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No agreement between PA and Hamas, though clear Abbas does not represent 2 million Gazans
Khaled Abu ToamehGatestone Institute12.11.2018
To date, Hamas and Fatah have not been able to agree on the interpretation of the “reconciliation” agreements already signed.
Hamas leader Khaleed Meshaal (left) meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo on Feb. 23, 2012 to implement the terms of a reconciliation deal they signed in the Egyptian capital in May, which called for an interim government and general elections in a year. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums/Flash90.
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Fatah supports Islamic edict prohibiting land sales to ‘enemies’
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques ZilberdikPalestinian Media Watch31.10.2018
Fatah has announced that selling land to Israelis/Jews constitutes “high treason against the religion, the homeland, and the people.”
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas (center) attends a meeting of Palestinian businessmen in Ramallah April 29, 2014. The Palestinian National Fund, often in partnership with the P.A., pays salaries to imprisoned Palestinian terrorists and their families. Credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90.
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Qatari-bought fuel arrives in Gaza to the ire of Abbas
10.10.2018
Six trucks carrying 450,000 liters of fuel crossed through Kerem Shalom, with at least one making its way to the central power station in Gaza City.  The fuel was part of a $60 million fuel donation from Qatar.
Palestinian security forces stand guard as Egyptian trucks carrying fuel drive down a street after entering the southern Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on June 21, 2017. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90.
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Who will succeed the aging, ailing leader of the PA. Mahmoud Abbas?
Daniel SiryotiIsrael Hayom20.09.2018
Both Israel and the Palestinian leadership are increasingly nervous at the prospect of an intra-Palestinian bloodbath resulting from P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas and his failure to groom a successor acceptable to all Palestinian factions.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/A.P.
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Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade unit head, teenage son killed in ‘mysterious explosion’
15.07.2018
Masked Palestinian militants from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed wing linked to Fatah, hold up weapons near Nablus, Jan. 10, 2017. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
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Fiamma Nirenstein29.03.2018
Kill or be killed: Terror is the sole tool of Hamas
It’s time to stop talking about “lone wolves”; this boils down to Palestinian incitement.
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Hamas violently quashes student protest in Gaza Strip
27.03.2018
The Palestinian Students’ Union in Gaza condemned the excessive use of force and accused the policemen of preventing ambulances from reaching the wounded students.
Al-Azhar University in Gaza, where Hamas security forces cracked down on students protesting tuition fees. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Palestinians meet with Hezbollah terror leader to spark third intifada
08.01.2018
Fatah has downplayed a Dec. 31 meeting in Beirut between Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmad and Hezbollah terror leader Hassan Nasrallah to plan new intifada.
A recent Facebook post by the Palestinian Fatah faction that encouraged violence. Credit: Palestinian Media Watch.
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