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Egypt floods Gaza tunnels to cut Palestinian lifeline
Reuters 13 Feb 2013
Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a meeting of the Palestinian leadership, June 26, 2011, West Bank city of Ramallah, where he said he was still determined to go to the Gaza Strip, despite hitches in reconciliation talks with Hamas and that the Palestinians would pursue their unilateral bid for recognition in September.
Israel to give Palestinians $100 million in withheld funds
Reuters 30 Jan 2013
Israel will give Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's administration around $100 million in tax revenues that had...
Egypt withdraws ambassador to Israel as country reacts to renewed offensive on Gaza
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Egypt Independent
14 Nov 2012
Egypt has withdrawn its ambassador in Tel Aviv as the country reacted to renewed Israeli military attacks on the Gaza...
Members of the Free Syrian Army climb up stairs during clashes with pro-government forces in Haram town, Idlib Governorate, 30 October 2012.
Syrian rebels arm Palestinians against Assad
Reuters 01 Nov 2012
Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they had begun arming sympathetic Palestinians to fight a pro-Assad faction in a...
The mosque in Burqa village, Ramallah, which was attacked by Jewish extremists
Divided Palestinians hold municipal elections without Hamas
Reuters 18 Oct 2012
Palestinians in the West Bank go to the polls on Saturday in long-delayed municipal elections that have already...
A Palestinian smuggler goes into a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on April 14, 2010. Hamas briefly shut down smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian border that are the lifeline of the besieged enclave, officials said, following an Israeli alert over security in the Sinai. Demotix/AbedRahimKhatib
Israel Gaza blockade study calculated Palestinians' calories
Reuters 17 Oct 2012
Israel calculated the number of calories Palestinians would need to avoid malnutrition under its blockade of the Gaza...
Rafah crossing to reopen Wednesday
Al-Masry Al-Youm 21 Aug 2012
Cairo airport authorities have been notified that the Rafah land border crossing with Israel will be open...
Israel stops Palestinians from suing, activists say
AP 08 Aug 2012
JERUSALEM — Human rights lawyers say Israel's Justice Ministry is making it tough for Palestinians and...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon listens to journalists' questions during a joint press conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Sofia, May 5, 2010. The two-day panel, to be addressed on May 6 by Ban, brought together more than 150 government officials, analysts and journalists from across eastern Europe, as well as activists who took part in the upheavals in Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia.
UN chief pleads for arms pact, Palestinians demand seat
Reuters 04 Jul 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pleaded on Tuesday for a binding pact to regulate the more than $60 billion global...
Mahmoud Abbas,president of Palestinian authority
Palestinian official: Abbas to meet Israeli vice PM
Reuters 28 Jun 2012
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Israeli Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz on Sunday, a Palestinian official...