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An official denial has been issued quashing "malicious rumours" that Egypt is putting pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume negotiations with the Israelis. In a written statement,...
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The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) has appealed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to provide international protection for places of religious and cultural heritage in...
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The Palestinian Authority has called for the killers of Khalil Al-Wazir to be brought to justice. Known by his nom de guerre Abu Jihad, Al-Wazir was assassinated 25 years...
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Fatah, has described the heads of local municipalities who participated in meetings with their Israeli counterparts in Rome as "a bunch of outlaws". A...
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Marwan Barghouti has criticised the concept of land swaps with the Israelis and called for a Palestinian state on all of the land occupied by Israel in 1967. The...
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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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Veteran PLO official Hanan Ashrawi has stressed that the rights of the Palestinian people are inalienable, and the right of return is at the top of those rights. Citing...
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The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has said that it has "closed the door of peace" with Israel "completely" after the failure of John Kerry's efforts to achieve a breakthrough...
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The Palestine Liberation Organisation has denied the existence of a US plan for the revival of the peace process. Secretary of State John Kerry is due back in the...
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A leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has demanded an urgent meeting of the Fatah Central Council to hold Mahmoud Abbas and the...
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Secretary of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Abed Rabbo said that the chances of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations succeeding are "non-existent". He warned that if the negotiations continue as...
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In an op-ed for the New York Times, Israel's Deputy Defence Minister Danny Danon has called upon Israel to annul the Oslo Accords. Danon says that despite repeated rounds...
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The Palestinian Embassy in Cairo has condemned the statements attributed to ousted president Hosni Mubarak in which he claimed that the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat had leaked the...
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Mahmoud Abbas has urged the European Union to enforce its regulations against Israeli companies based in the illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Palestinian president made his...
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Palestinians organised a symbolic funeral on Wednesday in front of the Gaza seaport to honour the Palestinian and Syrian refugees who drowned off the Italian coast last week. Hundreds...
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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS A number of families of Palestinian martyrs and those that have been wounded set up a protest in front of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) head office...
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Yasser Abd Rabbo, the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, has said that US Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrives today to meet with...
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The widow of late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, has confirmed the reports that a large quantity of polonium was found in her husband's body. She said the substance must...
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Palestinian lawyer Fahmi Shabaneh has charged that Palestinian Authority and Fatah leaders are complicit in the killing of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Shabaneh, who is a former senior...
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Members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation have agreed that Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas should abandon the current negotiations with Israel and work instead through the international institutions at...
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A member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Dr Hanan Ashrawi, has warned that since Israel is sending a clear message to the US and the...
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) has called upon US Secretary of State John Kerry to improve his proposed framework for a potential Palestinian-Israeli peace deal. Speaking to Palestinian radio one...
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The Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Yasser Abed Rabbo, stated on Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership is refusing the framework agreement being proposed...
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An EU delegation is expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday and meet with officials from the Israeli foreign ministry to discuss the EU decision to boycott Israeli settlements...
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After much political drama and media fanfare, US Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to rekindle "peace talks" between Israel and Palestine finally commenced this week with a meeting...
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January 27, 2014
Mahmoud Hanieh
The Vice President of Egypt's Al-Wasat Party has claimed that President Morsi's support for the Palestinian cause "fuelled" the coup against him. The result, said Dr Essam Sultan, is...
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By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit hinted recently that Palestinian refugees would receive $50 billion dollars as a compensation for giving up the right...
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January 25, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
Benjamin Netanyahu's election coalition partner has said that it is "impossible" to solve the conflict with the Palestinians. "It is possible to manage it – and it is important...
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January 25, 2014
Salman Abu Sitta
If political wisdom does not prevail, if no crucial decisions are taken in which ALL Palestinians are represented, and if we do not learn from the mistakes of the...
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January 24, 2014
Abdus Sattar Qassim
Israel has been building settlements in the occupied West Bank since 1967, although Jewish settlement in Palestine began in earnest in the 19th century. In response, the Arabs condemn...
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January 24, 2014
Hani Al Masri
Discussing the points of view that support the resumption of "eternal and at any cost" negotiations we can see that some have called publically on the top decision-maker to...
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January 24, 2014
Dr Azzam Tamimi
I've just watched on Al-Jazeera Arabic with interest, amusement and amazement the first part of a new documentary called "The Price of Oslo" produced by Al-Jazeera Programmes Department as...