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Hamas official hails british mp george galloway as hero in Gaza

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Hamas official hails British MP George Galloway as ‘hero’ in Gaza
 
By The Associated Press 
 
 
A Hamas official on Monday hailed controversial British MP George Galloway as a "hero" upon the lawmaker’s arrival in the Gaza Strip.
 
Galloway entered Gaza from Egypt with an aid caravan. About 50 British volunteers and 100 vehicles carrying food, clothing and medicine passed through Egypt’s Rafah border crossing with him, a Hamas border official said. 
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New aid convoy to leave scotland in coming weeks

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New aid convoy to leave Scotland in coming weeks
 
by Saed Bannoura

A new convoy carrying medical and humanitarian supplies will be leaving Scotland in the coming weeks heading to the Gaza Strip. Scottish parliamentarian, Pauline McNeill,will be heading the convoy.
 
Pauline McNeill has been campaigning for peace and justice in Palestine since she was a student leader in the 1980s. 
 

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Haniyeh meets northern irelands adams in Gaza

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Haniyeh meets Northern Ireland’s Adams in Gaza 
  
 
 
Hanieyh (L) with Adams (R) [Ma’anImages]

Gaza – Ma’an/Agencies – De facto Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh met with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams in Gaza on Wednesday evening.

The Irish leader is in the region to promote peace negotiations among all the parties to the conflict, including, implicitly, Hamas. Adams himself is the leader of a previously-stigmatized party that has now made peace with the UK and is part of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.

 

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Obama pick quits over Isarael lobby

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Obama pick quits over Israel lobby 
 

 
The candidate for a leading US intelligence post has withdrawn his nomination after accusing the country’s Israel lobby of plumbing "the depths of dishonour and indecency" to assassinate his character.
 
Charles "Chas" Freeman, a former US ambassador who is now president of the Middle East Policy Council think-tank, had initially agreed to chair the US National Intelligence Council that produces assessments of security issues.
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