Hamas to keep Mashaal as head of politburo: sources
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
July 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Hamas is going to assign a new office term for its political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal after the Palestinian Islamic movement completed its internal elections, sources said Tuesday. The movement finished the polls in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the Israeli prisons, the sources said, adding that elections in Diaspora should end within days and then the name of the politburo chief would be announced.

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Gaza Christians, Hamas at Odds Over Conversions to Islam
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Saleh Jadallah - July 27, 2012 - 12:00am

The recent conversion of Palestinian Christians to Islam has sparked tensions between Hamas, the Islamist group ruling the Gaza Strip, and the Christian minority here. Both publicly traded barbs for the first time since Hamas took over Gaza Strip from its rival, Fatah, after the 2006 parliamentary elections.

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Hamas slams municipal elections in West Bank only
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
July 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Islamic Hamas Movement on Wednesday slammed the Palestinian decision to hold the municipal elections in the West Bank only.

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PNA accomplishes rehabilitation of Gaza's sole power plant
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
July 26, 2012 - 12:00am

The Palestinian authorities announced Wednesday it has completed the rehabilitation of the sole power plant in the Gaza Strip.

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Israel prevents Arab Spring from reaching West Bank: Hamas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
July 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Popular uprisings in the Middle East could not reach the West Bank because of Israel, the head of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian parliament said Thursday. "If there was no Israeli occupation in the West Bank, the uprising would have been possible," said Aziz al-Dewik, the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)'s speaker, who was released recently from an Israeli prison. Al-Dewik accused the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), led by rival Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas, of "establishing a repressive regime with the help of Israel."

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Hamas PM heads to Egypt to seek lift of Gaza closure
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
July 25, 2012 - 12:00am

GAZA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Prime minister of the Hamas authority in Gaza, Ismail Haneya, will visit Egypt Wednesday and meet Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to discuss lifting the blockade on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. It will be the first meeting between the Hamas official and the Egyptian president.

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Gaza Christians fear for future of tiny community
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Ibrahim Barzak - July 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Christians in overwhelmingly Muslim Gaza have long fretted in private about the survival of their tiny community.

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Hamas Rising
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy
by Jonathan Schanzer - (Opinion) July 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Countries across the Middle East are opening their coffers to support the Palestinian cause -- but the funds are increasingly being diverted in a direction that portends renewed conflict with Israel.

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PA, Hamas govt to meet in Cairo over Gaza electricity troubles
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
July 23, 2012 - 12:00am

A top Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader said Sunday that a technical committee composed of officials from both the West Bank and Gaza Strip will meet in Cairo to discuss alleviating a fuel crisis in Gaza. Talal Abu Tharifeh said the committee would discuss solutions with Egyptian authorities with the aim of increasing the electricity from an Egyptian line into the besieged territory.

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Zahhar: Hamas will not separate Gaza from the West Bank
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
July 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahhar on Sunday denied media reports that the Islamist group is considering declaring the Gaza Strip a separate entity from the Palestinian Authority controlled West Bank. "Such news is being disseminated by the enemies of Hamas seeking to maintain the siege on Gaza," Zahhar told Ma'an. "This issue hasn’t been addressed officially within Hamas, but some people posed it privately on their own," he added.

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