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Palestine slams Israeli plan to build 14,000 settlements in East Jerusal

PalestiniannationalunitygovernmentslammedonFridayIsraeligovernment'splantobuild14,000newsettlementsinEastJerusalem.Israel'splanwillendangerPalestineandthewholer

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Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers over Trump's Jerusalem decision

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Trump's Jerusalem move: US warns against scrapping Abbas talks

TheUShaswarnedPalestiniansagainstcancellingtalkswithVice-PresidentMikePence,afterWashingtonrecognisedJerusalemasIsrael'scapital.Itwouldbe"counterproductive"tosc

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China calls on resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

ChinacalledonpartiestoresumetheIsraeli-Palestinianpeacetalks,voicingsupporttoresolvedisputesincludingthestatusofJerusalem,inaccordancewiththerelevantUNresolutio

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Palestinians protest Trump move, more unrest feared

ThousandsofPalestinianprotestersclashedwithIsraeliforcesineastJerusalemandtheWestBank,demonstratorsintheGazaStripburnedU.S.flagsandpicturesofPresidentDonaldTrum

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Xi: The Palestinian issue is the root problem of the Middle East issues

ChinesePresidentXiJinpingsaidWednesdaythatacomprehensiveandjustsettlementofthePalestinianissueisintheinterestofregionalcountriesandtheirpeople,includingPalestin

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PLO urges int'l community to show solidarity with Palestinians

AmemberoftheexecutivecommitteeofthePalestineLiberationOrganization(PLO)urgedTuesdaytheinternationalcommunitytomanifestitssolidaritywiththePalestinianpeople.Ther

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Reconciliation dialogue in Cairo fails to end Hamas-Fatah division

AninternalPalestinianreconciliationdialogue,whichwasheldinCairoonTuesdayandWednesday,achievednorealprogresstoendthedecade-longinternaldivision,accordingtoPalest

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Palestinian factions agree to hold general elections by end of 2018

LeadersofPalestinianfactionsandpoliticalpowerswhowereconveninginCairofortwodaysagreedWednesdaytoholdthegeneralPalestinianelectionsbytheendof2018.TheywrappedupWe

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Hamas hands over crossing points to Palestinian consensus government

TheceremonyofhandingovertheGazaStrip'sbordercrossingswithIsraelandEgyptbeganWednesdayinthepresenceofseniorEgyptiansecurityintelligencerepresentatives,thePalesti

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Hamas decries "dangerous escalation" as Israel blows up Gaza tunnel

AstheIsraeliDefenseForces(IDF)blewupatunnelstretchingfromtheGazaStripintoIsrael'sterritory,reportedlycausing11deaths,Hamasdecrieditasa"dangerousescalation"again

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Egypt's mediation in Mideast issues enhances Cairo's regional role

Egypt'sfruitfulmediationinsomehotissuesintheMiddleEastregion,includingtherecentinter-Palestinianreconciliation,cease-firedealsinSyriaandfactionaldialoguesinLiby

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Gaza under mandate of Palestinian consensus government: Hamas official

AseniorofficialoftheIslamicHamasmovementsaidonSaturdaythattheGazaStripisnowunderthemandateofthePalestinianconsensusgovernmentofPrimeMinisterRamiHamdallah.Khalil

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Hamas and Fatah sign historic reconciliation deal…Will it last?

Thedeal:What’sitallaboutRivalPalestinianfactionsHamasandFatahwereinCairothisweekhammeringoutareconciliationagreement.Asthetwosidesfeudedformorethanadecade,there

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Israel says Palestinian unity gov't not accepted unless Hamas disarms

IsraelsaidonThursdaythatitwouldnotrecognizetheunifiedFatah-HamasPalestiniangovernmentunlessHamasdisarmedandstoppedcallingforIsrael'sdestruction."AslongasHamasdo

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Rival Palestinian factions reach unity plan after 10-year split

Afteraten-yearbreak,rivalPalestiniangroupsHamasandFatahhavereachedareconciliationagreement.Underthedeal,administrativecontrolofGazawillbehandedtoaFatah-ledunity

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Palestinian President Abbas to visit Gaza for first time in a decade

PalestinianPresidentMahmudAbbaswillvisitGazaforthefirsttimeinadecade,atopofficialinhisFatahPartysaidonThursday,afterreconciliationtalkswithrivalsHamas.Abbas"wil