the commission’s chairman Hanna Nasir lamented its closure. Nasir said Monday that the Hamas-led government had failed [...]
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January 24, 2012
Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik gestures as he attends a hearing at an Israeli military court near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images LINK http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/24/israel-jails-palestinian-parliament-speaker An Israeli military court has ordered the speaker of the Palestinian legislative body to be jailed for six months without trial after he was arrested at a [...]
Tags: Aziz Duwaik, Aziz Dweik, Fatah, Hama, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah
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January 22, 2012
President Abbas and Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal.(MaanImages/file) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Egypt intends to intervene in the implementation of a reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah, the country’s ambassador to the Palestinian Authority said Sunday. Yasser Othman told Ma’an that Egypt “intends to take its intervention to the top leaders level because that will be the [...]
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January 22, 2012
President Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev as they meet at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on Jan. 20, 2012. (REUTERS/Vladimir Rodionov, RIA Novosti/Kremlin) MOSCOW (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel’s response to a Palestinian proposal on borders and security as requested by Quartet negotiators was “worthless”. Speaking [...]
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January 20, 2012
Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a meeting in front of supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement party in Tunis January 8, 2012. (Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday called on the PLO to suspend talks with Israel until PLC speaker Aziz Dweik is released. “A Palestinian [...]
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January 17, 2012
Demonstrators attend a rally calling for reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah in Bethlehem on March 15, 2011. (MaanImages/Luay Sababa) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A senior Hamas official has told Ma’an that ongoing talks to implement the party’s reconciliation agreement with Fatah are undermined by low confidence between the factions.Both parties want to achieve national unity but [...]
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January 14, 2012
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinians rallied Saturday against steps toward renewing negotiations with Israel, gathering outside the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. “If you’re against negotiations, honk your car’s horn,” protesters chanted. Sympathetic drivers joined the demonstrators calling for the PLO to cease involvement in bilateral meetings in Jordan. A gathering of young men and women also [...]
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January 8, 2012
Hamas Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip with Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas. (MaanImages/File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Fatah and Hamas on Sunday accused each other of using an aborted official Fatah visit to the Gaza Strip as a pretext to scupper the fragile reconciliation deal between the parties. As officials announced that committees set up to [...]
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January 8, 2012
Fatah delegation leader Azzam Al-Ahmad with Damascus-based Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouq at reconciliation talks in Cairo in August, 2011. (MaanImages/HO) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A reconciliation committee has agreed that all political detainees will be released on Jan. 15, Hamas committee member Khalid Al-Batsh told Ma’an. The public freedoms committee, one of the cross-party [...]
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January 7, 2012
Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal (C) greets the media as he enters the Arab League headquarter before his meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi, in Cairo, Jan. 6. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal’s role as mediator in the Syrian uprising is in the interests of Palestinian refugees in the country, [...]
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January 5, 2012
Quartet of Middle East mediators including Middle East envoy Tony Blair (3rd L), senior US envoy to the peace process in the Middle East David Hill (4th L) and PLO official Saeb Erekat (5th L) attend a meeting in Amman Jan. 3. (Reuters/Jordan News Agency/Petra/HO) WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators [...]
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January 3, 2012
(MaanImages/File) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Fatah central committee member Nabil Shaath met with Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar in Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon to progress the reconciliation deal between their parties. In a press statement, Shaath said they discussed the political detentions in Gaza and the West Bank and ways to implement the agreement, despite [...]
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December 22, 2011
CAIRO (Ma’an) — Hamas has agreed to join the Palestine Liberation Organization in a move intended to bolster Palestinian reconciliation, The Associated Press reported Thursday. The report comes as President Mahmoud Abbas met Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Cairo to put “final touches” on an agreement to reconcile the leaders’ rival factions. Fatah leader in [...]
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December 21, 2011
A member of the Palestinian community holds a flag near the office of the United Nations in Managua. (Reuters/Jorge Cabrera) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Wednesday that Palestinian factions have reached agreement on six steps to be taken as part of ongoing reconciliation talks. In a statement received by Ma’an, Barhoum said [...]
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December 20, 2011
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A member of the Hamas political bureau said Tuesday that attendees at a meeting to discuss reconciliation postponed the decisive issue of PLO membership until later in the week. Izzat al-Risheq said “elections dates were discussed and agreed on forming a central elections committee. The committee is formed from one delegate [...]
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December 18, 2011
Palestinians take part in a protest against disagreement between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza. (MaanImages/Stringer) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Two delegations representing Hamas and Fatah are scheduled to meet in Cairo on Sunday to evaluate what has been achieved on the ground since the heads of both parties met a month ago. Fatah leader president [...]
