Position Paper: Unleashing Media Freedoms Should be Priority in Reconciliation Table Agenda

In light of the Palestinian reconciliation, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) preferably focused on media freedoms through organizing…

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Members of the Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas march during a graduation ceremony in Gaza City on December 4,…

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Palestinian factions Hamas and Fateh have reached a consensus on reconciliation to end a decade long of national split, Hamas…

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Russia has offered to host a reconciliation meeting between Hamas and Fateh in Moscow, Lebanese newspaper as-Safir reported Monday.The offer…

The two main Palestinian political forces show no sign of moving the necessary steps to get to the solution of…

The Egyptian government has denied recent media reports which have surfaced in regard to their refusal to host Palestinian reconciliation…

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Representatives of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hamas agreed to form a government of national unity, and have called…

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A delegation from the PLO will visit the Gaza Strip, within the next two days, for meetings to discuss reconciliation…

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The Fateh movement in the Gaza strip expressed its hope in achieving national unity and reconciliation, by ending the split…

Former Minister of Detainees, Hamas political official, Wasfi Qabha, stated that there are no real indications of reconciliation in the…

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Hamas and Fatah sign a reconciliation draft agreement in Cairo Egypt Wednesday evening following rounds of talks, with hope to…

Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Movement, Izzat Al Rishiq, stated that the movement has agreed to the…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, harshly slammed the reconciliation efforts between the rival Fateh and Hamas movements in the West…

Hamas leader, and Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated that the Palestinian people want…

Eighty-one Palestinian non-profit organizations issued a statement, on Monday, urging rival Palestinian factions to work toward reconciliation, just after the…

Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, a political leader of the Hamas movement, stated that they would sign the Egyptian document for internal…

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The Egyptian leadership issued an invitation to the Palestinian National Reconciliation Committee to visit Cairo in an attempt to resume…

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Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated Tuesday that the intentions of Mahmoud Abbas to declare elections on January 25 2010, is…

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry stated that the Palestinian reconciliation document is ready for signing by Palestinians factions, and that it…

The detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Ahmad Saadat, stated during a court hearing…

Member of Hamas party’s political bureau in Damascus, Muhammad Nazzal, said that a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation is unlikely, despite agreement in…

Scores of Palestinians, representing civil society organizations in Gaza, staged on Wednesday a demonstration at a public square, urging the…

Palestinian media sources reported Monday that representatives of the rival Palestinian parties , Hamas and Fatah will be heading for…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas responded publicly for the first time on Sunday to the "national reconciliation" drafted…

Following decades in which western democracies have backed oppressive regimes in the Middle East and focusing efforts on backing authorities and secular…

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday and agreed to ease the…

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Summary   During the reporting period, PCHR documented 138 violations of the international human rights law and international humanitarian law…

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Israeli forces attacked non-violent protesters in different parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing one Palestinian and wounding 57,…

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by Karam Omar for Al Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network Overview Social security functions as a safety net to protect workers in cases…

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On this day, five years ago, the Israeli occupation launched one of its deadliest military offensives against the Gaza Strip…

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The UN Security Council discussed, on Monday, in an open meeting chaired by Germany (the President of the Security Council…

At least 83 Palestinian civilians were wounded by Israeli live gunfire fired against non-violent demonstrators in eastern Gaza on Friday,…

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Scholar Imad Al-Soos discusses the massive changes in the relationship between the Israeli government and Hamas in Gaza, over past…

The government of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah submitted, on Tuesday, its resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas. The Palestinian Cabinet…

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nikolay Mladenov, stated that Gaza is currently facing a real…

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European Union diplomats, on Monday, visited the Sabbagh family, who are under threat of eviction from their home in Sheikh…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi called on members of American civil society “to stand up and speak out…

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