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Special from Gaza: Circumspect optimism, criticism and violence mark rapprochement
Abeer Ayyoub 28 Apr 2011
Gaza City -- Palestinians in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip are responding to news of unprecedented progress towards...
Fatah and Hamas reconcile in Cairo
Thursday's papers: Cairo basks in prestige of Palestinian accord, Gulf-Egypt relations in question
Lina Attalah 28 Apr 2011
State-run papers featured the unexpected accords between the Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas on their front...
 Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
Israel rejects Palestinian government with Hamas
AP 28 Apr 2011
Jerusalem -- Israel's foreign minister warned on Thursday that Israel will not negotiate with a new Palestinian...
Palestinian officials: Unity agreement reached
AP 27 Apr 2011
Gaza City -- Palestinians have reached initial agreement on reuniting their rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza...
Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (R) shakes hands with Palestinian lawmaker and Fatah strongman Azzam al-Ahmed in the Syrian capital Damascus, on September 24, 2010, during a meeting between the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas and Fatah.
Rival Palestinian factions in Cairo for unity talks
AFP 27 Apr 2011
Cairo -- Delegations from rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to hold Egyptian-...
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi speaks during a joint press conference with his German counterpart Guido Weseterwelle after a meeting, Cairo, April 19, 2011.
New Egyptian foreign policy challenges regional alliances
Omar Halawa 20 Apr 2011
If Egypt’s first post-revolution government plans to reshape the country’s foreign policy, particularly on...
File photo of Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb.
Grand Sheikh: Al-Azhar willing to assist in Palestinian reconciliation
Staff 11 Apr 2011
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb announced that he and the institution he represents are willing to participate in...
File photo of the newly-appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil al-Arabi, during an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, 15 March, 2009. Al-Arabi, who was a former judge in the International Court of Justice and director of International Arbitration Center, was named as caretaker FM on 7 March, 2011.
FM: Cairo aiming for normalization with Tehran, reconciliation in Palestine
Al-Masry Al-Youm Staff 05 Apr 2011
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi, at a press conference on Tuesday, announced his intentions of improving...
Wafd Party Chief al-Sayyed al-Badawi (C), after meeting with senior Hamas figure Mahmoud al-Zahar, Wafd Party, Giza, 30 March, 2011. Al-Badawi received a Hamas delegation presided by al-Zahar. Number of Wafd and 25th January movement members attended the meeting at which they discussed various Palestinian issues.
Hamas has started reconciliation talks with Fatah, says leader
MENA 04 Apr 2011
Hamas has initiated talks with Fatah regarding a potential Palestinian reconciliation, Hamas leadership member Mahmoud...
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas gestures during a join press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy (not pictured) on September 27, 2010 at the Elysee Palace in Paris, after a working lunch focused on the Israeli-Palestine peace negotiations. Mahmud Abbas will consult Arab governments on October 4 before deciding whether to continue talks with Israel following the end of the settlement freeze, his spokesman said today
Abbas would give up US aid for Palestinian unity
AP 28 Mar 2011
Ramallah, West Bank -- An aide to the Palestinian president says Mahmoud Abbas is making a heavy push for...