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December 12, 2011
Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal (front L) and President Mahmoud Abbas (front R) shake hands after their meeting in Cairo Nov. 24, 2011. (Reuters/Mohamed Al Hams/HO) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Committees working on the terms of a reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas have made little progress, and increasing political detentions may threaten the accord, Hamas [...]
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December 5, 2011
Palestinians take part in a demonstration organized by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine near the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on March 19, 2009. (MaanImages/Hatem Omar) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian political factions are due to meet with Egyptian officials in Cairo this week to discuss implementation of the [...]
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December 4, 2011
Palestinians attend a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sept. 21, 2011. (REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas and Fatah leaders met in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to discuss the results of last week’s summit between party chiefs, officials said. Describing the Gaza meeting of top officials from the rival [...]
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November 20, 2011
Mahmoud Abbas faces opposition from the US, one of the Palestinian Authority‘s biggest financial supporters. Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images Palestinian president to seek unity government deal with Hamas Israel warns Mahmoud Abbas against striking agreement with his factional rival Khaled Mashal at meeting this week in Cairo reddit this Phoebe Greenwood in Tel Aviv guardian.co.uk, Sunday [...]
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November 19, 2011
A Palestinian boy holds up a flag during a rally in Ramallah. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Fatah leader Mohammad al-Nahhal said Saturday a new government is to be announced after a Cairo meeting between President Abbas and Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal. Al-Nahhal told Ma’an the meeting has been well prepared to yield [...]
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October 28, 2011
Demonstrators attend a rally calling for reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah in Bethlehem on March 15, 2011. (MaanImages/Luay Sababa) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Deputy parliament speaker Ahmad Bahar on Friday said implementing national unity was the only option left for President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas. After two decades of failed negotiations with Israel, [...]
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October 27, 2011
President Abbas gestures during a meeting of the Fatah revolutionary council in the West Bank city of Ramallah Oct. 26, 2011. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman) By Tom Perry RAMALLAH (Reuters) — President Mahmoud Abbas plans to discuss the fate of the Palestinian Authority with his rivals Hamas next month, raising questions over its future with the [...]
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October 20, 2011
Yes, rejoice for precious Shalit. Spare a thought for the 8,000 Palestinian prisoners …but spare a thought (and do something) for the thousands of Palestinians still languishing in Israel’s prisons Illustration by Carlos Latuff I was once a national serviceman myself, drafted into the military by a barmy government. So I can’t deny that [...]
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October 17, 2011
Palestinians prepare a stage for a welcoming rally for released prisoners in Gaza City Oct. 17, 2011, ahead of a prisoner swap that is expected to take place on Tuesday. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli and Palestinian officials on Monday finalized preparations for the exchange of over 1,000 prisoners for a captured soldier, [...]
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October 16, 2011
Tawfiq al-Tirawi (MaanImages/Fadi Arouri, File) HEBRON (Ma’an) — Fatah central committee member Tawfiq al-Tirawi on Friday called a prisoner exchange deal agreed by Hamas and Israel this week a “national achievement,” in an address to a village near Hebron. The former Palestinian intelligence chief told Beit Ula villagers after Friday prayers: “There will be [...]
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October 15, 2011
Women rest in front of a poster depicting Palestinian prisoners as they take part in a protest calling for the release of their sons held in Israeli jails, inside the headquarter of the International Red Cross in Gaza City Oct. 13, 2011. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian officials on Thursday jousted over the [...]
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October 14, 2011
Women hug each other as they take part in a protest calling for the release of their sons held in Israeli jails, inside the headquarters of the International Red Cross in Gaza City October 13, 2011. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — One of the groups involved in the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit [...]
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October 13, 2011
Azzam Al-Ahmad (MaanImages/Stringer) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Hamas and Fatah delegation members were set to meet in Cairo on Wednesday, Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad said. “The meeting was scheduled before, but some Hamas officials and spokesman’s negative statements in the Gaza Strip affected setting the date,” al-Ahmad told Voice of Palestine radio, official news agency [...]
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September 15, 2011
Hamas and Fatah meet in Gaza before UN bid Published yesterday (updated) 15/09/2011 21:19 Hamas and Fatah remain divided on numerous political issues, including the UN bid, despite the heralding of the May unity deal as the end of the state of separation between their governments in Gaza and the West Bank [MaanImages/Rami Swidan, [...]
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August 8, 2011
Hamas and Fatah agree to release political prisoners Published yesterday (updated) 07/08/2011 22:24 Palestinian Authority President and Fatah head Mahmoud Abbas (R) talks to Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Cairo in May 2011. [AFP/PPO/File Thaer Ghanem] CAIRO (Ma’an) — Hamas and Fatah have agreed to release all political prisoners after meeting in Cairo on [...]
