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  • Palestinian PM visits Hamas-ruled Gaza amid reconciliation efforts

    Date: 2017-10-03 11:23:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7021153

    WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (MENA) - In a symbolic step toward ending a decade-long rift with Hamas, the Palestinian prime minister visited the Gaza Strip on Monday, though major obstacles still lie in the way of rapprochement. A crowd of hundreds welcomed ....

  • Abbas: Establishing independent state prerequisites Palestinian unity

    Date: 2017-10-03 10:57:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7021030

    RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday hailed Egypt’s efforts to end division and achieve Palestinian reconciliation under the auspices of its President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, saying that the Palestinian people ....

  • Palestinian Authority gov't convenes in Gaza for 1st time in three years

    Date: 2017-10-03 10:51:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7021183

    GAZA CITY, Oct 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Authority government convened in Gaza for the first time since 2014. At the beginning of the meeting held at the cabinet headquarters, Prime Minister Rami al Hamdallah pledged that the government will ....

  • Fatah to exert efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation led by Egypt: Fatah leader

    Date: 2017-10-03 10:44:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7021029

    RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - Vice chairman of Palestinian Fatah movement Mahmoud al Aloul said on Tuesday that prospects for restoring Palestinian national unity are positive, underlining Egypt’s strenuous efforts exerted under President Abdel Fattah El ....

  • Israel bans children from playing in Aqsa yards

    Date: 2017-10-03 10:28:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7021247

    RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - Israeli authorities issued a decision Tuesday banning children in al Quds from playing in Aqsa yards. This comes after a petition filed by Jewish organizations complaining from the kids who play football in the yards of ....

  • Palestinian PM lauds Egypt's efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation.. 1 GAZA

    Date: 2017-10-02 13:50:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7019526

    Addressing the press conference, Hamadallah said that we are returning to the Gaza Strip to achieve reconciliation and national unity as well as ending the division so as to be able to rebuild Gaza under the directives of Palestinian President ....

  • Daesh leader in Howeija killed

    Date: 2017-10-02 13:01:21 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7019428

    BAGHDAD, Oct 2 (MENA) - A Daesh leading figure was killed in Howeija, southwestern Kirkuk in clashes with the Iraqi popular mobilization forces. An Iraqi source in Kirkuk said, as quoted by Sumaria TV on Monday, that Abu Belal el Masri, a leading ....

  • Palestinian PM lauds Egypt's efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2017-10-02 11:49:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7019507

    GAZA CITY, Oct 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah expressed appreciation for the strenuous efforts exerted by Egypt to achieve Palestinian reconciliation, lauding its continued role in supporting the Palestinian ....

  • Israeli troops arrest 19 Palestinians in West Bank including two journalists

    Date: 2017-10-02 10:27:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7019429

    RAMALLAH, Oct 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Monday arrested 19 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank including two journalists. Four Palestinians from Bethlehem, four from Nablus, four from Hebron including journalist Alaa al ....

  • Palestinian PM arrives in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2017-10-02 10:19:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7019467

    RAMALLAH, Oct 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, accompanied by a group of ministers, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday, on a visit, his first since 2015, Palestinian sources said. Hamdallah will take over government ....

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