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Israel’s Smotrich could paralyse Palestinian economy by ending bank waiver | Business and Economy News
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Israel’s Smotrich could paralyse Palestinian economy by ending bank waiver | Business and Economy News

Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has cancelled a waiver that Palestinian banks rely on to operate hours after five Western governments announced...

Lebanon launches process to disarm Palestinian factions in refugee camps | Palestinian Authority News
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Lebanon launches process to disarm Palestinian factions in refugee camps | Palestinian Authority News

Process launched after visit by Palestinian President Abbas, who said weapons ‘hurt’ Lebanon and Palestine cause. A joint Lebanese-Palestinian committee tasked with the...

EU, Arab diplomats come under Israeli fire in occupied West Bank’s Jenin | Israel-Palestine conflict News
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EU, Arab diplomats come under Israeli fire in occupied West Bank’s Jenin | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A diplomatic delegation from the European Union, Arab and Asian nations has come under Israeli fire while visiting the Jenin refugee camp in...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints aide as PLO deputy | Palestinian Authority News
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints aide as PLO deputy | Palestinian Authority News

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a close aide as vice president, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said. Hussein al-Sheikh was named “deputy...

Why the Palestinian Authority’s Abbas is under pressure to pick a successor | PLO News
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Why the Palestinian Authority’s Abbas is under pressure to pick a successor | PLO News

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), under pressure to appoint a second-in-command to its ageing leader, Mahmoud Abbas, created a vice president position after...

Palestinian officials vote to create a vice presidency under Mahmoud Abbas | Palestinian Authority News
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Palestinian officials vote to create a vice presidency under Mahmoud Abbas | Palestinian Authority News

The expectation is that whoever holds the role would be the frontrunner to succeed President Mahmoud Abbas, 89. The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)...

‘Insulting’: Hamas condemns Abbas’s remarks on Gaza captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News
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‘Insulting’: Hamas condemns Abbas’s remarks on Gaza captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says keeping the captives provides Israel with justification for its attacks on Gaza. Hamas has condemned remarks made by...

Six trapped under rubble after Israeli attack on Gaza City shelter kills 13 | Gaza News
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Six trapped under rubble after Israeli attack on Gaza City shelter kills 13 | Gaza News

Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 39 people and injured 105 in last 24 hours, the enclave’s Health Ministry says. More Palestinians have...

Palestinian-US teen killed by Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank | Occupied West Bank News
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Palestinian-US teen killed by Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank | Occupied West Bank News

Palestinian officials identified the 14-year-old US citizen as Omar Mohammed Rabea. A Palestinian-American teenager has been shot and killed by an Israeli Jewish...