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On Wednesday, a UN humanitarian aid convoy entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt for the first time since the blockade was placed on the territory in 2007. The World Food Program (WFP) said that the convoy, which entered the Palestinian enclave through the Rafah crossing, carried food for around 150,000 and is expected to support them for five days. The …

On Tuesday, Qatar hailed the ceasefire which ended 50 days of conflict in and around the Gaza Strip, and offered to provide funds for reconstruction efforts. Qatar is a key backer of Hamas and hosts the Palestinian movement’s exiled leader Khaled Meshaal. On Tuesday, it paid tribute to “the resistance and the sacrifices” of Palestinians in seven weeks of conflict …

On Tuesday, several senior Islamic Jihad and Hamas leaders appeared in public for the first time since the conflict began, shortly after a long-term truce deal took hold in Gaza. Mohammed al-Hindi, a senior Islamic Jihad official, and Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior member of Hamas’ political bureau, were among the leaders making a public appearance – the two gave a …

Head of Israeli manufacturers’ association(MAI) Zvi Oren urged his European counterparts to not boycott Israeli businesses and warned that such a move could affect Palestinians too. The, open letter seen on Monday sent to European industry leaders, came a week before Israel will end its export of dairy produce and poultry from its West Bank settlements to the European Union. …

Celebrations erupted across the Gaza Strip as a long-term ceasefire was agreed upon by the Palestinian and Israeli authorities on Tuesday, ending 50 days of some of the most brutal violence in over a decade. The ceasefire will come into effect at 16:00 GMT and will immediately bring the violence in Gaza to an end – from July 8th, the …

On Friday, Israel removed from two government-run Twitter accounts a chilling image of US journalist James Foley just before he was beheaded, after the tweets sparked widespread controversy on the internet. The picture was taken from a video of the beheading of Foley by a masked militant belonging to the Islamic State, and was posted on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas continued his talks with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Qatar for a second day, in what many believe is a follow up meeting to the talks on the previous day, which had lasted for three hours. The discussions, which have been taking place at Qatari ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani’s palace, started after fighting …

On Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas spoke with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal as renewed fighting continued in the Gaza Strip following the failure of the Egyptian-brokered truce deal. The two spoke in Doha, where Meshaal is currently operating from, and were hosted by the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, an important supporter of Hamas, the QNA news …

On Wednesday, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said Israel was “blocking” all attempts to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip, a day after the temporary ceasefire collapsed in the Palestinian enclave. “Israel is blocking any kind of agreement leading to calm” in Gaza, Arabi told journalists. “The Arab League wants to reach a permanent truce as soon as possible”, …

  Even before starting work as chairman of a United Nations human rights commission investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza, Canadian law professor William Schabas has been vilified as an apologist for Iran incapable of setting aside his perceived anti-Israel bias. Full page adverts have been taken out against him in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington …