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In an interview with London based satellite television station, Al-Hiwar, the editor-in-chief of Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, Abdel Bari Atwan, revealed the existence of intelligence reports documenting a secret meeting...
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On Tuesday, media sources reported that the prominent Jordanian tribe, A-Obeidat , has vowed to disown one of its own – the diplomat Walid A-Obeidat, should he agree to...
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Sources close to the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, claim that he is angry with the failure of Arabic and Islamic states to support his plan to...
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Newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi has learnt from informed sources within the Islamic movement that Hamas has completed its preparations for internal elections to elect a new consultative (Shura) council and...
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Is Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal being lined up to lead a reformed Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)? That's the claim being made in a report in the London...
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A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has denied reports of disagreements over security agencies during the reconciliation talks with Fatah. Sami Abu Zuhri dismissed the claims as...
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Palestinian security agencies consumed 31 per cent of the 2011 GDP of the Palestinian Authority and their officials outnumber those employed in the education and health sectors, research conducted...
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Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz has said that Israel is going to block the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it agrees to form a Palestinian...
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Dozens of families in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are awaiting the fate of their missing sons. This is according to information received from former prisoners who...
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Palestinian Interior Minister in Gaza, Fathi Hammad, arrived in Istanbul on Wednesday in an official visit to the Turkish Interior Ministry. The purpose of Hammad's visit was primarily to...
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The London based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper on Monday quoted its correspondent in Ramallah, Waleed Awad, as saying, "While US president Barak Obama is attempting to end his second term...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was understandably eager to swiftly and privately sign the famous Jerusalem agreement, over a month ago, which gave the Jordanian monarch religious authority over the...
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January 25, 2014
Mohamed Krishan
"It is not possible to terminate negotiations without starting them." This precious piece of wisdom was uttered by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with BBC Arabic...
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January 25, 2014
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Abdel Bari Atwan
The Israeli authorities have said that an unknown man was killed and another was wounded by border guards when the two tried to cross the border from the Sinai...
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January 25, 2014
Bassam Badarin
A stormy media and political debate has taken place in Jordan after Al-Quds Al-Arabi' published what is perhaps the first letter sent to King Abdullah II on behalf of...
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January 25, 2014
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi
Successive Israeli governments have not hesitated to manipulate the international community in order to evade their legal, political and ethical responsibilities towards the people they expelled from historic Palestine...
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January 25, 2014
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Abdel Bari Atwan
Anyone following the Gulf media, particularly in Saudi Arabia, will notice a vicious campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic movements in general, and Imams whose influence has grown thanks...
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January 24, 2014
Dr. Salman Abu Sitta
The issue is not that documents giving details of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority were leaked by Al Jazeera and the Guardian. We all had a general...
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January 24, 2014
Middle East Monitor
By Awni Farsakh The Arab Committee charged by the Arab League to follow-up on peace proposals has given Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas the cover to hold "proximity" talks...