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Hamas has denied reports hinting that the Palestinian group is dissatisfied with the role of Qatar in the effort to reach econciliation with Fatah. Local news-media reports on the issue surfaced after Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar recently met youth groups in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Hamas has said allegations of the rift are

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint Yaron Blum as the new coordinator for issues concerning missing and captive Israelis. Blum was appointed to replace Lior Lotan, who stepped down in August after three years in which he voluntarily held the position. Arutz Sheva spoke to Rami Igra, former head of the Prisoners and

By Tamar Pileggi Reports that the rockets fired over the Syrian border over the weekend may have been deliberate and not spillover fire from the civil war largely dominate Israel’s print media on Sunday. IDF officials tell the Yedioth Ahronoth daily that the five rockets launched at Israel early Saturday morning were “not what spillover

Palestinian movement Hamas said on Sunday that a visit by its delegation to Iran was a “rejection” of the Israeli conditions on reconciliation with rival faction Fatah. The two largest Palestinian groups have agreed a deal that is supposed to see Islamists Hamas hand over control of the Gaza Strip to the Fatah-dominated West Bank-based