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| Palestine File | | Last Updated 29/04/2009 12:46:00 |
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 | Palestinian factions to return to Egypt for talks in April | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Although March negotiations between Palestinian
parties Hamas and Fatah failed to achieve a breakthrough in the
intra-faction crisis dogging the Palestinian groups, the rival
factions have announced that they will be returning to Egypt on 1
April to continue their negotiations.
25/03/2009 full text... |
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| Egypt opens Rafah crossing | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Friday is the last day Egypt will open the Rafah Border Cr
ossing with the Gaza Strip in order to allow humanitarian aid and people to cros
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into Egypt and Gaza.
20/03/2009 full text... |
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| Mohammed the Sixth to rebuild university in Gaza | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - King Mohammed the Sixth will rebuild, at his expense, th
e faculty of agronomy of Al-Azhar University of Beit Hanoune in Gaza Strip, whic
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was completely destroyed by the Israeli army, an official source told PANA here
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14/03/2009 full text... |
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| Egypt hopes for deal with Palestinians by weekend | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A Palestinian participant in the ongoing negotiations to e
nd the conflict between factions has said that Egypt will like to see an agreeme
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t by Saturday, lifting spirits that a power-sharing deal could be imminent.
12/03/2009 full text... |
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| Kadhafi receives head of Hamas politburo | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Hams politburo, Khaled Mechaal,
on Thursday briefed the Libyan revolutionary leader Mouammar Kadhafi on the
latest developments in Palestine after the Israeli aggression against the
Gaza Strip, official Libyan sources said.
12/02/2009 full text... |
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| Egypt invites Palestinian factions for talks | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian government has invited Palestinian
factions, including President Mahmoud Abbas and exiled Hamas leader
Khaled Mashaal,
to a conference on 22 February to reconcile the fractious groups.
11/02/2009 full text... |
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| AU urges Israel to halt attacks on Palestine | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) called here
Friday for an immediate end to Israeli attacks against Palestinians
and urged it to open its border-crossings to allow for movement of
goods, people and humanitarian relief.
30/01/2009 full text... |
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| Egypt proposes 22 Feb for Palestinian talks | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian government has proposed 22 Feb as a
possible date to restart inter-Palestinian national reconciliation
talks, as Egypt forges ahead with its role as a key broker in the
ongoing struggle to bring Palestinian groups together.
29/01/2009 full text... |
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| Obama's Middle East envoy in Cairo | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - American President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, Georg
e Mitchell, arrived in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on Tuesday to begin a tour o
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the region during which he will "engage vigorously" in achieving real progress
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n the peace process in the region.
28/01/2009 full text... |
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| Libyan imam denounces silence over Gaza situation | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Sheikh of the mosque Zaouiet Sidi Nasr of Tripoli, L
ibya, Sadek Salama Friday denounced the silence of Arab regimes and of the rest
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f the world in the face of the Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip as well as the
shameful complicity of some Arabs.
17/01/2009 full text... |
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| Egypt press counters government's reports on Gaza | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian government's reportage of Israel's war in Gaza wa
s a sharp contrast to the country's Daily News independent newspaper which showe
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that what was being broadcast on national news and what the reality on the grou
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d are strikingly differ.
17/01/2009 full text... |
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| Gambian Muslims pray for peace in Gaza | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Imam Ratib of Banjul, Gambia, Cherno Alieu Mass Kah
has urged Gambian Muslim congregation to delegate Friday prayer to the people of
Palestine, especially women and children and pray for peace and stability in Gaz
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16/01/2009 full text... |
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| Mauritanian junta leader in Doha for Gaza talks | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - President of the High Council of State (HCE), th
e leading authority of Mauritania since the putsch of 6 August, 2008, General Mo
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amed Ould Abdel Aziz, left Nouakchott Thursday morning for Doha, capital of Qata
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, PANA learnt from official sources.
15/01/2009 full text... |
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| Abbas to meet Mechaal, Palestinian diplomat says | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud
Abbas, will "soon" meet Khaled Mechaal, leader of the political Islamist Palesti
nian movement, Hamas, the ambassador of Palestine in Senegal, Mr Abdalrahim Alfa
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ra, said on Wednesday.
14/01/2009 full text... |
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| Gaza fall-out: Enrico Macias cancels concert in Mauritius | | Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Algerian-born Jewish singer, Enrico Macias, has c
ancelled his concert planned for Mauritius on 23 January, in the wake of the gov
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rnment's decision last weekend to suspend relations with Israel, following air s
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rikes by the Jewish state on Gaza, Palestine, sources close to local organisers
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f the cultural event told PANA Wednesday.
