A senior Fatah official said Sunday that talks are ongoing to form a unity government, despite objections by Hamas that the process lacks a cross-party consensus. Amin Maqboul, a senior official in Fatah, told Ma’an that “talks have not failed, and we’re still seeking to form a unity government despite[…]
Thousands of Palestinians attended a funeral for Muhammad al-Kasbah, 17, who was shot dead by Israeli forces Friday morning near the Qalandia checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. The funeral march went from the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah to al-Kasbah’s house in Qalandia refugee camp before his body was[…]
President Mahmoud Abbas expressed condolences to the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as well as solidarity with the Egyptian people Wednesday after an attack in the Sinai Peninsula that left dozens of Egyptian soldiers dead. In his message, the Abbas described the groups responsible for the attack on Egyptian soldiers[…]
Two South Africans, part of the recently-intercepted Freedom Flotilla that attempted to break an eight year Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip, returned to South Africa via OR Tambo Airport on Wednesday morning. Dr. Clint Le Bruyns was on-board a standby vessel, while Ismail Moola provided logistical support for three[…]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has threatened the Palestinian armed group Hamas, vowing to end the faction’s rule in the territory. In a 16-minute long video shared by social media accounts sympathetic to ISIL on Wednesday, fighters based in Syria’s Aleppo province condemned Hamas for[…]
Talks to form a new unity government have “reached an impasse,” the head of a PLO-appointed committee leading the talks told Ma’an Sunday. Azzam al-Ahmad, who is also a member of Fatah’s central committee, said that a meeting had been scheduled with President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to address the[…]
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan ended a 55-day hunger strike on Monday after reaching an agreement with Israeli authorities to free him from prison on July 12, his lawyer and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society announced. “Khader Adnan ended his hunger strike last night, after an agreement was reached to release him[…]
The head of the Palestinian prisoner’s society said Sunday there were hopes Khader Adnan was hours away from ending his 55-day long hunger strike after a potential deal was negotiated with the Israeli authorities. Qadura Fares told Ma’an Sunday afternoon that negotiations two days earlier had led to a potential[…]
Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki is scheduled to make the State of Palestine’s first submission to the International Criminal Court in the Hague on Thursday in pursuit of war crime charges against Israel. The PA foreign minister and a high-profile delegation are expected to arrive at the office of[…]
The PLO will discuss forming a new unity government next week, a Palestinian Authority spokesperson said Tuesday, after an announcement on June 16 that the consensus government formed last year would be dissolved. PA spokesman Ihab Bseiso told Ma’an that the national unity government has not yet resigned and will[…]
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