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Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

Jan 24, 2022

Palestinian protesters chant slogans and wave the national flag and the Algerian flag during a demonstration in Bethlehem, following the weekly Muslim Friday prayers, West Bank, Dec. 29, 2017. — Palestinian protesters chant slogans and wave the national flag and the Algerian flag during a demonstration in Bethlehem, following the weekly Muslim Friday prayers, West Bank, Dec. 29, 2017. — Musa al-Shaer/AFP via Getty Images

Khaled Fawzi (C), head of the Egyptian Intelligence services, Azzam al-Ahmad (C-L), head of the Fatah delegation for the talks, and Hamas' new deputy leader Salah al-Aruri (C-R) pose for a group picture with both Palestinian delegations following the signing of a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements ended their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt.
The new Hamas deputy leader and the head of Fatah's delegation struck the deal which wa

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 14, 2018. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP) (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Russia eyes greater Palestinian role

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Samir al-Rifai, the Palestinian ambassador to Syria, speaks during a ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of the Fatah movement's foundation at the ravaged Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus, Syria, Jan. 7, 2022.

Fatah builds bridges with Syria after rupture with Hamas

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