![epa02705269 (FILE) A file photograph dated 18 March 2007 shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh during a government cabinet meeting in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. After years of dispute, rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation agreement mediated by Egypt in Cairo on 27 April 2011, Fatah officials confirmed. The details of the surprise agreement would be revealed in a press conference in Cairo later on Wednesday, Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, who led his groupÔs delegation in the talks said. The deal creates a timeframe for legislative and presidential elections and calls for the formation of an interim government, pan
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A file photograph from March 18 2007 shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, with Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip. EPA
A file photograph from March 18 2007 shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, with Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip. EPA
Hamas to join Palestinian 'emergency' meet against Trump plan
Palestinians demonstrated against the president's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan hours before its scheduled release
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28 January, 2020