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Abdou blames targeting Khan Yonis

Ramallah - Arab Today

Palestinian researcher Hassan Abdou said that the Palestinian factions made their decision to respond to the crime of the Israeli occupation in Khan Younis, which resulted in the death of the last 7 "citizens," noting that they agreed that the response would not be a traditional, that is not a burst of rockets and ends. He added that the crimeRead more

Hamas-Fatah reconciliation 'makes peace much harder to achieve'

Jerusalem - AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas will make "peace much harder to achieve", hours after the Palestinian factions signed a unity deal. "Reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas makes peace (with Israel) much harder to achieve," Netanyahu said on his office's Facebook page, accusing the Islamist movement Hamas of supporting violence. "Reconciling with mass-murderersRead more

Netanyahu criticizes the Palestinian reconciliation

Quds - Nasser Al Assad

The PA cannot reconcile with Hamas at Israel’s expense, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday in his first reaction to the latest unity deal between the Palestinian factions. Netanyahu told the Likud faction in Ma’aleh Adumim that as part of its reconciliation the Palestinian Authority must insist on Hamas recognizing Israel, dismantling its military wing and breaking off ties withRead more

Palestinian reconciliation - reasons for hope?

Gaza City - AFP

For three days it was all smiles as the Palestinian prime minister held talks in Gaza with Hamas but as the symbolic visit draws to a close the real work for reconciliation is just beginning. The two sides will meet again for in-depth negotiations next week. After a decade of division, are there reasons to believe the rival Palestinian factionsRead more

Fadl Shaker could be arrested soon

Beirut - Michal Hadad

Informed sources revealed that the retired artist Fadl Shaker is besieged inside his house in al-Taamir neighborhood inside Ain al-Hilweh camp, and meters from the scene of danger and confrontations between extremists and Palestinian factions. The sources added that if the Palestinian factions controlled the neighborhoods inhabited by the extremist groups, the fate of those wanted by the Lebanese judiciaryRead more

Clashes in Lebanon Palestinian camp kill 2

Sidon , Lebanon - Arab Today

Palestinian factions battled an extremist group in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Saturday in a second day of clashes that have killed at least two people, medics said. The clashes erupted on Friday night as a security force of leading Palestinian factions in the Ain Al-Hilweh camp deployed under a new security plan, a source in the PalestinianRead more

Palestinan factions warn it could ignite the region

Ramallah - Arab Today

The calls of U.S President Donald Trump to move the Israeli embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem raised controversy among the Palestinian factions, as they warned of the repercussions of such a move. A number of Palestinian factions held a meting in Ramallah to discuss the developments in the Palestinian arena and expected repercussions of Trump's inauguration. In a joint statement,Read more

PNC preparatory committee to meet in Beirut next week

Amman - Arab Today

Chairman of the Palestinian National Council Salim Zaanoun sent letters to members of a PNC preparatory committee to meet in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 10-11. The call followed consultations with Palestinian factions, including Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, Zaanoun said in press statements in Amman Sunday. The meeting next week will focus on efforts to resume negotiations to hold aRead more