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Encyclopedia > Al Quds Al Arabi

Al-Quds Al-Arabi (Arabic: القدس العربی, (Arab Jerusalem) is an independent pan-Arab daily newspaper published in London since 1989. The paper is owned by Palestinian expatriates, edited by Abd al-Bari Atwan who was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza Strip in 1950. Due to its strong criticism of the Arab regimes and their perceieved subservience to the US & Israel, the paper has been censored and sometimes temporarily banned in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. It has a circulation of around 50,000. Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Jerusalem (31°46′N 35°14′E; Hebrew: (help· info) Yerushalayim; Arabic: (help· info) al-Quds) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meter. ... Pan-Arabism is a movement for unification among the Arab peoples and nations of the Middle East. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. ... He was born on February 17,1950 in Dair Al-Balah,a Palestinian refugee camp. ... Refugee camp for Rwandans located in what is now the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following the Rwandan Genocide A refugee camp is a camp built up by governments or NGOs (such as the ICRC) to receive refugees. ... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... In ancient Rome, censorship was the office or function of a censor. ... A ban is, generally, any decree that prohibits something. ... The word circulation can mean the following: The transport of blood through the circulatory system. ...


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In its May 16 edition, Al Quds Al Arabi, a Palestinian-owned daily, reported that: “Well-informed Palestinian sources told Al Quds Al Arabi yesterday that the Hamas-led Palestinian government was considering changing some of its positions regarding the negotiations with Israel and the recognition of the Arab peace initiative.
For his part, the official spokesperson for the Palestinian government Ghazi Hamad told Al Quds Al Arabi yesterday that the government was looking into all the options which do not digress from the national constants, i.e.
For his part, Hamas MP Mushir Al Masri told Al Quds Al Arabi yesterday that the movement was still looking into and discussing all the options, provided they maintain and protect the Palestinian constants.
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