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Egypt reopens Rafah border with Gaza

Egypt on Saturday reopened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in ...

UN leader waits for details of Palestinian unity deal

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has noted "with interest" a new unity deal between the Palestinian factions Hamas and ...

Israeli intellectuals endorse Palestinian state

Barely audible above the chants of "traitor", an Israeli actress who lost a leg in a Palestinian attack read out on ...

Israeli official threatens Hamas leaders

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Monday issued a death threat against Hamas leaders after dozens of ...

Hundreds pour in for Gaza `unity` rally

A crowd of at least 3,000 young Palestinians streamed into central Gaza City to rally for national unity on Monday -- ...

Palestinians `strongly condemn` new settlement plans

The Palestinian Authority on Sunday "strongly condemned" Israel`s approval of hundreds of new West Bank settler homes ...

Hamas appoints first female minister in reshuffle

Hamas leader Ismail Haniya reshuffled his Gaza-based cabinet on Thursday, appointing a female minister to his ...

Britain to upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status: Hague

Britain will upgrade the status of the Palestinian delegation to London to the level of a mission in line with a ...

Hamas detains `unity` rally protesters: witnesses

Hamas police on Sunday detained several protesters calling for unity between the Islamist group and its bitter West ...

Palestinian government resigns

Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad on Monday tendered his government`s resignation, a minister told AFP, just ...

Egypt Overshadows Mideast Quartet Talks

Egypt loomed large over talks of the Middle East Quartet in Germany on Saturday, with fears that a change of regime in ...

US should cut Egypt military aid amid violence: HRW

The United States should cut off its massive military aid to Egypt if further violence targets anti-government ...