RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said representatives of the Fatah and Hamas groups will soon hold a meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo. In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Mubasher channel Tuesday, Mustafa said the talks aim to reach agreements to improve conditions for serving the people of Gaza. ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has condemned Israel’s killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi as an attempt to intimidate and suppress supporters of Palestinian causes. In a statement, the PLO’s department of expatriates said the killing of Eygi highlights the brutality and violence ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia will host an inter-Palestinian meeting in Moscow from February 29 to March 2, presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov has announced. Moscow has invited representatives of all Palestinian political forces, including those in Syria, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries, Bogdanov, who is...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s rejection of a normalization deal with Israel without recognition of a Palestinian state on lands it had in 1967. “We thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its firm position, and efforts to stand alongside the Palestinian people and their just cause,” said...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A top Palestinian official slammed the passage of a bill Thursday by the American Congress to ban the entry of all members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Hussein Al-Sheikh, Secretary of the PLO’s Executive Committee, described the bill as “a dangerous decision towards the sole legit...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A top official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday called on the US and Canada to reverse the suspension of new funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). “We call on the countries that announced the cessation of their support for UNRWA to immediately reverse their decisi...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli forces have detained some 135,000 Palestinians since the outbreak of the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Intifada, also known as Second Intifada, in September 2000, a Palestinian official group has revealed. In a statement marking the 23rd anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, the Commission for Prisoners’ Affai...
