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King_David

(14,851 posts) Mon Oct 13, 2014, 01:59 PM Oct 2014

PA unity government not taking over Gaza crossings yet

Despite assurances over the weekend that the Palestinian unity government would take over Gaza border crossings on Sunday, Palestinian sources denied that such a plan was in place.

Maher Abu Sabha, a Palestinian border official, and Gaza Interior Ministry official Kamil Abu Mahdi said that the unity government would not be taking over the crossings on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Ma’an news agency.

“No changes at all have been made to the Palestinian teams operating border crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip,” one source was quoted as saying.

The Palestinian Authority and Israel’s Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-unity-government-not-taking-over-gaza-crossings-yet/

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Kerry Meets Abbas, Discusses Peace Efforts azurnoir Oct 2014 #1

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1. Kerry Meets Abbas, Discusses Peace Efforts

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Mon Oct 13, 2014, 03:00 PM

Oct 2014

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Cairo, following the international donor's conference for Gaza, the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency reported.

The two discussed international efforts for rebuilding Gaza and reviving the Israeli-PA peace process, according to the report.

Other officials were present at the meeting as well, including chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat, Abbas’s spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the head of the Palestinian Authority's central intelligence, Majid Farraj, and the PA’s Ambassador to Cairo Jamal al-Shoubaki.

AFP reported earlier that in his meeting with Abbas, Kerry was expected to try to dissuade him from seeking further recognition of the PA at the United Nations, including joining the International Criminal Court.

While in Cairo, Kerry is expected to call on Israel and the PA to resume peace talks, even though the last round he initiated failed in April when the PA signed a unity deal with the Hamas terror group.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186084#.VDwglhaOr4U

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