Move Likely to Mean Flow of Weaponry by Hamas, other Terrorist Groups. Border to be opened “in a continuous way”. Rafah Opening to enable build-up of terrorist “military machine”. Announcement comes just after Hamas-Fatah deal reached. Egypt plans to open its border with Gaza on a permanent basis, allowing in people and goods through Rafah without supervision [...]
The United States announced in will imposed new sanctions on Syria over its brutal repression of mass protests, and again singled out Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which it said was aiding the crackdown. Europe also imposed an arms embargo and considered additional sanctions against Bashar Assad’s government, hardening the international front against Damascus on another day of [...]
TRIPOLI – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday he was still prepared to enter a ceasefire but that this must involve all sides and not only his own forces who are fighting against rebels in the east. “[Libya] is ready until now to enter a ceasefire … but a ceasefire cannot be from one side,” Gaddafi said in a live television [...]
UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday cautiously welcomed a unity agreement aimed at ending the rivalry among ruling Palestinian factions, but stressed that it should not undermine peace with Israel. “The Secretary-General welcomes efforts being made to promote Palestinian reconciliation and the important contribution of Egypt in this regard,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said [...]
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday called on Fatah to renounce their recognition of Israel. Haniyeh was addressing reporters following Friday prayers in Gaza. His comments came on the background of Israel’s denouncing the unity deal reached this week between Hamas and Fatah. “The presence of the Zionist entity on our land is illegal [...]
The Palestinian government remains in place despite a reconciliation deal between the two main Palestinian factions and US aid continues to flow to it, US State Department spokeswoman Heide Bronke-Fulton said on Thursday, saying it would review aid if a new one is formed. However, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers said on Thursday after a meeting [...]
The Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza will open on a permanent basis within seven to ten days, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Elaraby told Al-Jazeera during an interview Thursday. He said during the interview that steps would be taken in order to alleviate the “suffering of the Palestinain people.” The opening of the crossing would allow greater freedom of movement for [...]
The rift between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei appears to be deepening in recent days. Ahmadinejad hasn’t been seen in public and has refused to chair several cabinet meetings since a key decision was overruled by the supreme leader nearly two weeks ago, The Guardian reported on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Ahmadinejad forced [...]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday that Israeli officials would not speak to a Fatah-Hamas government as long as Hamas continues terrorist attacks against Israel. “This is an organization [with which] there is nothing to talk to about,” Barak said. “There is no chance that we will talk to this type of government, if it is [...]
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