India committed to Palestinian cause: President
September 12th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) India has always considered the conflict in West Asia to be political and to be resolved peacefully while consistently supporting the Palestinian cause, President ... Read more...
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Abbas not to hold bilateral talks with Iran
August 31st, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Aug 30 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not hold bilateral talks with Iran during his stay in Tehran, a Palestinian official said Thursday.Abbas arrived in Iran Wednesday ... Read more...
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Palestinians seek political, financial support from Baghdad Arab summit
March 26th, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, March 25 (IANS) The Palestinian leadership is looking forward to gain declarations of full Arab political and financial support for their cause in the Arab League annual summit due ... Read more...
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Israel nod for Quartet peace plan, urges Palestinian acceptance
October 2nd, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Oct 2 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior cabinet ministers Sunday signed off on a Middle East Quartet formula for a return to talks with the ... Read more...
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Palestinian negotiator rejects claims of back door deals with Israel
January 27th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.27 (ANI): The Palestine Liberation Organization's chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has described the leak of confidential memos documenting a decade of Middle East peace talks as a "slander campaign".He also insisted ... Read more...
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Palestinian leaders agreed to define Israel as a Jewish state
January 25th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.25 (ANI): Palestinian negotiators privately agreed with Israel to define the latter as a Jewish state in sharp contrast to their public position, confidential documents leaked by Al Jazeera TV reveal. ... Read more...
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Palestinian negotiators had secretly agreed partial Israel annexation
January 24th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Jan 24 (ANI): Palestinian negotiators had secretly agreed to accept Israel's annexation, leaked confidential documents have revealed.According to Al-Jazeera TV, the nearly 1,600 confidential documents detail how Israeli leaders had ... Read more...
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Arab League supports Palestinians over talks
October 9th, 2010 - 8:29 am ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Oct 9 (IANS) The foreign ministers of the Arab League (AL) member states have decided to support the Palestinians to halt talks with Israel amid Israeli settlement constructions.The decision was made ... Read more...
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PLO President gets go ahead for indirect peace talks with Israel
May 8th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, May 8 (ANI): Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) President Mahmud Abbas was on Saturday given the go ahead for holding indirect peace talks with Israel.Reports from Ramallah quoted Fatah Deputy Secretary ... Read more...
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Al-Jazeera office shut down after Arafat murder bid report
July 15th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, July 15 (DPA) The Palestinian Authority (PA) Wednesday shut down the West Bank office of al-Jazeera, amid a storm over allegations that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas conspired with former Israeli prime ... Read more...
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Fatah calls on Hamas for unconditioned dialogue
February 8th, 2009 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Feb 8 (Xinhua) A senior official of pro-west President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement has called on its rival Islamic Hamas movement for an unconditioned dialogue and inter-reconciliation.
Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Fatah spokesman ... Read more...
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Hamas rejects long-term truce with Israel
January 25th, 2009 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Jan 25 (Xinhua) Hamas movement's leaders Sunday rejected a long-term ceasefire agreement with Israel, saying that only a ceasefire for a limited period of time was acceptable.Ismail Radwan, a senior Hamas ... Read more...
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PLO elects Abbas as president of future Palestinian state
November 24th, 2008 - 5:46 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Nov 24 (DPA) Members of the central council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Sunday night elected Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas as the president of the future state of ... Read more...
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The myth of an Israeli pullout from occupied areas (News Analysis)
October 8th, 2008 - 10:07 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 8 (RIA Novosti) The latest statements by retiring Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his country's withdrawal from the occupied areas provoked a shock reaction in Israel and restrained joy ... Read more...
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US envoy to UN accused of having unauthorized contacts with Zardari
August 26th, 2008 - 10:54 am ICT by ANI
Washington , Aug 26 (ANI): US ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad, who is an Afghan by birth, has reportedly been pulled up by US State Department officials for unauthorisedly establishing ... Read more...
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Hamas, four factions agree to resume dialogue
August 17th, 2008 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Gaza, Aug 17 (DPA) The Islamic Hamas movement and four Palestinian factions agreed Saturday to resume an internal dialogue aimed at reconciliation, for which they welcomed Egyptian and Arab support. Representatives of ... Read more...
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German police trained Libyans for two decades: Report
April 14th, 2008 - 3:57 am ICT by admin
DPA
Frankfurt, April 14 (DPA) German police have been visiting Libya to train security men for last two decades, a newspaper claimed Sunday, questioning government insistence that the training had been unauthorized and ... Read more...
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Palestine may declare statehood if talks fail
February 21st, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by admin
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Ramallah, Feb 21 (Xinhua) The Palestinians can declare their statehood unilaterally if talks with Israel fail, a senior aide to President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday. "We can declare the independence unilaterally if ... Read more...
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Palestinian official calls for Kosovo-style independence declaration
February 20th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by admin
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Ramallah, Feb 20 (DPA) A senior Palestinian official and member of the negotiating team Wednesday called for a Kosovo-style declaration of independence of the Palestinian areas. Yaser Abed Rabbo, a senior official ... Read more...
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