Fatah builds bridges with Syria after rupture with Hamas

A senior Fatah delegation visited Syria, carrying a message from President Mahmoud Abbas to his Syrian counterpart about the need to bring the Palestinian cause back on the table in the run-up to the Arab summit scheduled to take place in Algeria in March.

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Son of top PLO official released after two years in Egyptian prison

Egyptian-Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath, an advocate for the Israel BDS movement, was released after Shaath agreed to renounce his Egyptian citizenship.

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Israeli settlements threaten Negev once again

The Negev Desert is threatened by huge settlement projects that the Israeli government is planning to implement in order to force the Bedouins into small population clusters.

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Hamas plans to continue using cryptocurrencies for operations

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed an order to seize more than $800,000 on cryptocurrency on its way to Hamas, but a spokesperson for the movement said that the Israeli announcement was exaggerated.

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Hamas holds memorial tribute for Soleimani in Gaza

Hamas still depends on Iran for support.

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Palestinians seek Israeli citizenship in Jerusalem

Israel hopes Jerusalemites seeking Israeli citizenship would break their affiliation to the West Bank.

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Palestinian West Bank villages face attacks by settlers

Burqa has turned into a confrontation point in the West Bank, in light of fierce attacks by hundreds of settlers, amid fears of rebuilding the Homesh settlement, at a time when the Israeli government launched a huge settlement scheme in the Syrian Golan Heights.

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Palestinian embroidery represents social, cultural identity on UNESCO list

Palestinians praise the registration of embroidery on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List after Israeli attempts to attribute the traditional embroidered Palestinian dress to themselves.

Culture

Kurdish Gazan families interwoven in Palestine’s national fabric

Kurds came to Palestine for several purposes over the centuries. They then continued to flock for trade and work in the Ottoman and Mamluk eras, when they merged and built archeological sites in Palestine.

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Mahmoud Abbas shakes dormant Palestinian-Israeli relations

The Palestinian president’s daring visit to Israel to meet at the home of Defense Minister Benny Gantz has brought a huge storm to both of them, but Abbas and his aides insist that the visit was a final warning to Israel before things explode due to settler violence and absence of any political horizon for Palestinians.

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Reasons behind Mohammed Dahlan's Democratic Reform Current elections in Gaza

Mohammed Dahlan’s Democratic Reform Current held its first internal elections in Gaza, ahead of Fatah’s general conference next March and in light of failed reconciliation efforts within the movement.

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Palestinians decry 'cultural theft' as Miss Universe contestants wear Bedouin clothes

Palestinians found it offensive for the contestants in Miss Universe 2021, which was held in Eilat, to wear the traditional Palestinian dress, and are now demanding that Israel be held accountable for what they deemed cultural "theft."

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