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Items by Ahmad Al-Hilah
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Who ignited Ain Al-Hilweh and why?
The events of Ain Al-Hilweh began with Muhammad Zubaidat, nicknamed Al-Somali, who is affiliated with the Fatah movement and the Palestinian National Security, opening fire in the market last Saturday 29 July. Mohammad Al-Siddiq Farhood, who is affiliated with the Al-Shabab Al-Muslim group, was killed and others, including children,...
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Gaza, the blockade, and the revolving door policy
Gaza is constantly moving left and right, focusing its main efforts on confronting the Israeli occupation, the only enemy of the Palestinians and the main cause of their suffering. Gaza has done well in directing its compass at the by pointing it at the head of the snake located in...
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Who will fill the vacuum post-Abbas?
There have been many reports recently regarding Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s health; some rumours even mentioned his death when he entered the Istishari Hospital in Ramallah. Aside from age-related health issues — he is 83 years old — the Palestinian leader is also suffering from sleep and psychological...
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Hamas and the difficult questions
Palestine’s National Reconciliation Government has announced its intention to hold its next Monday meeting in Gaza after Hamas announced the dissolution of the administrative committee and called upon the government in Ramallah to assume all of its duties in the enclave. The optimists among us assumed that President Mahmoud Abbas’s...
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Where did Hamas go wrong in Cairo?
Hamas announced on Sunday that it would agree to the wish of Egypt’s General Intelligence agency for it to dissolve the administrative committee in the Gaza Strip and then allow the national reconciliation government to perform its duties and accept responsibility for the enclave. This will pave the way...
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The move against Qatar signals a free-for-all on the Palestinian issue
The second round of political escalation began with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt severing diplomatic ties with Qatar, stopping air traffic and ending the movement of people and trade by land, sea and air. This was almost a declaration of war — or at least preparation for...
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Hamas and the Arab moderation once again
US President Donald Trump announced, in his speech before the Arab and Muslim leaders at the Riyadh Summit on 21 May, that Hamas is a terrorist movement and urged the countries of the region to eliminate extremism. He reiterated this in the speech he gave during his visit to...
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Gaza and the poisoned bread
We, who monitored the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas’ visits to Cairo, saw the most recent of which, Deputy Head of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh’s visit and his meeting with Egyptian officials and the Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (EGID) Khaled Fawzy. He is the highest...
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Trump and the Muslim Brotherhood
With the end of the Obama era, two things have already shown that there will be changes in US politics. They suggest the type of policies that may dominate under President Donald Trump with regards to the Middle East. The first was a report issued by the US National Intelligence...
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The PLO and building on the impossible
The Preparatory Committee to rebuild the Palestinian National Council (PNC) convened in Beirut on the 10-11 January in the presence of the PLO factions, with the exception of two small factions, Fatah al-Intifada and the Popular Struggle Front. Hamas and Islamic Jihad also attended, despite not being a part...
