Sep 22 2014 - 10:34am Khouri says Hamas and Fatah have behaved shamefully
September 22, 2014

There is little in the Middle Eastern political scene these days more shameful than the sheer incompetence and irresponsibility of both leading Palestinian political groups, Hamas and Fatah, in moving ahead to implement their national reconciliation government.

Sep 22 2014 - 10:29am UN wants international monitors to oversee reconstruction work in Gaza
September 22, 2014

Mideast envoy Robert Serry is liaising with PA and Israel to bring between 250 and 500 UN monitors into the Strip to supervise rebuilding work, safeguard materials. Hamas has yet to comment on proposal.

Sep 22 2014 - 10:22am Fatah, Hamas to meet before indirect talks with Israel
September 22, 2014

Fatah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad officials will meet on Monday in Cairo before indirect talks a day later with Israel, Egyptian sources told Ma'an.

Sep 19 2014 - 11:03am Gaza crisis obscures the long quest for Palestinian statehood
September 19, 2014

Three weeks ago both sides agreed an open-ended ceasefire and since then – nothing. That is not to say that the pain of the bereaved, the homeless and dispossessed is any less acute, or that their supporters around the globe have forgotten.

Sep 19 2014 - 10:52am Despite UN deal, hurdles remain for Gaza reconstruction
September 19, 2014

Israel has ruled out allowing a quick and substantial increase in desperately needed construction material into Gaza, despite a deal reached this week, Palestinian and UN officials said.

Sep 19 2014 - 10:47am After Abbas, who will lead the Palestinians?
September 19, 2014

'He doesn't have a protege, he hasn't facilitated a system in which people feel they can rise to the top,' experts say, so who will inherent Palestinian leadership?

Sep 18 2014 - 11:23am Put the children first: Lift the blockade on Gaza
September 18, 2014

UNRWA's Chris Gunness: It's against Israel's own interests to deprive the next generation in Gaza of a future. But we can't rebuild Gaza with the Israeli blockade tying our hands behind our backs.

Sep 18 2014 - 11:22am Quartet: Delay in Gaza rebuilding could threaten truce
September 18, 2014

The Middle East Quartet of peacemakers on Wednesday joined calls for a quick start to the rebuilding of war-ravaged Gaza before the current truce with Israel ends in renewed violence.

Sep 18 2014 - 11:16am Unrest by Palestinians Surges in a Jerusalem Neighborhood
September 18, 2014

“The clashes are here,” Mr. Sami, 25, said as he passed Like Café. “Sometimes the clashes reach here,” he added, driving deeper into the valley, amid fresh graffiti hailing “resistance” and the Gaza-based militant movement Hamas. And deeper still, “Sometimes the clashes are here.”​

Sep 17 2014 - 10:45am Israel’s N.S.A. Scandal
September 17, 2014

Typically, when such sensitive information is transferred to another country, it would first be “minimized,” meaning that names and other personally identifiable information would be removed. But when sharing with Israel, the N.S.A. evidently did not ensure that the data was modified in this way.


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