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July 26, 2011
Fatah says party members blocked from leaving Gaza Published today 20:28 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Fatah on Tuesday said Hamas officials refused to allow Fatah revolutionary council member Amal Hamad to leave the coastal enclave for a PLO central council meeting in the West Bank. However Hamas did allow 18 PLO central committee members [...]
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July 26, 2011
Rupert Murdoch: Intellectual terrorism by PAUL J. BALLES on JULY 25, 2011 The past week’s news has been dominated by reports of scandals in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. As journalist Ted Newcomen points out, there’s more to the story: The latest revelations in the UK about phone hacking, bribing the police, and frightening political leaders are just [...]
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July 26, 2011
The war in Iraq created another ‘puppet’ regime. (Zoriah.net) By James Petras Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even as it is understood that they hold their position only at the tolerance [...]
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July 8, 2011
Why should international boats not be allowed to travel to Gaza? By Stuart Reigeluth There is no lack of creativity, viciousness and connivance in Israeli and European attempts to dissuade and discourage the “Freedom Flotilla II” from leaving Greece for Gaza. The list is long, too long to enumerate here, of blatant Israeli instances of [...]
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July 6, 2011
This is yet another good article at the Gilad Atzmon site. That site can by reached at http://www.gilad.co.uk/. This article has an interview between Cattori and Plionis. I have has been mentioned on this page a few times that Israel has become like a new found friend for Greece. That raises a further interesting point. The [...]
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July 6, 2011
Israel‘s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip has led to an almost complete collapse of Gaza’s economy, making the people dependent on international aid [GALLO/GETTY] Earlier this year we watched with amazement as hundreds of thousands of Arabs charged into the streets of their cities demanding reform. The uprisings led to the departure of several [...]
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July 5, 2011
Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port. Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”. As soon as the boat’s [...]
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July 4, 2011
Greece says its ban on all Gaza-bound ships leaving port was to protect pro-Palestinian activists [Reuters] Most of the nine vessels that pro-Palestinian activists planned to sail on as part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in defiance of an Israeli blockade remain stranded in Greece ports, after Greek authorities forbade them from embarking on the journey. Two [...]
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July 4, 2011
A unity deal between Fatah and Hamas has reportedly stalled over Fayyad’s role as prime minister (GALLO/GETTY) The Palestinian Authority can only pay employees half their salaries this month because of a shortfall in foreign aid which it needs for its financial survival, the prime minister said on Sunday. Salam Fayyad appealed to donors to [...]
Tags: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian National Authority, Salam Fayyad, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank
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June 22, 2011
Hezbollah and the Arab revolution The group’s leader keeps his ear close to the ground, bonding with the dispossessed and speaking their language. Heralded by millions of fans as ‘the mastermind of the resistance’ – and demonised by the US and Israel as a ’terrorist’, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah‘s rhetoric towards Syria is equally divisive [GALLO/GETTY] Is [...]
Tags: 2006 Lebanon War, Arab people, Bashar-al Assad, Gamal Mubarak, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Iranian Revolution, Lebanon, Musa Al-Sadr, Ruhollah Khomeini, Syria
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June 21, 2011
No Savior Salam Fayyad, Palestinian Prime Minister. STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images If Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s political career came to an end today, he could still proudly claim to be Palestine‘s most accomplished prime minister ever. The problem is that all of his predecessors — Ahmad Hilmi, Mahmud Abbas, Ahmad Qurei, and Ismail Haniyya [...]
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June 4, 2011
Israel and Palestinians Brace for New Clashes: The Post-Peace Process Heats Up By TONY KARON Friday, June 03, 2011 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Sun / Eric Sultan / Landov Print Email Reprints Facebook Twitter MORE Israel is bracing for more Arab Spring showers this Sunday, as Palestinians plan to mark the June 5 anniversary [...]
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June 3, 2011
A State for Jews By William James Martin I grew up in NC and was around for the transformation to an integrated society where in the laws of the state and nation became color-blind; and blacks were afforded equal protection under the law. My parent’s generation were generally decent honorable people who wished no one [...]
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June 2, 2011
Netanyahu’s War on Gaza by STEPHEN LENDMAN on JUNE 1, 2011 Spread it! Share |More By Stephen Lendman * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Israeli commandos seen raiding Freedom Flotilla in an Al-Jazeera television video grab. Governing lawlessly by any standard, Netanyahu waged war on Gaza since becoming Israel’s prime minister for the second time on March 31, 2009. [...]
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June 1, 2011
With the arrest of Mladic it is a good idea to remember that war criminals are not restricted to the vanquished. Often the greatest crimes are committed by the victors and of course quite conveniently forgotten. The major matter that springs to mind was the vaporisation of two Japanese cities as the final kick in the war against the Japanese. In [...]
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A Gaza message to others
Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port. Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”. As soon as the boat’s [...]
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