Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud) denounced on Saturday night the speech by Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas before the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Central Council. Danon particularly took issue with Abbas’s claim in the speech that a unity government with Hamas is not a terrorist government. “Abbas is on his way
Iran welcomed Saturday a reconciliation deal between the the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas, which it said amounted to a coalition against the "Zionist regime," a reference to Israel. "The Islamic Republic of Iran salutes the reconciliation of the Palestinian groups against the Zionist regime... and against the excessive demands and aggressions of
The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday accused Israel of “shooting at Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip,” ignoring the deliberate provocations of Palestinian Arabs along the border fence. A report by the group cited by AFP said that four Palestinian Arabs have been killed near the border fence since the beginning of
Hamas’s Gaza Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, on Friday evening telephoned Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. According to the Ma’an news agency, it was the first time the two had spoken directly since the reconciliation pact between Hamas and Fatah was announced earlier this week. During the phone call, Haniyeh stressed the need
Two people were killed in clashes on Friday between protesters and police in the Egyptian city of Fayoum, AFP reported, citing local security officials. Supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi have pressed a protest campaign since his overthrow last July, despite an extensive crackdown that has killed more than 1,400 people and imprisoned
As hype and hysteria over the Hamas-Fatah (PLO/PA) unity pact continues, many experts are concerned over Israel's future. But at least one expert has said that the unity pact will work in Israel's favor: Arutz Sheva columnist Dr. Mordechai Keidar, an expert on the Israeli-Arab sector, and an Arabic literature professor at Bar-Ilan University.
Egypt’s former defense minister and presidential candidate, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is Jewish, according to Egyptian journalist Saber Mashhour. Mashhour’s comments were posted to the internet on April 20 and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). He claimed that Al-Sisi grew up next to Israel’s former Chief of Staff and Defense Minister,
The Arab League has welcomed the unity pact that was reached between the Hamas and Fatah factions, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. An Arab League statement quoted its Secretary-General, Nabil al-Arabi, as telling Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Abbas in a phone conversation that the pan-Arab body welcomes the agreement. "This
In a bold announcement Thursday, the Egyptian Army said that it had achieved “total security control” over the entire Sinai peninsula. The announcement came after many months of pitched battles between Egyptian soldiers, armed Bedouin gangs, Islamist groups, and Gaza-based Arab terrorists, all of whom had set up campsites and operations in the lawless desert
Spokesmen for the two Egyptian presidential candidates recently advocated for putting the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel to a vote in a referendum. The debate between the spokesmen of Hamdeen Sabahi and Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi aired on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV on April 3 and was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute
