Palestina News

NICOSIA, Nov. 5 – Thirteen European parliamentarians will join pro-Palestinian peace activists on their third voyage to the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, organizers of the trip said in a statement.

GAZA, Nov. 5 – Israeli forces arrested 13 Palestinians in separate raids in the occupied West Bank and in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said on Wednesday.

GAZA, Nov. 4 – Spokesmen of both Fatah and Islamic Hamas movements agreed on Tuesday that there is no difference between the two candidates, the Republican Barak Obama, and the Democrat John McCain who race in the U.S. elections to the White House.

GAZA, Nov. 4 – Israeli companies stopped providing cement to the Gaza Strip upon orders by the Israeli military, a Palestinian importer said on Tuesday.

GAZA, Nov. 4 – Mohammed al-Dief, the chief of Hamas’ armed wing Ezz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, vowed Tuesday to carry out attacks against Israel.In a prerecorded audio message, Al-Dief said in northern Gaza Strip that “we will continue striking the occupation (Israel) and its positions with qualitative operations.”

GAZA, Nov. 4 – Hamas on Tuesday said it will reject the Egyptian plan aimed at reconciling the Islamic movement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement if Hamas’ reservations were not considered.

GAZA, Nov. 4 – Egypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to allow stranded patients to leave for medical treatment in its hospitals, said a Hamas spokesman.

RAMALLAH, Nov. 4 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement on Tuesday denied reports that the Egyptian-hosted Palestinian national dialogue has been delayed.

GAZA, Nov. 4 – Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesday said its delegation in Cairo would overcome new obstacles that emerged in the way of national Palestinian dialogue.

RAMALLAH, Nov. 1 – Palestinian National Authority (PNA) forces launched a limited crackdown against Islamic Jihad supporters in northern West Bank, arresting its four activists, sources from the movement said.