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Gaza celebrated Thursday a victory one year ago when Israel began freeing 1,027 prisoners in exchange for the release of a soldier held captive by militants for five years.

2012-10-18T20:57:19ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/04/02/Jailed_Palestinian_leader_punished_over_6154

Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti has been placed in solitary confinement for a week after calling for the Palestinians to end all cooperation with Israel, the prisons authority said.

2012-04-02T08:30:52ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/04/01/Jailed_Palestinian_leader_sanctioned_Israeli_4f57

Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti has been punished by Israeli prison authorities after launching an appeal for "peaceful resistance", public radio said Sunday.

2012-04-01T21:18:18ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/27/cooperation_with_Israel_Barghuti_5c1f

Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti has urged the Palestinian Authority to "end all forms of coordination" with Israel in a letter to mark 10 years since his arrest.

2012-03-27T13:19:53ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/26/Palestinian_leader_Barghuti_punished_remarks_676f

Israel has placed jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti in solitary confinement over remarks he made to the press during a rare court appearance, officials said on Thursday.

2012-01-26T16:22:12ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/25/Palestinian_leader_Barghuti_demands_1967_734e

The Middle East conflict will end only when Israel withdraws to the pre-1967 lines and a Palestinian state is established, jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti said Wednesday in a rare court appearance.

2012-01-25T09:49:04ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/22/Palestinians_urge_Israel_free_jailed_888c

The Palestinians urged Israel to free dozens of Palestinian lawmakers during a new round of exploratory talks held in Amman, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.

2012-01-22T13:08:54ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/10/13/Window_opportunity_Shalit_deal_f54e

Israelis have waited more than five years for their leaders to bring home captured soldier Gilad Shalit, but in the end, it was an unexpected "window of opportunity" that eventually allowed a deal.

2011-10-14T03:05:21ZAFP Global Editionby Charly Wegmantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/10/13/Shalit_home_Wednesday_Egypt_Palestinians_cc60

Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is expected to return to Israel via Egypt by next Wednesday, Palestinian sources and Israeli media said on Thursday.

2011-10-13T16:28:16ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/10/13/Israels_Shalit_due_released_October_ba43

Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is expected to return to Israel via Egypt by next Wednesday, Palestinian sources and Israeli media said on Thursday

2011-10-13T11:19:06ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/10/12/Israel_awaits_Shalit_return_after_9c13

Israel was impatiently awaiting on Wednesday for news of when captive soldier Gilad Shalit would return home, a day after the unveiling of key deal with Hamas that will see 1,000 Palestinians freed.

2011-10-12T19:31:14ZAFP Global Editionby Jonah Mandeltag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/10/12/Israel_Hamas_landmark_prisoner_swap_d476

Israel and Hamas have agreed a landmark deal to secure the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for over a thousand Palestinian detainees, officials on both sides said.

2011-10-12T04:14:22ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/08/18/Veto_Palestinian_tantamount_terror_Barghuti_5036

Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti has warned that a US veto of a Palestinian bid to join the UN would be tantamount to "terrorism" and would wreck ties with Washington.

2011-08-18T17:28:29ZAFP Global Editionby Hossam Ezzedinetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/08/17/Israel_ministers_debate_Palestinian_ae13

Israel's security cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss possible security scenarios in September when Palestinians try to secure UN membership, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.

2011-08-17T16:21:47ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/08/10/Palestinian_warns_protests_wields_veto_b7d0

A Palestinian leader jailed in Israel has warned Washington that vetoing a Palestinian state at the United Nations would spark huge regional protests, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported Wednesday.

2011-08-10T09:58:50ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/07/22/Jailed_Palestinian_leader_moved_solitary_4951

Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti has been moved into solitary confinement after guards found a mobile phone in his cell, a spokesman for the Israeli prisons authority said on Friday.

2011-07-22T12:51:12ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/07/20/Jailed_Fatah_leader_Barghuti_urges_105f

Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti has called for large-scale peaceful protests in support of a Palestinian bid for United Nations membership in September.

2011-07-20T15:36:17ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/09/28/Divided_Palestinians_mark_anniversary_intifada_8b86

Palestinian leaders from Hamas and Fatah paid tribute to the Al-Aqsa intifada on Tuesday as they marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating Palestinian uprising.

2010-09-28T13:55:39ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/17/Hamas_Fatah_join_ranks_call_1791

Hamas and Fatah closed ranks on Saturday to mark Palestinian Prisoners' Day on Saturday, in the first joint initiative by the bitter rivals since the latter was routed from Gaza in 2007.

2010-04-17T13:49:40ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/02/24/Hamas_co-founder_spied_Israelis_9342

The son of a Hamas founder was a key mole for Israeli intelligence inside the Islamist movement, helping thwart dozens of attacks, an Israeli newspaper reported Wednesday.

2010-02-24T16:54:52ZAFP Global EditionAFP