Palestina

GAZA (Reuters) — Hamas on Saturday rejected a deadline set by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accept a plan that indirectly calls for recognition of Israel, which he has threatened to put to a referendum. Abbas had stunned the Islamist group by giving it 10 days to accept the plan, …

RAMALLAH (Agencies) — In a bold ultimatum, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday gave Hamas 10 days to accept the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, and said he’ll submit the plan to a referendum by mid-July if Hamas refuses.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Tuesday accused Palestinians of helping finance and train members of an Egyptian militant group that carried out a string of bombings at Sinai tourist resorts, the first direct link it has made between the terror attacks and the stormy Gaza Strip.

US House overwhelmingly backs bill to brand PA ‘terrorist sanctuary,’ further restrict aid WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met President George W. Bush on Tuesday facing US pressure to hold “serious talks” with moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and bypass the Hamas-led government.

Palestinian intelligence chief seriously wounded in blast as Abbas announces dialogue with Hamas  Agencies   AN ISRAELI AIR strike in Gaza killed four Palestinians, including a top Islamic Jihad fighter, on Saturday, prompting calls of revenge by the armed group to continue targeting Israel in rocket attacks.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Donors and financial institutions will meet in Brussels next week to try to flesh out a temporary aid mechanism for Palestinians, still split over its scope and how it should work, diplomats said on Thursday. Donors suspended direct aid to the Palestinian Authority after Islamist group Hamas, …

GAZA CITY (AP) — Security forces loyal to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a new army run by the Hamas-led government paraded through the streets with assault rifles and stared each other down Thursday, competing for control of the Gaza Strip.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel’s high court on Sunday narrowly upheld a law that denies Israeli residency to many Palestinians who marry Israelis, rejecting appeals against a statute critics condemned as a violation of human rights.

Abbas in Moscow to meet with Putin, tries to build up diplomatic pressure against any unilateral moves by Tel Aviv   JENIN (AFP) — Two leaders of the movement Islamic Jihad were among six Palestinians killed by Israeli troops Sunday during an eruption of violence in the northern West Bank.

اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي فجر اليوم 23 مواطنًا فلسطينيا في مختلف المحافظات الفلسطينية. ونقلت مصادر إسرائيلية عن جيش الاحتلال انه اعتقل 23 مواطنا في عدة مدن بالضفة الغربية بدعوى أنهم مطلوبين حيث اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال ثمانية مواطنين في نابلس بدعوى انتمائهم لفتح والجهاد الإسلامي والجبهة الشعبية, وأشارت المصادر الإسرائيلية أن …