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New Hamas chief to be announced soon: officials AFPApr 30, 2017The new leadership of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas will be announced in the coming days, officials said Sunday, while it also prepared to unveil a new version of its charter. Ismail Haniya, until recently head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, said the results of internal elections will be announced „in the coming days”. The official said Haniya is likely to be named the new head of the movement, replacing Khaled Meshaal who lives in Doha in exile and has completed the maximum two terms in office. Read More -
Former US Navy Seal Robert O’Neill describes the moment he ‘shot dead Osama bin Laden’
The former US Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden has described the moment he claims he shot the al-Qaeda leader dead. Robert O’Neill, who claims to have fired the fatal bullets, has for the first time published a detailed account of the mission that lead to the 9/11 mastermind being gunned down in a secure compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011. In a dramatic extract from his new book, The Operator, published in the Mirror, the former Seal described the moment he fired two shots at Bin Laden and “split open” his head.
The Independent
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Trump offers a rare chance for a Palestinian peace deal
On the eve of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s summit with President Trump in the White House scheduled for May 3, we in the Palestinian leadership are determined to seize this opportunity to achieve the long overdue two-state vision. President Trump, speaking at a press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah on April 5, reiterated his hope to „be successful in finally finding peace between the Palestinian people and Israel.” We are therefore convinced more than ever that, with impartial support from the US, this peace is still possible, however distant it may seem today. To that end, we look forward to cooperating with his administration in seeking an end to the Israeli occupation and
Newsweek
