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Literature festival in Gaza hostage to Egyptian bureaucracy
Books
May 3, 2012
Literature festival in Gaza hostage to Egyptian bureaucracy
Update: PalFest organizers were granted on Thursday afternoon travel permits by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to travel to Gaza…
Egypt to shut Rafah crossing on Wednesday
Egypt
April 24, 2012
Egypt to shut Rafah crossing on Wednesday
RAFAH — Egypt will close the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a national holiday celebrating the…
Nour Party delegation to visit Gaza to discuss ‘abducted Egyptian officers’
Egypt
April 21, 2012
Nour Party delegation to visit Gaza to discuss ‘abducted Egyptian officers’
The head of Nour Party, Emad Eddin Abdel Ghaffour, arrived at the Rafah border crossing Saturday leading a delegation of…
Prisoners’ Day in solidarity with thousands held without charges in Israel
World
April 17, 2012
Prisoners’ Day in solidarity with thousands held without charges in Israel
Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza Strip were on Tuesday to mark Prisoners' Day in solidarity with the thousands…
Israel sends Palestinian ex-hunger striker Hanaa Shalabi to Gaza
Features/Interviews
April 1, 2012
Israel sends Palestinian ex-hunger striker Hanaa Shalabi to Gaza
Israel on Sunday deported a female Palestinian prisoner who spent 43 days on hunger strike to the Gaza Strip, under…
Egypt-Hamas standoff leads to Gaza power crisis
Egypt
March 22, 2012
Egypt-Hamas standoff leads to Gaza power crisis
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A dispute between Egypt and Gaza's Hamas government has produced the worst energy crisis here…
Hamas chief: Israel using Gaza as trial run for Iran strike
World
March 19, 2012
Hamas chief: Israel using Gaza as trial run for Iran strike
Israel is using the Gaza Strip as a testing ground for a possible military strike on its arch foe Iran,…
Egypt brokers Gaza truce after days of bloodshed
World
March 13, 2012
Egypt brokers Gaza truce after days of bloodshed
Egypt said on Tuesday it had brokered a "comprehensive and mutual" truce between Israel and Gaza militants, after four days…
Parliament demands expulsion of Israeli ambassador
Egypt
March 12, 2012
Parliament demands expulsion of Israeli ambassador
In an evening session Monday, the People’s Assembly demanded the deportation of the Israeli ambassador, Yaakov Amitai, and the withdrawal…
Israeli report: Egypt will respond aggresively to any military operation in Gaza
Egypt
February 27, 2012
Israeli report: Egypt will respond aggresively to any military operation in Gaza
Egypt would respond aggressively to any potential Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli intelligence assessment said, according…