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The Hamas-run interior ministry in the Gaza Strip has ordered Palestinians in the territory not to take part in elections called by Mahmoud Abbas, the West Bank-based president. Abbas...
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Any attempts to undermine the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, known commonly by its acronym UNRWA, or change its...
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A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has said that the US Senate acts as if it is a "staff member of the Israeli government". Hanan Ashrawi, a...
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The People's Democratic Party in Jordan has called upon the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to reject a return to direct negotiations with the Israeli government because the latter "will...
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A leading member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee has condemned the Israeli authorities in Jerusalem for their structural map proposals for the Holy City. Dr. Hanan Ashrawi...
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A member of the Islamic Resistance Movement's political bureau has expressed support for the prosecution of the Israelis who killed Khalil Al-Wazeer, alias Abu Jihad. Senior Hamas official Izzat...
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The identity and photograph of the Israeli soldier who killed Khalil al-Wazir – Abu Jihad – in 1987 have been published by Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. Nahum Lev led the...
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Human rights campaigner Mazin Qumsiyeh has published online the Charter of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in order to remind everyone, Palestinians included, that the charter has never been amended...
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A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee has called on the European Union to reconsider its relations with Israel in the light of its actions as...
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UNESCO's decision to add the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to the list of World heritage sites paves the way for other Palestinian sites to apply for similar...
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A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has said that the current ideological make-up of the Israeli government gives Israeli settlers the green light to attack Palestinians....
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The Palestinian Authority's Chief Negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has said that the US Administration has threatened to cut off aid to the PA if the Authority seeks UN recognition as...
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The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have called on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to seek new funding sources....
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The Head of the Office for Refugees' Affairs in Gaza, Dr. Essam Odwan, has called upon the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, to...
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A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee, Dr. Saeb Erekat, has called upon the international community to stop dealing with Israel as if it is a...
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The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to provide clear answers to the issues which are disrupting the peace...
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It has been disclosed that the Israeli occupation authorities have seized hundreds of acres of agricultural land in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem for the benefit of illegal...
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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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A senior member of the PLO Executive Committee has said that withdrawing recognition of Israel is a "valid option" in the event of the collapse of other possibilities. Dr....
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has celebrated the 44th anniversary of its establishment. Celebration events were attended by a number of the organisation's...
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A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee has warned of plans to create "Greater Israel" at the expense of the Palestinian people and their rights. Hanan...
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Osama Hamdan, the senior representative of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Lebanon, has said that the meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's leadership in Cairo was "positive and made...
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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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Chief Palestinian negotiator and member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, on Monday denounced the connection Israel has made between releasing tax revenues...
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The head of the Hamas political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, has said that his movement does not pin any hopes on Barack Obama to find a solution to the Palestine-Israel...
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A Palestinian official said on Wednesday that US Secretary of State John Kerry's chances of reviving peace negotiations between the PA and Israel are slim. Veteran negotiator Nabil Shaath...
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A senior PLO official has claimed that the plight of Palestinians in Syria is "worse than the Nakba in 1948". Zakaria Al-Agha, is a member of the Palestine Liberation...
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Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, has called on the UK to recognise the Palestinian state, raise the level of diplomatic relations between the two countries,...
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Recent comments made in South Africa by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation), regarding the boycott of Israeli settlements and products, seem to have...
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Veteran Palestinian politician and negotiator Dr. Hanan Ashrawi has said that there is no new vision for the future of Palestine among American officials in Washington. The senior member...
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A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed the wish for newly re-elected President Obama to be more "impartial" in the Middle East peace process. Hamas official Sami...
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Ben White
At a recent conference on Palestine in Doha, organised by Azmi Bishara's Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, there was one thing that everyone agreed on: the Palestinian...
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