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Resheq to Abbas: The national cause is bigger than all Palestinian leaders

Ezzat Al-Resheq, a member of Hamas political bureau, stated Saturday, commenting on Mahmoud Abbas’s last speech in which he declared his intention not to run for office, that the national

Israeli court turns down appeal by two detained PLC deputies

The Israeli military court in Ofer has turned down an appeal by two members of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) against extension of their administrative detention.

Palestinian independent figures discuss reconciliation issue with Haneyya

A group of national independent figures met on Friday with Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya and discussed with him every avenue towards the achievement of national reconciliation in addition to different

Zahhar: Abbas should have declared failure of settlement process

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, a political bureau member of Hamas, said that former PA chief Mahmoud Abbas's decision not to nominate himself for PA presidency was an internal Fatah matter.

Families in Al-Khalil appeal for transferring political prisoners from Jericho

Five families of Palestinian political prisoners in the city of Al-Khalil appealed to all officials and human rights organization to intervene with the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah and get

IOF troops open fire at farmers in northern Gaza

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened heavy machine gun fire at Palestinian farmers while tending to their lands north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, local sources reported.

Bahar calls for endorsing Goldstone report at UNSC

Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, has asked the Arab and Islamic countries to exert more efforts when the Goldstone report is tabled at

5 MB High-Ranking leaders in Upper Egypt released

Security Services released five of the Brotherhood’s high ranking figures from Upper Egypt following the Cairo Criminal Court’s decision to release them on November 1st, 2009. The detainees had been

Police officer served 5 years prison sentence demonstrating sweet justice

Justice is served after the judiciary in the Criminal Court in Alexandria announced the 5 year sentence for Police officer Akram Soliman. Investigations proved that the officer had inflicted bodily

227 Swine Flu Case in Egypt’s schools and Universities

Egypt’s Health Ministry today announced the detection of 72 additional swine flu cases. 52 cases alone were detected in schools and universities in the governorates of Cairo, Helwan, Giza, Kafr