InFocus | Hamas in Power
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Sunday May 3
Al Aqsa TV defies Hamas government
Hamas's television station defied the Hamas-led Palestinian government yesterday by airing another weekly episode of a show featuring a Mickey Mouse lookalike who urges children to support armed resistance against Israel.
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Sunday May 3
Hamas ends truce in Gaza
Hamas's armed wing, Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, declared a formal end on Tuesday to a five-month-old truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip and said the Jewish state was to blame.
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Sunday May 3
Abbas tries to regain control
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a decree appointed a political independent as head of an emergency government, new agencies reported.
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Sunday May 3
Abbas to head new security council
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree announcing the formation of a new national security council, responsible for overseeing a plan to restore peace in the Palestinian areas.
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Sunday May 3
Hamas gives list of prisoners for Israeli soldier swap
Hamas has handed over the names of Palestinian prisoners it demands Israel release in exchange for an Israeli soldier seized by Gaza gunmen 10 months ago, the Islamist group said yesterday.
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Sunday May 3
Palestinians approve new security plan
The Palestinian Cabinet yesterday approved a new security plan that is to include a joint operations room for rival security forces and an appeal to gunmen not to flaunt their weapons.
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Sunday May 3
New Palestinian funding plan may ease woes
A year-old Western embargo on the Palestinian Authority could be eased by Finance Minister Salam Fayyad's plan to use an outside account to collect Arab funds to pay salaries and other bills, diplomats said yesterday.
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Sunday May 3
Hamas armed wing breaks ceasefire
Hamas's armed wing declared an end to a five-month-old Gaza ceasefire by firing rockets into Israel, but the Palestinian government called for the truce to be restored.
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Sunday May 3
Hamas leader warns of new uprising
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has warned Israel could face another Palestinian uprising unless conditions improve in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank.
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Sunday May 3
Palestinian unions threaten strike
Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad plans to start paying partial salaries to government workers at the start of each month, a step union leaders said on Saturday fell short of the unity government's promises
