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Short of cash, banks in Hamas-run Gaza close doors

GAZA, (Reuters) - Bank branches across the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip shut their doors on Thursday, saying they did not have enough bank notes in their vaults to operate normally because of an Israeli-led

Official: Hamas hurts Palestinian unity

Published: Dec. 4, 2008 at 6:21 PM CAIRO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Sunni paramilitary organization Hamas is guilty of torpedoing Palestinian reconciliation talks, an Egyptian parliament member said. Mustafa al-Faki, who...

Palestinian politics thwart hajj pilgrims

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – For the first time since the 1973 Middle East war, no Palestinians from Gaza are making the sacred annual pilgrimage to Mecca this year because of a power struggle over which Palestinian government is...

Jenin: A model for the West bank?

Training and a boost in numbers has helped the Palestinian forces take control Sirens blare as four patrol cars crammed with khaki-clad Palestinian security men speed through the streets of central Jenin. A year ago, this...

Barack Obama's BlackBerry: Subject: Israel-Palestine

Another e-mail from the president-elect’s inbox“THE big question is: do you want to end this conflict or just tamp it down? The arguments for the first are self-evident. Palestine fouls up our diplomacy: Israel is thrown at us...

Palestine's secret oasis

Surrounded by conflict, the West Bank city of Ramallah is undergoing a quiet renaissance As the sun rises between the hills and disperses low-hanging mist, Ramallah wakes up to a normal, urban life. Vegetable shops roll out...

Israel evicts Jewish settlers from Hebron house

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli police used teargas and clubs to evict dozens of hard-line Jewish settlers from a disputed building in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday after days of stone-throwing clashes with...

Hamas pins renewal of Gaza truce to Israel commitment

by Saud Abu Ramadan GAZA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Hamas movement said Thursday a ceasefire between Palestinian militant groups and Israel, due to expire later this month, would not renew if Israel continues to violate...

Brussels Plans to Weigh Relations with Israel

EU representatives criticized Israeli actions that jeopardize the Mideast peace process during foreign minister Tzipi Livni's visit in Brussels. Palestinian PM Fayyad warned against boosting EU-Israeli ties.

Saudi says will receive Palestinians late for haj

RIYADH, (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is prepared to receive Palestinian pilgrims who arrive late for the haj pilgrimage which starts this week, an official said. Palestinian pilgrims bound for the holy city

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