14/01/2009 full text... |
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| Kenyan Muslims march to Israeli embassy | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Muslims took to the streets of Nairobi on Friday
to protest ongoing Israeli bombardment of Palestine, which has so far claimed ov
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r 550 lives, most of them unarmed children and women.
09/01/2009 full text... |
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| Mauritius "indignant" at Palestinian people's tragedy | | Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister Arvin Boolell,
Friday denounced "without reservation" the human tragedy the Palestinian people
are undergoing in Gaza because of the Israeli army's bombardments, saying "no st
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te can remain insensitive faced with such attacks.
09/01/2009 full text... |
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| Kadhafi wants Arabs to fight beside Palestinians | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi Thursday demanded for an
open door for voluntary participation of Arabs to fight beside the Palestinians
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n the grip of a war launched by the Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, PANA repor
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ed Friday, quoting the Libyan press agency JANA.
09/01/2009 full text... |
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| Senegalese president condemns Israeli invasion of Gaza | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese president, Abdoulaye Wade, in his capacit
y as President-in-Office of the Organization of Islamic conference (OCI), has co
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demned the invasion, Saturday evening, of the Gaza Strip, in Palestine, by the I
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raeli army.
04/01/2009 full text... |
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| Jammeh decries "Palestine holocaust" | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has called on
"civilized members of the human race" to rise up against "this
holocaust that has been unleashed on the helpless Palestinians, whose
lands, human dignity and right to peaceful and dignified existence in
their own country are being blatantly violated with impunity."
In his new year message, President Jammeh said between 1939 and 1945,
the whole world waged a war against Nazi Germany to free Jews from the
holocaust being perpetrated against them.
02/01/2009 full text... |
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| Wade wants immediate end to Israeli air strikes on Gaza | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Head of State and current President of the Or
ganisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), Abdoulaye Wade, has called on Israel to
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immediately stop air strikes and refrain from any attack on the Palestinian terr
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tory."
According to a statement made available to PANA Monday, Wade appealed to the Uni
ted Nations Secretary General and Security Council to "file an injunction for Is
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ael to immediately stop blind air strikes on Palestinian populations and for bot
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parties, Israel and Hamas, to immediately observe the cease-fire."
Wade called on OIC member states to cause the Human Rights Council to immediatel
y hold a special session on the "serious situation prevailing in Gaza" and urged
Egypt to "open the Rafah border passage for the conveyance of the humanitarian a
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d medical assistance to Gaza populations as soon as possible."
OIC Secretary General was called to hold "as soon as possible" in Djeddah, Saudi
Arabia, a meeting gathering ambassadors of its member states so as to plan the
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eeting of OIC foreign ministers, according to the statement.
29/12/2008 full text... |
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| Kadhafi seeks unified Arab position to face Israel | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi on Saturday morning m
ade a series of urgent phone contacts with several Arab leaders with the objecti
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e of adopting a responsible and unified Arab position to face the rise in crimes
of collective genocide perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people in t
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e Gaza strip.
27/12/2008 full text... |
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| Imams, Rabbis build Middle East peace | | Paris, France (PANA) - Imams and Rabbis from Israel and the Palestinian Territor
ies as well as many from other countries including Egypt, Iran, the Russian Fede
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ation, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the US, will meet at UNESCO headquarters here fr
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m 15 to 17 December to launch new initiatives to help build peace in the Middle
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ast.
10/12/2008 full text... |
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| Libya wants international community to protect its ship to Gaza | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Assistance and Development Funds in Africa Mo
nday invited the international community to assume its responsibilities to enabl
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it forward the humanitarian aid transported by Libyan ship "Al Marwa" to the Pa
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estinian population, currently experiencing death threats in the Gaza Strip.
02/12/2008 full text... |
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| Egypt looks at future peace, Gaza suffering | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – In a week that saw a number of Egyptian journalists sent t
o a government prosecutor for their reporting on the murder trial involving busi
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ess tycoon Hisham Talaat Mustafa, the government's call for a media blackout hel
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firm in the country's editorial pages despite its obvious appeal.
29/11/2008 full text... |
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| US Secretary of State arrives Egypt for peace talks | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Eg
ypt Saturday as the Bush administration attempts a last ditch effort to reach so
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e form of agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians before the president's
term ends in January 2009.
