HAMAS CONDEMNS PALESTINIAN CABINET
Salam Fayyad will continue to head the Palestinian government as prime minister 
The Palestinian Hamas faction that governs Gaza has condemned the appointment of a new government by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and leader of Fatah.
Fawzi Barhoum , a spokesman for Hamas, said the appointment of the new government would "sabotage" intra-Palestinian talks.
"The formation of the government by Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] in the West Bank will reinforce the political chaos, judicial and legislative, which he is carrying out over there in the West Bank," he said in Gaza on Tuesday.
"This is considered to be a deliberate sabotage of the internal Palestinian dialogue and threatens the negotiations slated to take place in the future in Cairo."
The government, sworn in on Tuesday at a ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah, is staffed mostly by Abbas's Fatah faction and excludes Hamas.
It is headed by Salam Fayyad, the US-educated prime minister who once worked for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Fatah and Hamas delegates adjourned a fifth round of reconciliation talks in Egypt without a deal on Monday.
Courtesy: Al Jazeera
Fawzi Barhoum , a spokesman for Hamas, said the appointment of the new government would "sabotage" intra-Palestinian talks.
"The formation of the government by Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] in the West Bank will reinforce the political chaos, judicial and legislative, which he is carrying out over there in the West Bank," he said in Gaza on Tuesday.
"This is considered to be a deliberate sabotage of the internal Palestinian dialogue and threatens the negotiations slated to take place in the future in Cairo."
The government, sworn in on Tuesday at a ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah, is staffed mostly by Abbas's Fatah faction and excludes Hamas.
It is headed by Salam Fayyad, the US-educated prime minister who once worked for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Fatah and Hamas delegates adjourned a fifth round of reconciliation talks in Egypt without a deal on Monday.
ISRAEL TO RAZE 1,700 PALESTINIAN HOMES
The Palestinian Islamic Movement says Israel plans to evacuate and demolish at least 1,700 Arab-owned homes in East Jerusalem (al-Quds).Speaking at a Sunday press conference in Jerusalem, Sheikh Raed Salah, who leads the Islamic Movement, revealed the demolition plan, saying the move would leave more than 17,000 Palestinians homeless in East Jerusalem.
He also warned the situation on the ground was the most dangerous since Israel's illegal annexation of the area in 1967.
This is while back in February, warnings were issued for hundreds of Palestinians to evacuate East Jerusalem (al-Quds) before demolishing their homes in the area, saying their houses were illegal.
Palestinian officials say many of the houses issued with demolition orders were built before 1967 while Israeli settlements in the area were built after 1967.Elsewhere, dozens of Palestinians and international peace activists confronted Israeli bulldozers uprooting olive trees in the towns of Ras Teera and Wad Ar-Rasha, southeast of the West Bank city of Qalqiliya.
According to witnesses, the bulldozers were backed by Israeli soldiers and police forces to prevent the residents from obstructing their work.
Courtesy: Press TV
ISRAEL IS NOT SEEKING PEACE
BREAKING NEWS
The Acting PA Chief says Israel has no intention of peace since it continues the expansion of settlements inside the Palestinian territories.
"The pursuit of colonization and expansion of settlements inside Palestinian territories shows that Israel has no desire for peace," Mahmoud Abbas said at a joint news conference in Ramallah with EU foreign policy Chief Javier Solana.
Israel has launched fresh attacks on the Gaza Strip pounding the southern parts of the densely populated sliver for a second consecutive day.
Israeli warplanes bombed the Rafah border region early on Thursday, a day after mounting at least three air raids on the region, Reuters reported.
An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the attack, saying it had targeted a weapon production site, in retaliate to Wednesday's rocket attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will convene the security cabinet to discuss airstrikes on the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt.
"The cabinet will meet in Jerusalem (al-Quds) to discuss Israel's responses to the attack in Gaza," AFP quoted an official as saying.
Mean while U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, who said in Jerusalem on Wednesday it was "of critical importance that the ceasefire be extended and consolidated" with respect to Israel and Gaza.
Source: REUTERS
The Acting PA Chief says Israel has no intention of peace since it continues the expansion of settlements inside the Palestinian territories. "The pursuit of colonization and expansion of settlements inside Palestinian territories shows that Israel has no desire for peace," Mahmoud Abbas said at a joint news conference in Ramallah with EU foreign policy Chief Javier Solana.
Israel has launched fresh attacks on the Gaza Strip pounding the southern parts of the densely populated sliver for a second consecutive day.
Israeli warplanes bombed the Rafah border region early on Thursday, a day after mounting at least three air raids on the region, Reuters reported.
The border strikes come after Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni raised speculation of further military operations into Gaza on Monday by saying that Tel Aviv was likely to stage further attacks against the strip to halt what she called arms smuggling into the coastal silver.
There have been no reports of casualties yet.An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the attack, saying it had targeted a weapon production site, in retaliate to Wednesday's rocket attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will convene the security cabinet to discuss airstrikes on the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt."The cabinet will meet in Jerusalem (al-Quds) to discuss Israel's responses to the attack in Gaza," AFP quoted an official as saying.
Mean while U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, who said in Jerusalem on Wednesday it was "of critical importance that the ceasefire be extended and consolidated" with respect to Israel and Gaza.
Source: REUTERS
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