The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas called on Friday for Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza to be ready for any Israeli escalation at Al-Aqsa Mosque and in Jerusalem’s neighborhoods, a statement has announced. In the […]
Hamas yesterday denounced the assault and intimidation of the residents of occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood at the hands of Israeli occupation forces and settlers. An Israeli soldier presses his knee on the neck […]
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday condemned the decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to delay long-awaited polls. “The decision to postpone the planned Palestinian elections, including the legislative elections originally scheduled for […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced last night that the first Palestinian national election in 15 years has been postponed until Israel allows the vote to take place in Jerusalem. The election was due to […]
Hamas yesterday said it believes the expected announcement to cancel the Palestinian general elections comes under external pressure, a statement said. “We believe that postponing or canceling the elections is a result of external pressure […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is set to announce the cancellation of the Palestinian elections under the pretext of Israel’s refusal to allow Jerusalemites to cast their votes, various local and Israeli sources have reported. […]
Deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, Khalil Al-Hayya yesterday warned against postponing the Palestinian legislative elections scheduled for May 22, saying it would push the Palestinian people into the unknown. Al-Hayya, who heads the movement’s […]
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, called on Tuesday for immediate international intervention to stop Israel’s detention of its parliamentary election candidates. The movement made the announcement at the Palestinian Central Elections Commission in Ramallah. […]
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has elected Khaled Meshaal as the head of its political bureau abroad. Mousa Abu Marzook will be Meshaal’s deputy, the movement told the media. “This is part of the […]
Israel will tell the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it does not recognize the authority of the tribunal, which is set to investigate alleged war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Israeli Prime Minister […]
Hamas on Monday stressed it would not accept holding Palestinian parliamentary election without the participation of Palestinians in Jerusalem. In a statement, member of the movement’s political bureau Ezzat Al-Reshq said: “We insist that the […]
Israeli forces this morning detained senior Hamas official Hasan Wardyan, a candidate in the upcoming Palestinian elections, and other citizens from their homes in Bethlehem, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Wardyan has previously spent over […]
(Engaging the World: The making of Hamas’s foreign policy. Daud Abdullah. Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC), 2020.) Hamas has been a strongly maligned actor within the western mainstream media. The concise and well-written “Engaging the World” […]
Palestinian election officials announced Sunday that 36 candidate lists had been approved to run in legislative elections set for next month, the first Palestinian polls in 15 years. The vote, which precedes a presidential election […]
Head of Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Kamil Abu Rukun has warned that Israel “will stop everything” if Hamas wins the upcoming parliamentary elections, the Times of Israel reported. In an interview with […]
Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is expected to get the largest number of votes if he runs for president, Director of the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research, Khalil Shikaki, said yesterday. Speaking about […]
Following a month of struggle against the COVID-19 disease, freed Palestinian prisoner and highly-respected leader within the Islamic movement in the West Bank, Omar Barghouti, passed away in a Ramallah hospital on Thursday. The Hamas […]
Fatah is going to stand in the parliamentary elections on its own list, the movement’s Secretary Jibril Al-Rajoub said yesterday, according to Anadolu Agency. “There will be no joint list with any other parties,” he […]
Head of Israel’s Shin Bet Security Agency Nadav Argaman has secretly met with Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas and asked him to call off Palestinian elections, Israeli media […]
Palestinian factions participating in the upcoming general elections signed on Monday a code of honor that guarantees the success and conduct of the electoral process without obstacles. During their meeting in Cairo, the factions, including […]
Jamila al-Shanti became the first woman to be elected to the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas. The bureau is the highest political decision-making body of the movement. Al-Shanti, a Palestinian refugee from […]
Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts find themselves in the unenviable position of having to declare a stance on whether they support or reject upcoming Palestinian elections which are scheduled for May 22 and July […]
Hamas will this week elect the head of their Gaza political branch — the group’s de facto leader in the Palestinian enclave, Hamas sources told AFP on Tuesday. The powerful position is currently held by […]
Facing elections for the first time in 15 years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is battling a growing rift within his powerful Fatah party that poses a new threat to his dominance over Palestinian politics, reports […]
(Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas Between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial. Somdeep Sen. Cornell University Press, New York. 2020) A book that has a very narrowly defined title often fails to look at the larger context, either […]
Hamas said yesterday that detention campaigns carried out by Israeli occupation against the movement aim to affect the results of the Palestinian election. Recently, Israeli occupation forces escalated detention campaigns targeting Hamas leaders, members, and […]
On February 4, representatives from the Palestinian Movement, Hamas, visited Moscow to inform the Russian government of the latest development on the unity talks between the Islamic Movement and its Palestinian counterparts, especially Fatah. This […]
Five Palestinian factions and PLO members have agreed to run for Palestinian parliamentary elections on a united list with Fatah, member of PLO Executive Committee and Fatah Central Council Azzam Al-Ahmad said yesterday. Speaking to […]
Hamas yesterday released 45 prisoners who are affiliates with opposition faction Fatah. The Hamas-run Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip said in a statement that the detainees had been arrested over security and criminal […]
Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC) in Johannesburg have strongly condemned the decision by Facebook to ban a staff member from using its platform for 30 days after he posted an […]
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