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The General Comptroller of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, Bashir Al-Kabta, has called on the Arab and Islamic countries to work towards supporting the Palestinian people in Gaza "with...
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Members of the Arab Affairs and National Security Committee in the Egyptian parliament's upper house, the Shura Council, have accused Israel of stealing from the oilfields within Egypt's maritime...
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The President of Tunisia has affirmed that the Arab nation and Tunisians are standing by the Palestinian issue now more than at any other time in the past. President...
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The Deputy Chief of the Hamas Political Bureau, Mousa Abu Marzouq, met the Russian Foreign Minister in Cairo on Monday. According to the Russian News Agency, Sergey Lavrov said...
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Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has appealed to the Turkish opposition party, CHP (Republican People's Party), to change its stances and to refrain from siding with Israel which...
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President Mohammed Morsi has used his maiden speech at the UN General Assembly to speak out on behalf of Arab and Muslim issues. Mr. Morsi also told world leaders...
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In a long TV interview on Thursday, senior Israeli politician Yossi Beilin called on the Palestinian President to get rid of the Oslo agreement because "it destroyed Palestinians". Beilin...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A solidarity delegation from Yemen has arrived in the Gaza Strip carrying symbolic support to show the country's concern for the Palestinians. The spokesman of the delegation...
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Diplomatic sources in Egypt have denied Israeli reports promoting a meeting between the President Mohammed Morsi and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that there is "no reason"...
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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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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES In the memory of the crime of the occupied ship Marmara, for the second year the children of Gaza, wave the Turkish flag in the Port of...
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The leader of the Tunisian Al-Nahda (Renaissance) movement, Sheikh Rashid Al-Ghannouchi, has said that the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, "is compatible with Israel's aggressive nature". He...
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, has affirmed that his country stands by the Palestinian people in their pursuit to "regain their legitimate...
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Former Sudanese President Field Marshal Abdul Rahman Swar Al-Dahab has praised the popular revolutions in the Arab world, describing them as "an important Arab achievement which will bring the...
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A report in Haaretz has claimed that Israel's national security advisor, General Jacob Amidror, has warned of the risks of building more settlement units. Speaking behind closed doors in...
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The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohamed Kamel Amr, has said that the Palestinian issue is one of the top challenges faced by the Islamic world on a political level. During...
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A senior member of Fatah's Foreign Relations team met on Monday with the new Argentinian ambassador to the Palestinian Authority. Nabil Shaath, who is also a member of Fatah's...
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American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, who is close to Barack Obama, claims that the US president told him that Benjamin Netanyahu displays "cowardice" on the Palestinian issue and is "leading...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Egyptians to hold sports tournaments in Gaza A delegation representing sports associations in Egypt has joined Minister of Sport Al-Ameri Farouq on a visit to the Gaza...
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Qatar and Algeria have signed eight cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding in several fields, including marine transportation, oil and gas exploration and the petrochemical industry. The two will...
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The South African ambassador to Palestine visited Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza on Tuesday. His Excellency Professor M. W. Makalima congratulated Mr. Haniyeh on the Palestinians' victory in...
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On Monday, official Israeli sources were reported as saying that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is in control of the on-going turmoil which erupted in the West Bank in the...
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The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyyah, on Sunday stressed the strength of Palestinian-Egyptian relations saying, "No one can spoil them." The PM firmly ruled out any threat...
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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that it is refusing to accept a UN Security Council seat because the Council has failed to resolve the Palestinian issue, the...
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China's special envoy to the Middle East, Mr. Wu Si-ke, today called for the inclusion of the Islamic Resistance Movement in the negotiations aimed at achieving peace in the...
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January 28, 2014
Hani Almasri
US President Barack Obama will pay a visit to the Middle East next month. This will be his first trip to Israel in particular since his election in 2008...
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January 25, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
A conference in Beirut focussing on "European Foreign Policy towards the Palestinian issue" has attracted participants and speakers from across the Middle East and Europe. Organised by Al-Zaytouna Centre...
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January 25, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
A conference in Beirut focussing on "European Foreign Policy towards the Palestinian issue" has attracted participants and speakers from across the Middle East and Europe. Organised by Al-Zaytouna Centre...
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By Alastair Crooke A 'peace process' that, from its inception, took Israel's self-definition of its own security needs as the sole determinate of the walls within which any solution...
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January 25, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
There is no doubt about Islamists' commitment to the Palestinian cause, regardless of their ideological classifications, or whether they are in government or opposition. Nevertheless, a number of statements...
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January 25, 2014
Majed Kayali
Since the onset of the Arab Spring two years ago, with its public protests in the streets and squares of many Arab cities, it has become clear that there...