GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement on Monday urged Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to withdraw its forces from Syria, where they are battling for President Bashar al-Assad, and focus on fighting Israel instead. Full story
A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus — a rare bright spot in the long shadow that the Syrian civil war is casting over the Gaza Strip. Full story
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his West Bank-based government were sworn in on Thursday and one of their main challenges will be reaching a power-sharing deal with the Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza. Full story
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named British-educated political independent Rami Hamdallah as new prime minister on Sunday, a move that was immediately condemned by Gaza Strip rulers Hamas. Full story
It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power. Full story
(Reuters) - Fifteen men of Palestinian origin have been arrested on charges of running a multi-million-dollar cigarette smuggling ring in New York, and New York authorities who announced the arrests on Thursday said several of the suspects have ties to Hamas and other Islamist militant groups. Full story
Top Talkers: President Obama has touched down in the West Bank city of Ramallah, meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Meanwhile, militants are said to have fired four rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The Morning Joe panel -- including Mike Barnicle, the Council on Fore
Ambassador Dennis Ross, the point man on the peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians during both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations, joins guest host Joy Reid in a discussion over the United States’ role in negotiating peace in the Middle East and President Obama’s pos
After the “Friends of Hamas” blunder by Breitbart, Chris Hayes and his panel have a talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the conservative media.
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes joins Alex Wagner and the NOW panel to talk transparency, access, fake headlines, and why the fourth estate was in the news this week.
Sarcasm gone wrong hits Chuck Hagel in a negative way, and Karl Rove might have a new person to run in the GOP who won’t really help moderates.
REFILE - CORRECTING DATEYoung Palestinians take part in a military-style exercise during a summer camp organized by Hamas in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
REFILE - CORRECTING DATEA young Palestinian crawls as he takes part in a military-style exercise during a summer camp organized by Hamas in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
Young Palestinians crawl as they take part in a military-style exercise during a summer camp organized by Hamas in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
