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By Qais Omar Darwesh Omar and Hacer Baser RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces killed three Palestinians during a raid early Thursday in the West Bank city of Jenin and left another wounded. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, Palestinian Authority Military Intelligence forces put up resistance to the Israeli troops. At least […]

2nd Nov 2017

Palestine: Gaza handover 1st phase of reconciliation: Hamas chief

By Nour Abu Aisha GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh described Wednesday’s handover of the Gaza Strip’s border crossings to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as “the first phase of inter-Palestinian reconciliation”. In an address delivered in Gaza City, Haniyeh stressed that Hamas had handed over responsibility for the enclave’s borders “without bargaining […]

13th Oct 2017

Egypt: Hamas, Fatah pen landmark reconciliation deal in Cairo

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah on Thursday signed a landmark reconciliation agreement in Cairo. “The two sides agreed in principle to allow the legitimate Palestinian government to return to Gaza in accordance with [Palestinian] law,” Azzam al-Ahmad, who led Fatah’s delegation at the Cairo talks, said at a news conference. […]

6th Oct 2017

Palestine: Palestinian PM leaves Gaza after landmark 3-day visit

By Mohamed Majed and Hani al-Shaer GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Thursday afternoon returned to the West Bank city of Ramallah following a landmark three-day visit to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Before departing the blockaded coastal enclave, Hamdallah visited Gaza City’s Dar al-Shifa Hospital, the territory’s largest medical facility, to […]

26th Apr 2017

Palestine: Hamas to hand over Gaza governance to Ramallah

By Nour Abu Aisha GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Tuesday voiced its readiness to relinquish authority in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank-based Palestinian ‘unity’ government. The assertions came at a press conference convened by leading Hamas member Salah al-Bardawil, at which he said the group was prepared to […]

3rd Jan 2016

Palestine: Bodies of 23 slain Palestinians returned by Israelis

By Celine Hagbard IMEMC News & Agencies: The 23 bodies that Israeli authorities have been holding in custody were finally turned over to the Palestinian Authority on Friday. A line of 17 ambulances, each carrying one of the bodies, entered Hebron’s al-Ahli Hospital Friday afternoon, while a large crowd gathered to witness the return […]

22nd Dec 2015

Greece to use term ‘Palestine’ on all public documents

By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS, (AA): Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Monday that all Greek public documents will use the term “Palestine” rather than the term “Palestinian Authority”. Tsipras welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Athens on Monday. He noted that Palestinians were “fighting to find justice … and whose struggle has touched and motivated struggles worldwide”. The […]

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.