Abbas sets conditions for hearing out Trump’s anticipated peace plan

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday the Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership will only engage with the Trump administration’s anticipated peace plan if it backs a two-state solution and recognizes east Jerusalem as the capital of ‘the State of Palestine.’

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U.N.: Hamas could lose control of Gaza to ‘radicals’

‘Radical groups,’ among them Islamic Jihad, could wrest control of Gaza from Hamas, thereby opening the door for outside forces to control the Strip, UN Special Coordinator to the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov warned in Jerusalem on Thursday.

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Norway, EU call meeting in bid to ‘speed up’ efforts for 2-state solution

Norway and the European Union said Wednesday they would convene an ‘extraordinary session’ of donor countries to the Palestinians, saying efforts to reach a peace deal needed to be hurried up.

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Report: Hamas agrees to give PA control of its weapons

Hamas officials have informed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Hamas will agree to relinquish control of its weapons if it is allowed to join the Palestine Liberation Organization, the London-based pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported on Friday.

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Israeli security officials warn situation in Gaza may lead to new military conflict

Senior Israeli security officials have told the Security Cabinet that the current situation in Gaza resembles the one that existed just before Operation Protective Edge in 2014, warning that it might lead to a new military conflict with Hamas.

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Hamas ‘Just Waiting for Abbas to Die,’ as Palestinian Unity Deal Falters

Hamas’ latest effort to join a Palestinian unity government is little more than a facade. Instead, the terror group’s top immediate objective is to seize control of Judea and Samaria and turn it into a second Gaza, according to the assessments of Israeli defense experts.

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