AUSTIN, Texas – Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Thursday a lasting peace accord with Israel was unlikely in 2008 despite renewed diplomatic efforts to resolve the long-running conflict.
Read More »Intifada to Continue Despite Israel’s Brutality
TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami stressed that the Israeli regime could never thwart Palestinian Intifada through continued siege on Gaza and massacre of Palestinians
Read More »World Islamic body urges more U.N. action over Gaza
RIYADH – The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which comprises 57 Muslim countries, said on Sunday it would step up action at the United Nations to stop Israel’s blockade of Palestinians in Gaza.
Read More »Egypt seals last breach in Gaza border
RAFAH, Gaza Strip – Egyptian forces began closing the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the flow of Palestinians across a frontier blown open 11 days ago by Hamas Islamists in defiance of an Israeli-led blockade.
Read More »Abbas sets conditions for Gaza talks with Hamas
CAIRO – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected demands on Wednesday by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border and told the Islamist group to “end its coup in Gaza”.
Read More »Abbas tells Hamas in Gaza crisis talks to end “coup”
CAIRO – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday rejected demands by Hamas for control of the Gaza border and told the Islamist group to “end its coup in Gaza”.
Read More »Hamas: Gazans May not Surrender to Enemy
TEHRAN (FNA) – The Zionist regime has turned Gaza into a prison for over a million people currently under the Israeli siege there, but enemies of Islam should know that people will not give in to pressures and will continue their glorious path with patience and resistance, a Palestinian official …
Read More »Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank: medics
BETHLEHEM, West Bank – A Palestinian teenager was killed and another was wounded by Israeli troops during a raid into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday, Palestinian medical officials said.
Read More »Egypt wants Abbas forces to control Gaza border
CAIROÂ – Egypt said on Monday it wanted the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas to control the border crossing with the Gaza Strip, excluding Hamas Islamists who have run the territory since June.
Read More »Hamas leader Meshaal in Saudi
RIYADH – Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal met Saudi officials in Riyadh on Monday as part of a Saudi bid to mediate the return of Gaza, under Israeli blockade, to Palestinian Authority control, Saudi and Palestinian officials said.
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