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Abu Marzouk: Hamas is not bound by Abbas’s call for elections

Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, the deputy head of Hamas political bureau, stated Saturday that his Movement is not bound by Mahmoud Abbas’s edict to hold elections next January, adding that Hamas has options to deal with the situation if elections were held in the West Bank...

IOF soldiers, settlers attack Palestinian citizens

Jewish fanatic settlers on Saturday night assaulted Palestinian citizens in Iraq Burin village, south of Nablus city, local sources reported...

Hamas: Settler's attempt to attack Aqsa part of Zionist scheme

Hamas has opined that the Jewish settler's attempt to attack the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem at dawn Sunday was not a unilateral step but rather fell in line with a well organized Israeli plot to control the holy site...

MB Chairman: We are confident Jihad is the path to liberate Al-Aqsa mosque

Mr. Mohamed Mahdi Akef, Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, has ascertained that the Israeli occupation authority’s (IOA) attempts to set fire on the blessed precincts of al-Aqsa Mosque is a continuation of malignant schemes in attempts to realize their dream of building their alleged temple on the ruins of the holy mosque, taking advantage of the disability and passiveness of some Arab and Islamic regimes...

A parliamentary question on the hidden files of torture

Dr. Hamdi Hassan, Assistant Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc, aimed a question to the Prime Minister and Ministers of Justice and the Interior, On the report which cleared the General-Prosecutor and the Ministry of Interior of the charge of torturing the martyr Yusof Abu Zohri, one of HAMAS soldiers, who was killed as a result of torture in one of the Egyptian prisons...

Haniyeh welcomes US shift, says willing to talk

There is nothing wrong with talking to the United States, de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told American delegates on a medical mission in Gaza on Wednesday...

Conference in Gharbeya Gathers all political powers for al-Aqsa

The Muslim Brotherhoob bloc in Gharbeya governorate organized a mass conference, on 29.10.09 at the Doctors Syndicate headquarters in Gharbeya, in solidarity with al-Aqsa under the title “al-Aqsa is our Mosque not your structure”...

Qaradawi calls on Muslims all over the world to unite against deplorable IOF attacks on al-Aqsa mosque.

Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi chairman of the World's Muslim Scholars Union has called on Muslims all over the world to unite in an uprising and rally in protest against the appalling and unpardonable aggression on the Holy al-Aqsa mosque. The attacks on the sacredness of the mosque by the Israeli Occupation are unacceptable and must be met with resistance...

Muslim Brotherhood rejects resignations of 4 senior executives

During a meeting late Thursday, the 51-member council, the highest decision-making body in the Brotherhood, the largest opposition group, swiftly decided to reject the resignations of Rheil Gharaybeh, Mamdouh Muheisen, Ahmad Kafawin and Mohammad Qudah...

Abu Marzouk: Hamas believes in democracy, peaceful circulation of power

Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, the deputy political bureau chairman of Hamas, has said that his Movement supports democracy and peaceful circulation of power...

Agha: AI report ascertains IOA robbery of Palestinian water resources

Dr. Mohammed Al-Agha, the minister of agriculture in the Gaza Strip, has said that the Amnesty International's report on the Israeli occupation authority's (IOA) exploitation of Palestinian water resources is an important document that should be used in suing the IOA...

UNGA to discuss Goldstone report on Wednesday

The UN General Assembly is to hold a session on Wednesday 4/11 to discuss the Goldstone report that was tabled by a UN fact finding mission on Israel's war crimes during its war on Gaza...

Ministry of prisoners condemns physical assault on two Palestinian detainees

The Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs on Friday strongly denounced the Israeli prisons authority (IPA) for deliberately humiliating and physically assaulting Palestinian prisoners during the last week, stressing that this is a consistent revenge policy pursued by the Israeli occupation especially against Gaza prisoners...

Jewish settlers attack Jerusalemite family with firearms, metal tools

Five Palestinians of one family were wounded on Friday when a group of armed Jewish settlers attacked their homes in Beit Safafa, south of occupied Jerusalem, local sources reported...

Report: 4,524 Palestinians detained by Israel since the start of this year

Researcher in prisoners’ affairs Abdelnasser Farwana reported Friday that he documented 4,524 Israeli arrests of Palestinian citizens since the start of 2009, 412 of them took place in October...

Nazzal asks Arabs and Muslims to support the Aqsa

CAIRO, (PIC)-- Mohammed Nazzal, a political bureau member of Hamas, has asked the Arabs and Muslims worldwide to rise up in support of the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem in face of the Israeli occupation's serious violations of its sanctity...

Bahar: Hamas is not afraid of engaging in fair elections in West Bank

GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, stated Friday that his Movement does not fear to fight the elections, but the security instability and political arrests carried out by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against resistance fighters and women do not allow fair elections to take place in the West Bank...

Rally organized in support of unjust detentions of doctors.

Doctors have organized a rally in support of the detained Muslim Brotherhood doctors and their families to take place Sunday, November 1. The protest is scheduled to take place in front of Dar Alhekma close to the Doctors Syndicate Headquarters. The deplorable conditions and unjustified detention of some of Egypt's most distinguished doctors must come to a halt where some of the doctors have received numerous release orders all of which have been defied by State Security...

Mansoura students in the Faculty of Arts organized a peaceful rally demonstrating their objection to measures practiced by the University's administration

Journalists unite objecting to the date set by the Judiciary for the Press Syndicate's elections. The date set coincides with the Adha Eid where many journalists will still be performing the Hajj rituals...

Back to the future

It would be no exaggeration to say that the resignation of the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) supreme guide (or more accurately his delegation of his responsibilities to his deputy) has ushered in the worst leadership crisis the Islamist organisation has experienced in over half a century. The last time it seemed in such disarray was during the leadership of the second supreme guide, Hassan El-Hodeibi, during the confrontation between the MB and the Nasserist regime in 1954. That crisis ended with the dismissal or departure of a large number of MB leaders, most of them from the Al-Azhar contingent...