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Ismail Haniyeh's message to President Mahmoud Abbas included Hamas's agreement to hold legislative, presidential and Palestinian National Council elections, respectively, within six months of the issuance of the election...

The Israeli cabinet has decided to deduct the stipends paid to Palestinian prisoners and the families of martyrs from the tax revenues collected by the occupation government on behalf...

Despite Hamas suffering from arrests and threats from the occupation authorities and the PA, the suffocating crisis it has been living under after the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood...

The American-Israeli meetings have resulted in agreeing on understandings regarding "controlling" settlements, but instead resulted in further settlement expansion. This was manifested by the farce reflected by the recent...

Given my position as director general of the Palestinian Media, Research and Studies Centre, Badael, for over 10 years, between 2005 and 2011, and my current position as Director...

There have been developments regarding moving the embassy, as there has been a trade-off between the Israeli government and American administration involving postponing the move of the embassy in...

A week from now, on the 29th of this month, Fatah is set to hold its seventh conference, however there are still discussions underway as to whether or not...

I won't be exaggerating when I say that the upcoming months are going to be critical in deciding the fate of the entire Palestinian political system, which was established...

In the coming days, Fatah will be holding a series of meetings of the Central Committee and the Revolutionary and Advisory Councils to discuss the current situation following what...

Suddenly, with no prior notice, the Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi proposed an initiative to achieve a true Palestinian reconciliation, in preparation for achieving a Palestinian-Israel peace agreement. This...

On the anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, I think it is appropriate to share what I consider some lessons to be learned from the Palestinian experience since the establishment...

Israel's Maariv newspaper has revealed that the government of the Zionist state is planning to drop a political bombshell in the coming weeks by presenting a bill in the...