Ismail Haniyeh

Ismail Haniyeh

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  Turkey's Erdogan meets top Hamas officials

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking a break from his troubles at home to meet top Hamas officials for talks on Palestinian ... 

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  Islamic cleric in Gaza rejects Israel's existence

  A prominent Islamic scholar making a landmark visit to the Gaza Strip declared Thursday that Israel has no right to exist and voiced his support for ... 

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  Israel releases top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land

  Israeli police detained the top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land Wednesday in a rare crackdown on a leading religious figure, questioning him for ... 

• Rights group blasts Hamas over collaborator deaths

  An international rights group condemned Gaza's Hamas rulers Thursday for failing to investigate the public killing of seven Palestinian men accused ... 

• Gaza premier elected as No. 2 in Hamas leadership

  Hamas says it has elected Gaza's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, as the deputy leader of the Islamic militant group. Senior Hamas figures this week ... 

• Hamas Gaza ruler meets Egypt intelligence chief

  Egypt's state news agency says the Gaza Strip's Hamas ruler has met with Egypt's intelligence chief to discuss Palestinian reconciliation and the ... 

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  Israel and Turkey agree to restore diplomatic ties

  Israel and Turkey agreed to restore full diplomatic relations on Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized in a phone call for a ... 

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  Palestinian lawmaker, mother of militants, dies

  A Palestinian lawmaker known as the "mother of martyrs" who praised and supported three of her sons who were killed while carrying out deadly attacks ... 

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  Gaza teens graduate from Hamas military school

  More than 3,000 Palestinian teenagers on Thursday graduated from the ruling Hamas militant group's first high school military training program in the ... 

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  Fatah rally in Gaza looks toward unity with Hamas

  Tens of thousands of Fatah supporters rallied in the Hamas stronghold of Gaza on Friday for the first time since they were routed from power in the ...