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Palestinian factions sign reconciliation agreement in Algeria

Hamas, Fatah and 12 other groups agree to hold legislative and presidential elections within one year.

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Palestinian Factions Discuss Reconciliation Deal in Algiers

Divided Palestinian factions met in Algiers Thursday amid efforts to persuade them to sign a reconciliation deal to lay out timelines to hold elections within a year, officials said. "The Palestinians have been divided for more than 15 years, which has hugely weakened our cause," said Azzam al-Ahmed, the head…

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Palestinian groups Fatah, Hamas meet in Algeria to heal rift

Algiers is the latest to broker an agreement between rival factions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

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Palestinian Factions Arrive in Algeria for ‘National Dialogue’

Delegations from Palestinian factions began arriving to Algeria on Saturday to participate in the internal Palestinian dialogue hosted by the North African country. Algeria has taken it upon itself to host dialogue between Palestinians ahead of the Arab League summit that it will host early next month. The National Conference…

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'Hamas’ Delegation to Visit Syria This Month

A Hamas delegation will visit Syria later this month, two sources told Reuters on Thursday, in a move by the Palestinian group to rebuild ties after shunning President Bashar al-Assad for years over his violent crackdown on protests. A senior Hamas official said the visit would take place after a…

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Shtayyeh Pledges Govt Support to End Palestinian Division

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Monday his government is ready to take any step that supports reconciliation efforts and end the division between Palestinian factions. At the beginning of a government session, the PM said Algeria will invite the Palestinian factions, including the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hamas, and…

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Family of Palestinian Slain by Israel Denies He Was Attacker

Relatives pushed back Sunday against Israeli claims that a Palestinian teacher intentionally rammed an Israeli police car before he was shot dead by security forces. The family of 36-year-old Mohammed Abu Kafieh said he had no possible reason to carry out an attack, noting that he was a father of…

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‘It’s going to explode’: young Palestinians look to the gun amid Israeli offensive

Israel’s Operation Breakwater aims to reduce the enemy’s ability to attack, but seems to be galvanising a new generation of fighters

The Guardian - UK

The occupied West Bank cities at centre of resistance to Israel

Al Jazeera looks at the turn towards more organised Palestinian armed resistance in the cities of Jenin and Nablus.

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A Palestinian mother on hunger strike for her son, held by the PA

Ahmad Hreish, 28, has been held for the past 81 days without trial by the Palestinian Authority.

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Ankara: Palestinian Authority ‘Welcomes’ Türkiye’s Normalization with Israel

Türkiye announced that the Palestinian Authority welcomed the establishment of relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv, and that the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements strongly desired that as well, as the country would better defend the Palestinian cause. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu commented on the talks between President Recep…

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Israel Braces for Reprisals in West Bank after Nabulsi Assassination

Israel is bracing for potential operations in the West Bank in retaliation for its killing of the commander of the ruling Fatah party’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, and two of his comrades on Tuesday. Nabulsi’s assassination provoked widespread Palestinian anger and subsequent clashes with Israeli forces. It came just…

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Assassination of Fatah Official in Lebanon Stokes Security Fears

The assassination of a senior officer of the Fatah movement inside the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in South Lebanon has revived fears over attempts to tamper with Lebanon’s security from inside the Palestinian camps. Palestinian sources in Ain al-Hilweh stated that unidentified gunmen opened fire and shot Brigadier Saeed Alaeddine…

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Israeli forces kill al-Aqsa Brigades commander in Nablus raid

Ibrahim al-Nabulsi had been on the run for months and evaded several assassination attempts by Israeli forces.

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Israeli Troops Assassinate Senior Fatah Military Commander in West Bank Clash

Israeli forces killed four people Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, including two teens and a man Israel said was a senior militant commander. The latest violence comes two days after a truce halted deadly conflict between the Israeli military and Islamic Jihad militants in…

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Iraq’s Sadr Offers ‘Conditional Reconciliation’ to Fatah Leader

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr made a surprise move on Monday by offering “conditional reconciliation” with head of the Fatah alliance, Hadi al-Ameri, of the rival Shiite Coordination Framework. Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Monday in counter-protests as rival supporters of Sadr extended their occupation of…

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Palestinian Authority arrest campaign ‘one of the worst in years’

Lawyers say PA security forces arrested close to 100 Palestinians in two months, predominantly for political reasons.

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Iraq’s political chaos: Why did protesters storm the parliament?

Iraq has been unable to form a government since it held parliamentary elections in October last year.

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Palestinian Lawyers Protest Against Abbas’s ‘Rule by Decree’

Hundreds of Palestinian lawyers held a street protest Monday against what they described as the Palestinian Authority’s “rule by decree,” condemning president Mahmoud Abbas for governing without a parliament. The Palestinian Legislative Council — created under the Oslo Peace Accords with Israel — has been inactive since 2007, meaning Abbas…

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Palestinian lawyers protest against Abbas governing by ‘decree’

The Palestinian parliament has been inactive since 2007, leaving Mahmoud Abbas to rule without a functioning parliament.

The Independent UK

Biden heads to West Bank, with little to offer Palestinians

President Joe Biden will visit Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Friday, at a moment when there's little chance of reviving peace talks with Israel

Al Jazeera

Health rumours leave Palestinians wondering who will follow Abbas

President Abbas has been in ill health over recent years and is unpopular, but many Palestinians are still apathetic.

Radio France Internationale

Rival Palestinian leaders shake hands for the first time in more than five years

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh have met publicly for the first time in over five years, on the sidelines of this week's Algerian independence anniversary celebrations.

Al Jazeera

PA President Abbas meets Hamas’s Haniya for first time in years

The meeting, in Algeria, was the first time the two political rivals had publicly met since 2016.

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Fatah Accuses Hamas of Seeking to Seize West Bank

Fatah accused Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, of trying to control the West Bank, after seizing weapons and explosives in tunnels running under Ramallah. The seized weapons were a part of a plot by Hamas to undermine the Palestinian Authority, security and order, charged Fatah. It made the allegations…

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