Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi King Salman has urged the United Nations to intervene after three days of clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters at the Temple Mount’s Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Salman “expressed strong condemnation of the dangerous Israeli escalation” at the holy site, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Sept. 16. “He […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has established a clear presence in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said. During a July 30 meeting with Jordanian parliament members, Abbas said that world leaders were so preoccupied with the Iran nuclear deal that they are overlooking the situation in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from WASHINGTON — Two ruling Palestinian factions have been battling for control over what was expected to be billions of dollars in donations to reconstruct the Gaza Strip, a report said. The Gatestone Institute asserted that Fatah and Hamas intensified their rivalry in an effort to become the address for Arab and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has reported a Hamas crackdown on the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip. PA officials said Hamas rounded up hundreds of Fatah activists amid the war with Israel. They said the activists were either imprisoned or confined to house arrest and ordered not to hold meetings or […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — Leading members of the ruling Fatah movement have urged Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to resign. Palestinian sources said Abbas was confronted by several top Fatah members who said the PA chairman was being seen as a tool of Israel and the United States. The sources said the critics were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israeli police have been ordered to demonstrate restraint amid Arab riots in Jerusalem. Security sources said thousands of Israeli police were deployed in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem sabotaged by rioters. They said police commanders told their forces not to stop young Arabs from destroying public property or hurling stones at […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Palestinian Authority, in a move that sparked unrest, has begun replacing Hamas civil servants in the Gaza Strip. Officials said the PA was rehiring civil servants who had worked in the Gaza Strip until the Hamas takeover in 2007. The officials said the PA employees would take over […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States intends to fund the new Hamas-Fatah coalition in the Palestinian Authority despite rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The administration of President Barack Obama ruled out any reduction or suspension of U.S. assistance to the new PA government amid Hamas rocket strikes on Israel. Officials said the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Hamas political leaders have expressed dismay over the transfer of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian sources said leaders of the Hamas regime were warning their superiors against the reconciliation agreement with the rival Fatah movement. The leaders expressed opposition to the dismantling of the Islamist regime and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has announced a government with Hamas. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has been assigned to head an interim government that reflected a reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. The new Cabinet of Hamdallah, deemed close to Hamas, was sworn in on June 2 in a ceremony attended by PA […]