Category: Palestinian Politics

Current Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Sallem Fayyed, has said that he will not stand in the way of national reconciliation but declined to say that he would step down from…

Hamas spokesperson Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, denounced the Monday statements of President Mahmoud Abbas regarding the upcoming unity government, and described the statements as an “unnecessary media escalation”. In an…

In an interview with the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that he has the right to name the head of the upcoming Palestinian transitional government that…

Salem Fayyed is to refuse the position of Palestinian interim government PM in the interests of national unity according to sources close to the current PM, reports PNN. Current Palestinian…

According to Al Jazeera the announcement of a interim unity government between political rivals Fatah and Hamas has been delayed due to disagreement between the two sides as to who…

On Tuesday, the Fateh and Hamas movements held in Cairo their first meeting to implement the National Unity Agreement, and agreed to hold the next round of talks next Tuesday,…

Hamas has rejected Fath’s proposal of Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad for the post of Prime Minister in the new interim government, according to Maan News Agency. Fayyad was selected by…

Palestinian Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Friday that his movement is united and strong, and that the only language of…

Sections of Hamas’s political leadership are debating proposals to stay out of future governments in the Palestinian Territories in a bid to avoid international isolation, according to AFP.Top officials in…

According to a report by Haaretz, based on conversations with Palestinian and UN officials, divisions between the PA leadership have emerged over plans to seek statehood at the UN in…

A new poll conducted by Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre has shown that incumbent Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad is the most favoured among Palestinians to lead the next unity government.…

The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank in conducting preparations to ask for official membership at the World Trade Organization (WTO), or at least an observer status in the current…

The two major Palestinian political parties, Fateh and Hamas, have announced that they are in the final stages of negotiation on a national unity agreement, and will formally institute the…

Leaders of the Fateh and Hamas movements held on Friday evening a meeting in Gaza Strip in which they discussed efforts to implement the Reconciliation Agreement signed in Cairo. Dr.…

Former Minister of Detainees, Hamas political leader, Wasfy Qabha, demanded the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in the West Bank to release all political prisoners, and to stop the arrests and interrogation…

After the Hamas political bureau chief, Khaled Mashal, said that the movement would give Israel a chance to prove its seriousness in peace talks, Hamas political leader, Mahmoud Zahhar, denounced…

Sources report that Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has suffered heart problems whilst visiting the US. Fayyad was visiting the United States in order to attend his son’s graduation from…

Rafat Nassif, a detained political leader of the Hamas movement, called for suspending all talks and coordination with the Fateh movement for what he called “the ongoing political arrests and…

On Wednesday, the World Bank released a report commending state-building efforts by the PA, noting in particular its success in creating ‘strong public institutions’.However, the World Bank also noted that…

The founder of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (the armed wing of the Fateh movement), Marwan Barghouti, has backed a Palestinian move to declare statehood in September, adding that the US…

The Palestinian Authority has stated it will delay local elections due to be held in July. The elections are now due to be held on the 22nd of October in…

Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated Thursday that the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip managed to create a leading and an outstanding security agency…

Palestinian political sources told the Maan News Agency that the Fateh and Hamas movements agreed that the current President, Mahmoud Abbas, will be holding the position of Prime Minister it…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed that he will not run for the presidential elections to be held in 2012, Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.PNN added that Abbas demanded the Fatah…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has said his administration is unable to pay the wages of its some 150,000 employees due to Israel’s refusal to transfer Palestinian tax to…

Prime Minister of the deposed government in Gaza, Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyya, stated that his government was made by the Prince of Qatar and the Egyptian leaders, and that the…

In a statement made by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian government welcomed the Palestinian national unity and reconciliation agreement which includes forming a transitional government run by technocrats.The statement…

The Hamas-led government in Gaza retracted, on Tuesday evening, a previous decision preventing Fateh leaders from leaving the Gaza Strip to attend an official meeting of the Fateh Revolutionary Council…

Thousands of Palestinians across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip celebrated the singing of the unity deal between Fateh and Hamas movements ending a four year divide between the…

On the dawn of a new unity deal between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah differing reactions to the news of Osama bin Laden’s death show the path may be…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, demanded Israel to release all tax and revenue money it decided to withhold following the signing of the Palestinian unity deal in Cairo.His statements…

A senior Palestinian source reported that the Hamas and Fateh movements agreed that the current Prime Minister in the West Bank, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, will not be heading the new…

Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Nabil Al Arabi, met on Tuesday evening with the visiting Hamas delegation headed by Hamas’ Political Bureau Chief, Khalid Mashal, and held talks on the latest developments…

Cairo – PNN – Palestinian Sources announced on Tuesday afternoon that Palestinian factions have signed the national reconciliation deal in Cairo.According to sources a meeting took place with the participation…

Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashal, met on Monday with Egypt’s Security Chief, Murad Muwafi, and a number of Egyptian security leaders. Izzat Al Rishiq…

Accompanied by senior Hamas delegates in exile, head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement in Syria, Khaled Mashal, arrived on Sunday evening in Cairo in preparation to sign…

Prime Minister of the de Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyya, demanded the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to withdraw its recognition of Israel after Tel Aviv announced its…

The Israeli Human Rights group, Gush Shalom, issued a press statement on Thursday welcoming the reconciliation agreement between the two Palestinian rival groups Hamas and Fateh in Cairo on Wednesday.Former…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday evening that dangerous and harsh consequences could take place should the United States obstruct Palestinian efforts to declare statehood at the United Nations…

Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Movement, Izzat Al Rishiq, stated that the movement has agreed to the Arab offer to host and mediate Palestinian reconciliation and national…

On Friday, the Prime Minister of the dissolved Government in the Gaza Strip, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyya, phoned the mother of slain Italian activist and Palestine Solidarity Movement member,…

Egyptian sources reported Wednesday that the new Egyptian government will host several Palestinian officials in Cairo in the coming few days. The talks will focus on efforts to achieve internal…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Saturday with Hamas representatives in the West Bank and told them he plans to head to Gaza in an attempt to end internal rifts…

Dr. Aziz Dweik, head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), stated Saturday that he hopes that he would be able to accompany President Mahmoud Abbas in his first visit to…

The Hamas movement denied a report said to be published by Haaretz Israeli newspaper claiming that Ayman Taha, one of Hamas’ political leaders, is involved in financial corruption and indecent…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Wednesday that Israel always rushes to blame the Palestinians, and rushed to blame them for the brutal murder of a Jewish family in Itamar settlement,…

Mahmoud Abbas has stated, on Wednesday, that he is willing to travel to the Gaza Strip to meet with Ismail Haniyya of Hamas, in an attempt to restart the stalled…

Hamas spokesperson in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, slammed the Ma’an News Agency for, what he called, “publishing false reports that proved it is biased towards the Fatah…

Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, called Tuesday on Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to visit the Gaza Strip and initiate comprehensive unity talks.Haniyya said that…

Hundreds of protesters came together, on Tuesday, in Ramallah’s al-Manara Square to call for the end of political division, and a united stance for all Palestinians against the Israeli occupation…

Secretary-General of the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP), Bassam Salhi, stated Monday that the PPP will not join the new interim government that is expected to be declared soon by…

After the Hamas movement presented a document that was described as a new initiative to achieve internal Palestinian unity, the rival Fatah movement rejected it and said that Hamas is…

Delegates of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip started a tour that would include meetings with the movement’s leaders in the Arab World to discuss the file of prisoner-of-war…

Hamas leader, and Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated that the Palestinian people want real reconciliation that addresses the current political changes in the…

Eighty-one Palestinian non-profit organizations issued a statement, on Monday, urging rival Palestinian factions to work toward reconciliation, just after the Hamas party denied claims that the Fatah party had made…

Following his resignation as Chief Negotiator for the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Saeb Erekat has, on Sunday, called for a re-examination of the Palestinian Authority.Erekat, speaking to the military run Israel…

Reuters reported, Sunday, that the Palestinian cabinet in the West Bank will be submitting its resignation on Monday, to enable Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, to select new ministers under…

The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, announced Saturday that it is starting preparations for presidential and legislative elections in the Palestinian territories, and stated that the elections…

Member of the Hamas political bureau, Izzat al-Rishiq, stated that the decision of the government of Dr. Salaam Fayyad to hold local councils elections in the West Bank before unity…

Agence France-Presse are reporting, on Tuesday, that the date has been confirmed for the upcoming Palestinian municipal elections, announced last week by Palestinian Prime Minister in the West Bank, Salam…

Palestinian Authority security spokesman, Adnan Ad-Dmeiri announced on Thursday that the PA has forbidden ‘unlicensed gatherings’ in order to preserve order in the West Bank. The PA official said this…

Palestinian sources in Ramallah reported, Monday, that officials of the South African Embassy in the city held a meeting with elected Hamas members of parliament to discuss the current situation…

Following the civil unrest in Egypt, and other Middle Eastern States, the Palestinian Authority has announced that they will hold municipal elections, the Jerusalem Post reported.The announcement, made on Tuesday,…

On Thursday, Palestinian academics and students living in London staged a sit-in at the Palestinian embassy.Press Release from the group: We are not affiliated to any Political faction, or group.…

Speaking on the al-Jazeera program “Without Borders,” chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat named al-Jazeera reporter–and alleged former CIA agent–Clayton Swisher and former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke as the source of…

The Hamas movement in Gaza stated that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, does not represent the Palestinian people, and is no longer authorized to negotiate with Israel on behalf of the…

Last Wednesday, the Palestinian Authority refused to grant permission to a group of Palestinian activists for a solidarity rally with the people of Tunisia for their overthrow of the Tunisian…

Hamas political leader, Mahmoud Zahhar, stated that the issue of the captured prisoner-of-war, Gilad Shalit, is a sensitive matter that is being dealt with in utmost confidentiality, and added that…

Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated Sunday that the Egyptian Authorities are interested in inviting Palestinian factions, mainly the rival Fateh and Hamas movements,…

Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, instructed the Interior Ministry and the heads of the security forces to ensure claim with Israel, and to prevent…

Forty-eight Knesset members have signed a petition calling for the boycott of Israeli companies involved in building the new Palestinian city of Rawabi, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.The petition also has…

Khalid Tafish is Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member in Bethlehem. In 1986, he graduated with a BA in Islamic studies. Before becoming PLC member, he was imam for Omar Ibn…

Palestinian factions in Gaza, except for Fateh, held a meeting on Sunday calling on Arab and international institutions to pressure Israel into halting its violations and escalations against the Palestinian…

Senior Hamas leaders, headed by Legislator Khalil Al Hayya, held meetings on Saturday evening with different Palestinian factions and independent figures, in the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to form…

After the Supreme Court ruled that the P.A.’s decision to postpone local elections in the West Bank as illegal, the cabinet announced on Tuesday that a new date will be…

On Monday, Brazilian government authorized the construction of a Palestinian embassy in the capital of the country, Brasilia. Lula da Silva, coinciding with his farewell party in Rio, doubt about…

Marking the 23rd anniversary of the founding of Hamas, the Prime Minister of the deposed government of Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, claimed on Tuesday that in the next elections, ‘Hamas will…

According to sources at the Palestinian Foreign Ministry, representatives of the European Union will discus the possibility of recognizing a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, if no agreement is…

During a meeting with international reporters working in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister of the dissolved government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated that his government will accept the results of…

Hamas security forces have released 30 persons, two hours after arresting them at an event in Gaza commemorating the the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the Ma’an News reported on…

Officials of the rival Fatah and Hamas movement ended their meeting in Damascus, late on Tuesday night, without declaring the outcome of the talks, but announced that they will be…

Hamas political leader, Usama Hamdan, stated that the Tuesday meeting in Damascus between the Palestinian factions will not resolve all issues regarding internal reconciliation and the security file, but will…

On Friday, the independent figure and businessman Munib al-Masri will travel to Gaza to pave the way for Fatah-Hamas meeting in Damascus next week. Al-Masri, a Nablus billionaire and head…

On Wednesday, Israeli authorities decided to block any Palestinian officials from crossing through the Allenby Bridge, which joins the West Bank with Jordan. The decision only excludes Palestinian President Mahmoud…

Head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that Egypt proposed that the Palestinians present a plan that represents their demands to the…

Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida’s claims that Syria had approved secret negotiations regarding a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas were denied today by a Hamas leader.The report claimed on Friday that…

Israeli sources reported that Hamas Interior Minister of the dissolved government in Gaza, Fathi Hammad, stated that Hamas will liberate Akka and Haifa, and that armies from different parts of…

According to Palestinian News Network, the Palestinian Authority is ready to start the construction of a new international airport, east of Jerusalem.On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority said that the project…

Ahmad Assaf, the spokesman of Fateh movement, stated on Thursday that Netanyahu’s conditions are on one hand a clear evidence for the political fail of the Israeli government which always…

Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, member of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, stated that Hamas does not want a civil war with Fatah movement, and that they desire national reconciliation…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated following a Sunday meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan, that he will not return to the negotiations table unless Israel halts its settlement activities in…

Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Mahmoud Zahhar, stated that negotiations with Israel will fail and that negotiations are meant to eliminate the resistance and serve the…

Officials of the rival Fateh and Hamas movements held on Friday a meeting in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and reportedly managed to achieve some progress in dissolving disagreements regarding the…

Speaking to dozens of Palestinians at the Egyptian embassy in New York, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the Palestinian Authority will withdraw from peace talks should Israel refrain from…

Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, held a meeting in New York, Tuesday, with Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, as the two discussed the efforts to ensure the resumption of peace talks.…

As Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the Eid ul-Fitr Feast, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine issued a statement calling on the Palestinian people, and their factions, to…

Under direct orders from Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Security Forces in the northern West Bank City of Nablus released, on Wednesday at night, 46 political prisoners of the…

The end of September might be the end of peace talks, if Israel refuses to extend the settlement freeze, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the local daily newspaper al-Ayyam.’This…

Palestinian Legislator, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that while Israel is heading to peace talks with the Palestinians, its government continues its illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and…