Latest in Tag: hamas Highlight
Latest in Tag: hamas
Fahmy begins UK visit
Terrorism and Middle East peace process top foreign ministerâs agenda in London
Joint Egypt-Palestine committee calls for end of âIsraeli siege on Gazaâ
This is the first time the committee has convened in nine years and comes ahead of talks at the level of the foreign ministers
Preparations for high-level Egypt-Palestine talks underway
Reconciliation efforts continue in Doha between Palestinian leaders
Hamas won’t recognise Israel, accept Quartet terms
AFP – Hamas will never recognise Israel and will not accept the conditions laid out by the Middle East peacemaking Quartet, according to the Islamist movement’s deputy leader. Speaking late on Saturday, Mussa Abu Marzuq said Hamas, which recently signed a reconciliation deal with the Western-backed Palestinian leadership in the occupied West Bank, would never …
Rafah border crossing opens for two days
Egyptian authorities open the crossing for humanitarian cases upon Palestineâs request
Gaza tunnels discovered in Rafah Mosque
Armed forces find six tunnel openings concealed in a North Sinai Mosque
Israel cabinet divided over Palestinian unity deal
Wednesdayâs surprise deal was denounced the next day by the Israeli security cabinet
Palestinian unity government will reject violence: Abbas
The new unity government he is set to head with the backing of Hamas would reject violence and recognise Israel and existing agreements, Abbas says
Palestinians play down threat to dismantle Authority
Palestinian negotiators had warned that they may hand responsibility for governing the occupied territories back to Israel if peace talks remain stalled,
Morsi and Brotherhood leaders appear in court for espionage trial
Trial of Brotherhood leadership for espionage is postponed to next week
Fahmy and Fatah discuss negotiations and Palestinian reconciliation
Foreign minister meets Fatah member ahead of renewed Palestinian reconciliation efforts
Haniyeh calls for permanent opening of Rafah crossing
The border crossing has been closed since 1 April; humanitarian cases are still cut off inside the strip without access to assistance
Rafah border crossing shut after three days of operation
Egyptian authorities had opened the border crossing for three consecutive days this week
Closure of Rafah border crossing âcrime against humanityâ: Hamas spokesman
Relations between Cairo and Hamas tense; Cairo court recently banned Hamas activities in Egypt
Egypt throws support behind Abbas
PA negotiations with Israel could combat polarisation and extremism, says the foreign ministry
Egypt allows Qatari aid to Gaza
Foreign minister confirms Egypt support for Palestinian cause, condemns âunilateralâ Israeli actions
No Palestinian reconciliation without Egypt sponsorship: Hamas
Fatah says Hamas âdoes not have the rightâ to decide if Egypt is to sponsor Palestinian reconciliation talks
Court ruling shows strains on Egypt-Hamas relationship: experts
Cairo Court for Urgent Matters banned activities of the Palestinian movement temporarily
Egypt and Gaza
Last Friday, a small group of Palestinians protested near the Egyptian border, demanding the opening of the Rafah border. Their congregation ended uneventfully; however, it highlights a brewing crisis between post-Morsi Egypt and the Hamas government in Gaza that can easily explode any time soon. Moreover, Tony Blair, the special envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East …
Egypt court bans Hamas activities
Hamas describes the court decision as âpoliticisedâ as tensions between the group and Egypt hit new high
Hamas says to privatise Gaza crossing
The coastal strip, whose air and sea lanes are blocked by Israel, has three land crossings; Erez and Kerem Shalom with Israel and Rafah with Egypt.
Rafah border crossing open for three days
The decision comes as many inside the strip are unable to gain access to medical care
Hamas and Brotherhood call prison break case âfarcicalâ
The Muslim Brotherhood says the trial harms the judiciary
Rafah crossing to open on Wednesday and Thursday
The border crossing has been closed since 27 December
Abbas meets Egyptian Ambassador
Meeting comes hours after Hamas calls on the ambassador to quit ‘incitement’
Four tunnels, six houses destroyed in troubled Sinai
Actions are part of the armyâs ongoing war against Al Qaeda-inspired militants
Fatah urges Hamas to stop interfering in Arab countries
Egypt remains a point of contention bet6ween the rival groups
Hamas member arrested for planning car bombing of security site
Hamas member calls the news a “fabrication”
Morsi referred to criminal court
Morsi, Badie, Ezzat, Al-Katatni and 126 others charged with breaking into prisons, breaking prisoners out and kidnapping police officers
Prosecutor general orders Morsi tried for espionage along with Brotherhood leaders
Former president has refused to cooperate with investigators, says Morsi’s defence lawyer