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Khudari: Five determinants for lifting Gaza siege

Friday-6-October-2017

MP Jamal al-Khudari head of the Popular Committee against the Siege said there are five determinants that would lead to ending the Gaza siege after the Palestinian reconciliation and the commencement of the consensus government work in Gaza.

IOF kidnaps two Palestinians charged with killing setter

Friday-6-October-2017

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) abducted overnight two Palestinian youths in suspicious circumstances after allegedly being involved in killing an Israeli settler in Kafer Qasim town few days ago.

Al-Aqsa Preacher calls for accomplishing national unity

Friday-6-October-2017

Preacher of al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Yousef Abu Sneina called in Friday Khutba (sermon) for accomplishing national unity among Palestinian factions.

Israel summons Umm al-Fahm principal over ‘Palestine’ song

Friday-6-October-2017

Israeli authorities decided to summon an elementary school principal in the city of Umm al-Fahm in 1948 Occupied Palestine after the school began the current academic year with songs praising the State of Palestine. The lyrics included the phrase: "We are Palestinians and the capital of Palestine is Jerusalem."

Abbas: Fatah and Hamas officials will meet next week in Cairo

Friday-6-October-2017

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas said that officials from Fatah and Hamas would hold a meeting next week in Cairo to discuss the mechanisms for enabling the government to exercise its responsibilities smoothly in the Gaza Strip.

Reconstruction of Gaza’s infrastructure in progress says minister

Friday-6-October-2017

Efforts have been underway to improve infrastructure and vital facilities in the blockaded Gaza Strip Minister of Local Government Hussein al-Araj told PIC.

Barghouthi calls on Fatah and Hamas to engage in profound dialog

Friday-6-October-2017

Palestinian prisoner Marwan al-Barghouthi senior Fatah official has expressed his appreciation for Egypt’s efforts to heal the rift in the Palestinian arena and pave the way for the national reconciliation and unity.

Israeli police raid homes of two Palestinian detainees in Qabatiya

Friday-6-October-2017

Israeli police forces at dawn Friday stormed Qabatiya town in Jenin where they raided homes of two detainees suspected of killing a settler a few days ago in Kafr Qasem city in 1948 occupied Palestine and brutalized their families.

Rights group: Israeli violations of freedom of press on the rise

Friday-6-October-2017

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has kept record of 26 violations against press freedoms in the West Bank and Gaza in September.