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Hamas holds President Abbas "fully responsible for the consequences” of his decision to postpone PA elections, which Hamas says constitutes "a turn away from the path of national partnership"

“A senior source in the PA revealed to a journalist [of the independent Palestinian news agency] Ma’an in Ramallah the reason for the blocking of 11 websites, which [PA] Attorney General [Ahmed Barrak] is checking lawsuits that have been submitted against them. The source vehemently denied that the...”

Headline: “Al-Salehi: Trump and Netanyahu are two sides of the same coin” “Secretary-General of the Palestinian People’s Party (i.e., a PLO faction) Bassam Al-Salehi said that the new American administration led by [US President] Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu are two...”

“The Fatah movement on Thursday blessed the victory of the Hamas-affiliated student list in Birzeit University student elections, an official said. The party also demanded that Hamas allow elections in all universities in the Gaza Strip, just as elections were carried out in the occupied West...”

"The Prime Minister of the deposed [Hamas] government, Ismail Haniyeh, said tonight, Wednesday, that the [Fatah and Hamas] reconciliation does not signify [merely] the end of the split, but rather, a new period based on real partnership in decision-making and politics... Haniyeh said:..."

Taken from Ma'an's English website Headline: Hamas to allow redistribution of banned newspaper "Hamas will allow the redistribution of a West Bank based newspaper in the Gaza Strip on Monday, seven years after it was banned, a Hamas official said. Gaza government spokesman Ihab al-Ghussein..."

Palestinian court "sentenced the young man to a year in prison under the clause of ‘insolence’ towards President Abbas" reports Ma'an, despite allegations that there is no ‘insolence against a senior official law’

Headline: "Hamas leader: No change on negotiations" "Hamas' position on negotiating with Israel has not changed, a top official said Wednesday. Mahmoud Zahhar said remarks by politburo chief Khaled Mash'al in Cairo did not represent Hamas' position, which 'is based on resistance as its political..."

"Fatah leader Muhammad Dahlan accuses Hamas of organizing wedding blast. Around the blast that injured 61 guests at his nephew's wedding in Khan Younis Tuesday night, Dahlan directly accused Hamas of organizing the attack... He speculated that the explosion targeting his family was a sign that..."

"Hamas members planned attacks on Palestinian Authority (PA) officials in the West Bank on orders from Hamas leaders abroad and the group's armed wing in Gaza, a senior [PA] official said on Monday. At-Tayib Abdul Rahim, secretary-general of the Palestinian Presidency revealed the alleged plot at a..."

“De facto [Hamas] government forces shut down the offices of the As-Subeh newspaper and detained its editor Sari Al-Qudweh. The Palestinian journalists' union condemned the detention... Journalists should not be the target of political conflicts, the union's statement said, and reminded the...”