By: Abeer Ayyoub for Al-Monitor Palestine Pulse Posted on July 25. Palestinian fishermen have been banned by Egyptian authorities from sailing into Egyptian waters. It is the latest punitive measure slapped on Gaza following President Mohammed Morsi’s overthrow on July 3. The fishermen often sailed toward Egyptian waters from their narrow fishing zone, which Israel […]
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#GazaUnderSiege: Egypt closes (sole) Rafah crossing for 1 day
Maan News Agency | July 12, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah crossing on the Gaza border on Friday, but will partially reopen the terminal Saturday. When operating on its regular schedule, the Rafah terminal closes on Friday for the local weekend. Palestinian officials had hoped that Egypt would open the […]
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Health ministry: 360 patients at risk due to the closure of the Rafah crossing
[ PIC 11/07/2013 – 01:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza warned that the lives of 360 patients who has been prescribed medical treatment in hospitals outside the Gaza Strip are at risk as a result of the closure of the Rafah border crossing. In a press release on Thursday, the […]
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Palestinian gov’t demands full opening of Rafah crossing
[ PIC 10/07/2013 – 09:17 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip called on the Egyptian authorities to reopen the Rafah border crossing fully due to the humanitarian suffering caused by its closure. In a press release issued following its weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the government stated that the Egyptian […]
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Kamal Khatib: “Israel” may have played a role in the military coup in Egypt
[ PIC 10/07/2013 – 03:09 PM ] UMM FAHEM, (PIC)– The deputy head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948-Occupied Territories, Kamal al-Khatib, stated that Israel may have played a frole in the military coup in Egypt especially in light the Israeli satisfaction following the coup. Al-Khatib pointed out to the Israeli leaders’ statements that […]
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Hamas condemns the massacre at the “Presidential Guards” battalion
[ PIC 08/07/2013 – 11:44 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Hamas condemned the massacre committed at dawn Monday in front of the Presidential Guards premises in Nasr City suburb in Cairo in which more than 50 civilians were killed. The movement denounced in a statement the bloodbath that killed dozens of innocent civilians. Hamas expressed deep […]
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Factions ask Egyptian authorities not to drag Gaza into their political disputes
[ PIC 06/07/2013 – 02:29 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– National and Islamic forces in the Gaza Strip held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the internal Palestinian situation, especially with regard to the end of the division and restoration of national unity. The factions stressed the need to accelerate the implementation of the reconciliation agreement, […]
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Under siege twice: Egyptian army reinforces presence on the borders with Gaza
[ PIC 05/07/2013 – 06:52 AM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– The Egyptian forces reinforced their presence on the borders with Gaza, where they brought more tanks. Eyewitnesses said that the Egyptian army brought more tanks and troops along the Egypt-Gaza borders which stretch 14 kilometers, and added they saw Egyptian armed forces on the roofs of […]
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Morsi urged to revise Israel accords
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh PRESSTV | Sat May 25, 2013 9:2AM GMT The Camp David Accords were signed by then Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and then-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following 13 days of secret negotiations at Camp David in Washington D.C. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has called […]
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Egyptian Siege on Gaza Day 5: 2400 Palestinians Stuck At The Rafah Terminal
Tuesday May 21, 2013 08:14 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Tuesday May 21, 2013; the Himaya Center for Journalists Defending Human Rights has reported that more than 2400 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are currently stuck at the Rafah Border Terminal between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, awaiting to be allowed through. In […]
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Abu Zuhri: Closure of Rafah crossing is an unjustifiable action
[ PIC 19/05/2013 – 07:56 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately re-open the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, closed for the second day. Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesman for the movement, considered in a written statement the closure of the Rafah crossing “an unjustified act” that harms […]
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