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Hamas Chief Haniyeh To Visit Turkey This Weekend: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he would host a leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Turkey this weekend.

International Business Times

Palestinian Leader Names Adviser Mohammed Mustafa As PM

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has appointed Mohammed Mustafa, a long-trusted adviser on economic affairs, as prime minister, the official Wafa news agency said on Thursday.

International Business Times

Palestinian PM Resigns Citing 'New Reality' Of Gaza War

Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced Monday the resignation of his government, which rules parts of the Israeli occupied West Bank, citing the need for change after the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ends.

International Business Times

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Israel Bombs Gaza As Disagreements With US Simmer

Israel bombarded southern Gaza on Friday after it publicly sparred with its main ally the United States over the possibility of a Palestinian state, the creation of which Washington sees as the only pathway to a lasting peace.

International Business Times

Israel Strikes Southern Gaza As Blinken Heads To Egypt For Talks

Israel bombarded the southern Gaza Strip overnight, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to travel to Egypt on Thursday for more talks aimed at containing Israel's war against Hamas.

International Business Times

Blinken Meets Palestinian Leader After Urging Israel To Spare Gaza Civilians

Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken met the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern the coastal territory after the war ends.

International Business Times

Blinken To Meet Palestinian President After Warning Israel Civilian Toll 'Too High'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to hold talks Wednesday with the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern Gaza after Israel's war with Hamas ends.

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Israel Says It Mistakenly Killed Three Gaza Hostages

Israel said its troops had killed three Gaza hostages after mistaking them for a threat, with the armed forces expressing "deep remorse" over a "tragic incident" that sparked protests in Tel Aviv.

International Business Times

Fatah In Freefall As Hamas And Israel Wage War

Fatah, the largest Palestinian party, has seen its popularity plunge during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, from where the Islamists violently ousted rivals Fatah in 2007.

International Business Times

Blinken Urges Israel To Create Safe Zones In Gaza When Fighting Resumes

As part of the pause in fighting, Hamas had freed scores of hostages taken during its bloody attack on Israel on Oct. 7 in exchange for the release of more than 200 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails.

Latin Times

Blinken Says Gaza Truce 'Producing Results', Should Continue

Visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli leaders on Thursday that a temporary truce in their war with Hamas was "producing results" and should continue.

International Business Times

Prisoner Releases Send Hamas Support Rocketing In West Bank

In Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank, long the turf of president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, the green flag of Islamist rival Hamas is flying ever higher thanks to prisoner-hostage exchanges.

International Business Times

Can Marwan Barghouti, the ‘Palestinian Mandela’, bring peace to Gaza?

Hamas has said that the group would only release all 240 Israeli hostages held in Gaza if Israel agrees to free all Palestinian prisoners. Among those locked up is Marwan Barghouti, sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for deadly attacks against Israelis. For many Palestinians, their “Nelson Mandela” is a…

France 24

Biden says Hamas attacks on Israel were ‘sheer evil’

US President Joe Biden, speaking from the White House on Tuesday, said that Saturday’s attack on Israel was “sheer evil”, and reiterated US support for Israel. Also on Tuesday, Hamas attacked a southern Israeli city after warning residents to evacuate, as Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip. Read our live…

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Zenger

Israel’s Historic Surprise Attacks: From Yom Kippur To Hamas

Debating the reasons behind two strategic surprises, 50 years apart, as Israel faces a new threat from Hamas.

Zenger

As PA Forces Enter Jenin, Israel Watches Cautiously

Palestinian Authority security forces have entered Jenin in recent days, after the IDF's intensive security operation recently

Zenger

Palestinians Undermine US Interests In The Middle East

As ties with America's enemies strengthen, Biden must take concrete steps towards peace with Israel.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrives in China

Four-day state visit comes amid hopes China can help facilitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

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France 24

Palestinian Authority’s Abbas has ‘cut down’ every potential successor

Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to Paris. In this second of a two-part series, he lamented the Palestinian Authority’s stagnation under longstanding President Mahmoud Abbas.

France 24

Blinken calls for ‘urgent steps to restore calm’ between Israel, Palestinians

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference in Israel on Monday, as Blinken urged a de-escalation in violence that has flared in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

France 24

Israel announces measures against 'families of terrorists' after attacks in east Jerusalem

The Israeli security cabinet has announced measures to revoke certain rights of "terrorist families" after two attacks in east Jerusalem, one of which killed seven people near a synagogue.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians Mull Next Moves after Israel Minister’s Al-Aqsa Visit

Palestinians are holding urgent talks on their next moves after an extreme-right Israeli minister visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a step so far met with stern words rather than violence. There have been fears Tuesday's controversial visit by Israel's new national security minister, firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir, could spark a war.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Family of Dead Activist to Take Palestinian Authority to ICC

The family of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat will submit a case Thursday to the International Criminal Court accusing top Palestinian officials over his death in custody, relatives told AFP. Banat, a leading critic of the Palestinian Authority led by Mahmud Abbas, died in June 2021 after being dragged from his…

Zenger

Arafat Death Probe Head Says People Trying To Silence Him

The estrangement between Tirawi and Abbas has increased lately.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian President to Hold Talks with Egypt’s Sisi on Israel Next Week

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold a summit with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo next week to discuss Palestine’s request to obtain full UN membership and its efforts to achieve calm in the Palestinian territories, specifically in the West Bank. They will also tackle the future of…

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