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Yousef: Haneyya’s assassination attempt premeditated

Monday-18-December-2006

Ahmed Yousef the political advisor to the PA premier Ismail Haneyya has accused the PA presidential guards and other armed elements of premeditating the assassination attempt of Haneyya on his return to the Rafah terminal from a tour abroad.

Haneyya rejects Abbas’ call

Sunday-17-December-2006

PA premier Ismail Haneyya on Sunday emphasized his government's refusal of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' call for early legislative elections describing the call as "unconstitutional".

Zahhar survives assassination attempt

Sunday-17-December-2006

PA foreign minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar on Sunday survived an assassination attempt at the hands of armed elements affiliated with the Fatah Movement and the Force-17 both under the direct command PA chief Mahmoud Abbas according to the ministry.

IOF troops shoot at wound Palestinian in fresh ceasefire violation

Sunday-17-December-2006

IOF troops on Sunday afternoon shot at and wounded an unarmed Palestinian civilian to the north of the Gaza Strip in a fresh violation of the three-week-old ceasefire local eyewitnesses reported.

Yemeni president: Early elections not the required solution

Sunday-17-December-2006

Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday reached Khaled Mishaal the political bureau chief of the Hamas Movement and voiced his opposition to early presidential and parliamentary elections in the PA-run lands.

Palestinian armed wings refuse Abbas’ call for early elections

Sunday-17-December-2006

Armed wings of Palestinian resistance factions including four affiliated with Fatah Movement on Sunday declared refusal of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' call for early legislative elections.

Islamic Movement in 1948 urges expediting Palestinian unity government

Sunday-17-December-2006

The Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands has called on both the PA presidency and premiership to resume talks on the formation of a national unity government in the wake of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' call for early legislative elections.

IOF troops fire at workers wound one of them

Sunday-17-December-2006

IOF troops on Sunday fired at a group of Palestinian workers in the vicinity of Dhaheria village to the south of Al-Khalil city while heading to their jobs in the 1948 occupied Palestinian lands medical sources reported.

Qasssam fighter survives assassination attempt

Sunday-17-December-2006

One of the field commanders of the Qassam Brigades the armed wing of the Hamas Movement on Sunday survived an assassination attempt at the hands of a group of armed men in central Gaza.

Abbas’ call for early elections causes rift within Fatah

Sunday-17-December-2006

The central committee of the Fatah Movement on Sunday lashed out at Farouk Kaddoumi the secretary general of the Movement and other Palestinian factions that rejected PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' call for early legislative elections.