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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa addresses the United Nations General Assembly, July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
July 30, 2025, 5:20 am
In 1st, entire Arab League condemns Oct. 7, urges Hamas to disarm, at 2-state confab
Declaration, also signed by EU and over a dozen countries, urges terror group to give up Gaza rule, free hostages; calls on Israel to end war, agree to Palestinian state, ‘right of return’
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the state ceremony marking 50 years since the Yom Kippur War at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on September 26, 2023 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
September 27, 2023, 1:15 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 27: Saudi talks and the PA; Netanyahu talks tachlis with NY Jews
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses latest normalization efforts and PM’s conversation with Jewish leaders; social media editor Sarah Tuttle-Singer introduces Hidden Gems
By ToI Staff
Hamas supporters march on the main road of Khan Younis City, Gaza Strip, on June 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
July 14, 2020, 9:35 pm
Hamas denies claim commander defected to Israel, provided detailed intelligence
Saudi network asserts former head of naval special forces gave Israel information on weapons stockpiles and the residences of senior Hamas officials
By ToI Staff
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for a cornerstone-laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2012. AP/Mohammed Salem.
June 7, 2017, 10:08 pm
Will the Saudi-Qatar clash push Hamas into a dangerous corner?
As Gaza’s economy sinks, its ruling terror group is at odds with much of the Sunni Arab world — and running out of options
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinians ride a donkey-pulled-cart past residential units funded by Qatar in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, June 6, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
June 7, 2017, 1:00 pm
Hamas ‘shocked’ by Saudi call on Qatar to halt funds
Terror group expresses ‘deep regret and disapproval,’ rejects Saudi claim that it ‘undermines the Palestinian Authority’
By AFP
File: Then-Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal, right, attends a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, to discuss aid to the Gaza Strip on August 12, 2014 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AFP/STR)
November 3, 2016, 7:02 pm
Saudi activist still in jail after serving sentence over Gaza protest
Khalid al-‘Umair’s 8-year sentence for Riyadh rally against Israel’s battle with Hamas in 2008-9 should have ended on October 5
By ToI Staff
Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal in the Qatari capital of Doha, on August 10, 2014. (AFP/al-Watan Doha/Karim Jaafar)
March 14, 2016, 6:26 pm
Saudi Arabia brokered Hamas-Egypt rapprochement effort – report
In Cairo meeting, Hamas denied supporting IS in Sinai and downplayed relations with Muslim Brotherhood
By Dov Lieber
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at a press conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 23, 2015 (Photo by AFP)
July 23, 2015, 7:54 pm
Saudis deny warming up to Hamas, despite recent visit
Foreign minister says Palestinian group’s trip was for a religious pilgrimage, not official meetings
By ToI Staff and AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Doha on August 21, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/ PPO / THAER GHANEM)
July 21, 2015, 3:31 pm
In Hamas’s embrace of Sunni Saudi Arabia, a slap to Iran
Gaza-based group may try to downplay its rapprochement with Riyadh, but Tehran remains deeply offended
By Elhanan Miller
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