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Nunu: IOA looking for justifications to tighten siege

Wednesday-29-November-2006

The PA foreign ministry on Wednesday refused to link between the Israeli occupation authority's' closure of the Rafah terminal and the return of foreign minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar from an Arab and Islamic tour with 20 million dollars.

Haneyya in Cairo urges Arabs to implement decision of breaking siege

Wednesday-29-November-2006

PA prime minister Ismail Haneyya has stressed that the Arab world must implement the resolution adopted by the Arab foreign ministers in Cairo three weeks ago calling for the immediate annulling of the economic blockade on the Palestinian people.

IOA closes down Rafah crossing following Zahhar’s return

Wednesday-29-November-2006

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Wednesday closed down the Rafah terminal thus blocking anew the travel of Palestinians in and out of the Gaza Strip contrary to a previous agreement of opening it for two days on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Zahhar brings in $20m amidst Arab default on breaking siege

Wednesday-29-November-2006

PA foreign affairs minister and senior Hamas political leader Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar has brought 20 millions dollars into Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing point Tuesday.

Tamimi briefs Swedish consul general on Palestinian suffering

Wednesday-29-November-2006

Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi the chief justice of Islamic courts in Palestine has briefed the Swedish consul general in Jerusalem Nils Eliasson on the Palestinian people's hardships under occupation.

AMB parades rockets in Nablus

Tuesday-28-November-2006

The AMB-Jund Allah group an armed offshoot of the Fatah faction on Tuesday paraded a number of homemade rockets in one of the suburbs of the Old City of Nablus along with other locally made weapons.

Abu Marzouk: RoR sacred Palestinian issue that Hamas will never forsake

Tuesday-28-November-2006

Deputy-head of Hamas' political bureau Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk has unequivocally affirmed that the right of return (RoR) of millions of Palestinian refugee is a sacred issue for the Palestinian people and Hamas will never compromise that right at any cost.

Hamas condemns the murder of 70-year-old Palestinian in Iraq

Tuesday-28-November-2006

The Hamas Movement on Monday strongly condemned the murder of the oldest Palestinian refugee in Iraq after his kidnap and torture at the hands of Iraqi armed militias.

Haneyya to embark on foreign tour when Rafah terminal opens

Tuesday-28-November-2006

The office of PA premier Ismail Haneyya announced on Monday that the premier would embark on an Arab and Islamic tour when the Rafah terminal the only gateway for Gazans to the outside world was open to all Palestinians and not only to allow him travel.

Mishaal confers with Russian deputy FM on Arab-Israeli conflict

Tuesday-28-November-2006

Khaled Mishaal the political bureau chief of the Hamas Movement on Sunday conferred in Damascus with the Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Sultanov on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian developments.