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Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday released the final Palestinian female prisoner as part of a swap with Hamas for a short video of its soldier captured in Gaza. Roudah...
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There are reports of a deal to exchange hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for captured Israeli Sgt. Gilad Shalit. This is welcome news because the Islamic militant group Hamas has...
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Hamas said Wednesday that it had thwarted an Israeli attempt to release kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit through non-diplomatic means. Hamas security claims the Shin Bet attempted to get to...
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A state of anger and irritation prevails within Israeli political circles following the tripartite meeting convened by Russian president, Dimitry Medvedev, and his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, with the...
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The head of the Hamas Political Bureau has told Palestinian negotiators to learn from the prisoner swap deal. Khaled Meshaal described the exchange of prisoners as "a white page...
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The Deputy Director of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has said that the prisoner exchange deal agreed with Israel "includes lifting the Gaza siege and...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Tuesday, tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City's Al-Katiba Park to celebrate the return of more than 400 Palestinian political prisoners released by Israel...
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A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee has said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet the political leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal "to speed up national reconciliation"....
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The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza has spoken to the Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al Faisal, to provide an update on the prisoner swap deal struck with Israel....
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On October 11, Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al gave a televised speech and said: "In the name of God, praise be to God, prayers and peace upon the messenger of God,...
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Israel's Minister of Improvement of Government Services has called on the government to remain vigilant because the prisoner swap deal "does not mean that the war with Hamas has...
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The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas has reached an agreement with the government of Israel which will see more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners exchanged for the release of the Israeli...
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Retired Israeli army colonel, Shmuel Gordon, has called on the Israeli government to begin direct talks with Hamas in order to reach a bilateral agreement on prisoner exchange and...
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Media sources have claimed that the new regime in Cairo has made efforts to revive discussions of an exchange of prisoners between the Palestinians and Israelis. Israel currently holds...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that his government is still trying to reach an agreement with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) which will include the release of...
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Reserve officers in the Israeli army have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a "failure" in the management of negotiations with the Islamic Resistance Movement over a prisoner exchange...
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Israeli sources have suggested that the country's Prime Minister might launch another military action in order to regain public confidence and defuse the "great pressure" he is under at...
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Mohammed al-Dayf, the Commander-in Chief of Hamas's military wing, the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigade, has said that Israel has committed a grave strategic and tactical error in its estimation of...
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The Islamic Resistance Movement has confirmed that the second in command of its military wing has been assassinated by Israeli occupation forces. Ahmed Al-Jabari, said a Hamas spokesman, was in...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Israeli occupation authorities have released the Chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr Aziz Dweik. Dr. Dweik was handed over yesterday (Thursday) at the Beit Sira...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Israeli occupation authorities decided yesterday to expel Hana Al Shalabi to the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian administrative detainee, who has been on hunger strike for 43...
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A member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has set out his view of the meeting to be held between Israel and the Palestinians in Amman...
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December 27th 2012 is the fourth anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza, known in Israel as "Operation Cast Lead" and in Palestine as "The Battle of al-Furqan'. Many...
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After 261 days on hunger strike in an Israeli jail, Palestinian prisoner Ayman Al-Sharawneh was deported to Gaza on Sunday evening. At dawn the following morning, Al-Sharawneh's brother Jihad...
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On Wednesday the Israeli Occupation expelled the Palestinian prisoner Ayman Abu-Daud to the Gaza Strip after he spent 40 days on hunger strike. Abu-Daud was released by the prisoner...
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Ynet, the website of Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, quoted a "senior Israeli official" on Thursday saying that "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not really willing to move forward with...
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Radio Israel has reported that former US President Jimmy Carter rejected a request for a meeting with the family of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held by Palestinian resistance...
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January 28, 2014
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It is one of the long-standing riddles of the Israel-Palestine conflict that Britain and other democratic states do not appear to support genuine justice for Palestinians. While all MPs...