10 days ago by Schlesinger

Als Folge der Staatsgrndung Israels im Mai 1948 haben etwa 750.000 Palästinenser ihre frhere Heimat verloren. Zur Lage der palästinensischen Flchtlinge im Libanon - 1948 bis heute Ein Gastbeitrag von Ingrid Rumpf Vorsitzende des Vereins “Flchtlingskinder im Libanon e.V. (gegrndet 1995) Die Flchtling ...

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11 days ago

Fatah-Hamas reunification is off again this afternoon, although wait a few hours and they'll go back to this. There's no real fundamental holdup: Hamas is officially at war with Israel, the PLO is officially at war with Israel. This is just Hamas trying to figure out whether they can get more throug ...

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11 days ago by Fan Boy

The two main Palestinian factions have been bitterly divided since fighting in the streets of the Gaza Strip more than a year ago. Hamas and Fatah were supposed to meet in Egypt this week for reconciliation talks, but Hamas is boycotting them. The breakdown points to the entrenched divisions between ...

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12 days ago

How gracious of them: Speaking from his refuge in the Syrian capital Damascus, Khaled Meshaal gave his reaction to Mr Obama's election. "... he should know he has duties to the United States and in the whole world and in hotspots especially in the Middle East... Yes we are ready for dialogue with Pr ...

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13 days ago by admin

LONDON: Hamas is ready to talk to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama but he must respect the Palestinian Muslim group’s “rights and options,” its leader Khaled Meshaal said in an interview Saturday. In a visit to Israel in July, Obama played down the chances of negotiating with Hamas unless the group ...

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13 days ago by Khalid Amayreh

Barring last-minute glitches, Palestinian political factions will meet in Cairo Saturday in a last ditch-effort to end the two-year rift between the Islamic group Hamas and the American-backed and financed Fatah organization. (It has been announced that the talks will be postponed indefinitely). The ...

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13 days ago by Civis.lt

Egipto sostinėje Kaire sekmadienį turėjusios prasidėti derybos tarp islamistinės palestiniečių grupuotės „Hamas“ ir Palestinos savivaldos prezidento Mahmoud‘o Abbas‘o vadovaujamo judėjimo „Fatah“ neįvyks. Tai turėjo būti pirmosios „Hamas“ ir „Fatah“ derybos po to, kai pernai „Hamas“ užėmė Gazos ruož ...

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15 days ago by goodtimepolitics

Rahm Emanuel - Barack Obama UPDATE: “ Clinton ’s going-away gift to Emanuel was a seat on the quasi-governmental Freddie Mac board, which paid him $231,655 in director’s fees in 2001 and $31,060 in 2000,” Lynn Sweet wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times on Jan. 3, 2002. During the time Emanuel spent on th ...

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15 days ago

Actually the economies of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are booming, helped in part smuggling tunnels run off Israeli electricity. But why should that get in the way of a little obsessive anti-Israel demonization? The Palestinian economy has "incredible potential" that could be unleashed if Israel ea ...

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16 days ago by Marcy Newman

Obama picks pro-Israel hardliner for top post Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 5 November 2008 Senator Barack Obama greets Representative Rahm Emanuel at the Illinois Delegation party at Ye Olde Union Oyster, in Boston, on the eve of the Democratic National Convention 2004. (Tom Williams) Duri ...

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