“Arafat always called for national unity, believing that it was the main goal”, said Zakaria al-Agha, the top Fatah official in Gaza. The Tel Aviv regime has denied any involvement in the matter.
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Between 200 and 300 Palestinians, flanked by a yellow truck playing nationalist songs, marched towards Israeli forces in Al-Bireh, with youths throwing stones and rolling burning tires towards security forces. There were no reports of violence. Over the past five weeks, the crossing was re-operated for the Palestinian pilgrims.
Since the beginning of the siege on Gaza in 2007, Palestinians have used a network of hundreds of tunnels to smuggle everything from food to livestock to weapons, using tunnels which link the Strip to Egypt. The almost decade-long siege has at times prevented the entry of basic life necessities such as food and medicine. He developed stomach pain at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
A spokesman for the Israeli military told local media that the raid was in response to a missile attack that hit southern Israel a few hours earlier, which he blamed on Hamas.
They formed one past year but it never really got off the ground before it fell apart.
ALGIERS- the Palestinian committee of inquiry into the death of Yasser Arafat has identified the perpetrator of the assassination of former Palestinian president, said Tuesday its chief Tawfiq Tirawi, accusing the Israeli occupier to be “responsible” of the death of late leader.
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Abbas urged the Egyptian president to capitalize on his relations with worldwide parties to pressure Israel to stop “provocations” that lead to violence and bloodshed.
