Tag: Hamas

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party was ahead in most of the West Bank's main cities after municipal elections that ...

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank voted Saturday in municipal elections that underscored deep rifts between president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah ...

Hisham Suleiman now hears calls of "Abu Ahmad" when walking down the street -- a sign of the popularity of ...

Hamas has arrested the suspected murderer of one of its key military commanders in Gaza, the Palestinian Islamist movement's leader ...

Hamas has arrested the suspected murderer of one of its key military commanders in Gaza, the Palestinian Islamist movement's leader ...

Palestinians vote in municipal elections on Saturday, but only in the West Bank and not the Gaza Strip, illustrating the ...

The leader of the world's Anglicans on Wednesday backed US President Donald Trump's bid for fresh peace talks between Israel ...

New Hamas leader Ismail Haniya pledged support for hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on Monday in his first comments since being elected ...

Ismail Haniya's election as Hamas chief is another sign that the Islamist movement is seeking to soften its image and ...

Egypt has temporarily reopened the Rafah border crossing, in one direction, to allow hundreds of stranded Palestinians to return to ...

Ismail Haniya has been elected as the new leader of Hamas's political bureau, according to the Palestinian movement's news agency. ...

Ismail Haniya, named Saturday as head of Hamas, is a charismatic leader from the Gaza streets who represents the more ...

Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for three days starting on Saturday to allow hundreds of ...

Hamas's former chief in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, has been elected overall head of the Palestinian Islamist group, succeeding Khaled Meshaal, ...

The radical Palestinian group Islamic Jihad has rejected Hamas's new policy of easing its stand on Israel and accepting the ...

Israel said Wednesday it had eased restrictions on Gaza fishermen, allowing them to travel up to nine nautical miles off ...

President Donald Trump plunged into the Middle East peace process on Wednesday, receiving Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas at the White ...

The leader of the radical Palestinian group Hamas called on US President Donald Trump Wednesday to break with past approaches ...

Israel warned its citizens on Wednesday against visiting Tunisia, where Jewish pilgrims will celebrate a religious festival later this month, ...

The United States has for several decades played a mediating role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while remaining Israel's main supporter. ...