Palestinian Authority, Hamas agree on election timetable
Palestinian factions agreed on Tuesday after a two-day meeting in Cairo to “respect and accept” the results of their upcoming elections, reported Reuters. Read more
Palestinians sigh in relief after Biden victory: ready to resume negotiations and coordination without preconditions
November 9, 2020 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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A sigh of relief and satisfaction, disgust for President Donald Trump and anticipation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s weakening, along with fears of renewed tension between Fatah and Hamas – this is how the Palestinian arena reacted to Joe Biden’s victory. Read more
As its popularity is challenged, Hamas keeps watchful eye over its Palestinian rival in Gaza
January 27, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin - JNS.org
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Tensions between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have sparked a number of armed conflicts and smaller scale flare-ups in the last decade. Yet within Gaza there is a web of internal tensions and simmering rivalries between Palestinian factions. So far, these have not posed a threat to Hamas’s iron grip on its enclave, but as its popularity is questioned, that might change one day. Read more
Abbas declares Israeli legislation won’t stop him from paying terrorists
In a meeting with Fatah Party leaders on Sunday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas declared that he would not stop paying salaries to convicted terrorists and their families, despite new Israeli legislation withholding funds in the amount paid to killers and attackers from taxes collected for the P.A. Read more
PLO-Hamas referendum could boost Trump peace plans
October 10, 2017 by David Singer
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There is little hope that reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah will end a decade of bitter internecine feuding which has seen a parallel entrenchment of territorial divisions between them in Gaza and the West Bank…writes David Singer. Read more
Who’s blocking a two-state solution?
November 21, 2014 by Lawrence Grossman - JNS.org
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Does Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas want peace with Israel?…asks Lawrence Grossman/JNS.org Read more