09/11/2008 full text... |
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| Egypt to host Middle East Quartet | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The international Middle East Quartet of
peacemakers will arrive in Egypt on 8 November to discuss the progress
made in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
02/11/2008 full text... |
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| Egypt to host Palestinian groups 22 September | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A senior official of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas'
Fatah movement said over the weekend that talks with Egyptian officials over the
re-launching of inter-Palestinian negotiations will be held 22 September in Cair
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14/09/2008 full text... |
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| Mahmoud Abbas hails Libya's support to Palestinian cause | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has
expressed his highest consideration and that of the Palestinian
people for Libyan revolutionary leader, Moammar Kadhafi, in his
unflinching support and that of the Libyan people to the cause of the
Palestinian people, Libyan official sources revealed Tuesday in
Tripoli.
14/08/2007 full text... |
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| South Africa clarifies position on Palestine | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The South
African government on Tuesday expressed concern at
the "factually incorrect" articles regarding its
position on the dissolution of the Palestinian
government by President Mohmoud Abbas and its
replacement with an emergency interim government.
26/06/2007 full text... |
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| UN envoy, Gambari to meet Saudi monarch on Middle East | | New York, UN (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's newly appointed
Special Adviser, Ibrahim Gambari, is to meet next week
with Saudi King, Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, on the
Middle East situation, UN spokesperson Michele Montas, said
here at the weekend.
03/03/2007 full text... |
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| Hamas briefs Kadhafi on developments in Palestine | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Khaled Mechaal, head of the political Board
of Hamas on Thursday briefed Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi about the
latest developments in occupied Palestinian territories, a Libyan
official source disclosed here.
16/02/2007 full text... |
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| Mohammed VI urges Palestinians to reconcile | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - King Mohammed VI of Morocco has called on the
Fatah and Hamas movements to end violence in the Gaza strip and reconcile
to reinforce the credibility of the Palestinian political objective,
according to the Moroccan foreign ministry.
30/01/2007 full text... |
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| Mauritius supports NAM move on Israel | | Port-Louis, Maurice (PANA) - Mauritius has welcomed the call
by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) for a special session
of the UN Human Rights Council on alleged human rights
violations by Israel in the Palestine occupied territories,
an official statement said here.
11/11/2006 full text... |
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| SA govt condemns arrest of Palestinian Deputy PM | | Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government
Monday condemned the developments in Gaza where the Deputy Prime
Minister of Palestine, Nasser Shaer, and the Secretary General of
the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr Al Ramahi, were arrested
by the Israeli military.
22/08/2006 full text... |
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| Abbas briefs Kadhafi on Palestine situation | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,
Wednesday briefed Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi on telephone
about latest developments in the occupied Palestinian
territories, official sources said here.
16/08/2006 full text... |
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| Rwandan Muslim leaders discuss Middle East war | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – At least 500 leaders of Muslim
communities from several African countries plan to meet early
September in Kampala (Uganda) to address the insecurity situation
in the Middle East, particularly the conflict between Israel and
Lebanon, a reliable source told PANA here.
12/08/2006 full text... |
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| Mauritanian academicians speak to Chirac on Middle East | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - More than 100 Mauritanian
intellectuals (university lecturers, lawyers, politicians,
journalists), on Saturday called on France and the rest of Europe
to play "a more independent role" towards the USA in Lebanon and
in the Middle East in general.
12/08/2006 full text... |
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| Wade condemns 'tragedy' hitting Palestine, Lebanon | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Visiting President Abdoulaye Wade of
Senegal Sunday spoke against the "tragedy" being unleashed
against the peoples of Palestine and Lebanon, saying it was
"planned and executed while the world stands totally
indifferent".
07/08/2006 full text... |
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| Mauritian ministers condemn Israel over Lebanon | | Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Three cabinet ministers in
Mauritius led fifty associates, including parliamentarians and
advisers of the Port Louis City Council in a quiet demonstration
here Tuesday against Israeli bombings in Lebanon, now in its
third week.
02/08/2006 full text... |
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| Pretoria condemns killing of 4 UN observers, Qana carnage | | Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has
condemned the recent killing of four UN observers and the carnage
in Qana, in which at least 37 children, many women and elderly
were killed and over 100 others wounded, "as a tragic reflection
of what has continuously and systematically been happening in the
Gaza and Lebanon".
01/08/2006 full text... |
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| Mbeki condemns Middle East violence | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Thabo
Mbeki has joined world leaders in expressing his country's
outrage at the bombings of the Lebanese town of Qana by Israel.
31/07/2006 full text... |
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| Middle East crisis causes worries in South Africa | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Following consultations among
South African organisations and communities who have been
appalled at the ongoing violence in Gaza and Lebanon, this Friday
has been identified as a national day of action against Israel.
27/07/2006 full text... |
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