Israel will work together with the international community to weaken Hamas, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said in a meeting with U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab on Wednesday. “This is an Israeli, Palestinian, regional and international interest that will strengthen stability in the Middle East and reduce the
Shtayyeh discusses reconstruction of Gaza with British Foreign Secretary
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 26, 2021 (WAFA) - Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh discussed with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab during a meeting in Ramallah, the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and the significant importance in preventing a recurrence of the Israeli aggression on the Strip through a serious political path.
He stressed that the reconstruction of the devastated Gaza Strip must take place in tandem with preventing Israel from carrying out another aggression on the Strip and filling the political vacuum through a serious and real track, under multiple international sponsorships, that ends the occupation and leads to the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on the pre-1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital.
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Retired police officer Donald Denton leaves court
Two retired police officers and an ex-solicitor accused of altering police statements after the Hillsborough disaster have been acquitted.
The trial against Donald Denton, 83, retired detective chief inspector Alan Foster, 74, and solicitor Peter Metcalf, 71, collapsed on Wednesday after a judge ruled there was no case to answer.
The three men denied charges of perverting the course of justice after it was alleged they tried to minimise the blame on South Yorkshire Police.
President Abbas affirms importance of immediate commencement of a political process under supervision of International Quartet
President Mahmoud Abbas meets with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in Ramallah
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 26, 2021 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas stressed today during a meeting with visiting British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab the importance of immediate commencement of a political process under the supervision of the International Quartet that ends the Israeli occupation of the state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital in line with the resolutions of international legitimacy.
During a meeting at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, President Abbas brought the British Foreign Secretary up to date on the political situation in the Palestinian territories, underline the importance of immediately halting the Israeli settler extremists’ attacks, backed by Israeli forces, in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.