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Last update - 22:15 03/05/2007 First pro-Hamas Palestinian newspaper launched in Gaza Strip By Reuters Palestinian supporters of Hamas launched their first newspaper on Thursday, opening a new front in the battle for political dominance with the rival Fatah faction. "Palestine" is the pro-Islamist answer to the three largest Palestinian newspapers which have longstanding ties to Fatah, the secular faction of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. It is also the first Palestinian newspaper to be printed in the Gaza Strip. The other newspapers are produced in the West Bank, which is dominated by Fatah. Advertisement "Palestine" will initially print an estimated 10,000 copies, published separately in the West Bank and Gaza to avoid any possible Israeli restriction on its distribution. Editor-in-chief Mustafa Assawaf said the paper's owners were close to Hamas, which heads a unity government with Fatah. But Assawaf said the paper would not be a mouthpiece for the Islamist group, whose charter calls for Israel's destruction. "We say that the newspaper will be for all Palestinians and we will leave judgment to the readers," he told Reuters. "It will not be a newspaper of one faction. It will be as its name suggests, 'Palestine' for all Palestinians." First editions of the paper went on sale in Gaza on Thursday, published in tabloid format, with a news section as well as culture and sports supplements. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas attended a ceremony to mark the newspaper's launch on Wednesday. Haniyeh, who has sharply criticized pro-Fatah news coverage in the past, urged the owners of "Palestine" to "maintain accuracy, neutrality and objectivity." "I am full of hope that our Palestinian people can look into your newspapers and see themselves, see their hopes and their ambitions," Haniyeh said, calling the media a "dangerous and effective weapon." Hamas, which has long complained about Fatah's domination of the Palestinian newspapers, radio and television networks, launched its own television network late last year in response. Abbas controls the Palestine Broadcasting Corporation, which includes television and radio Bookmark to del.icio.us   Obscene gestures Alleged 'Heil Hitler' comment lands German lawyer Horst Mahler in court AMOS-3 video Israel's sophisticated new communications satellite launched into orbit.   1.   Hamas newspaper 23:04  |  stu 03/05/07   2.   Congratulations Palestine ! A good beginning. 00:07  |  lakshmi 04/05/07   3.   Congratulations for all Palistinian people. 00:53  |  Maureen Ann 04/05/07   4.   You mean Ha`aretz isn`t available in Gaza 01:11  |  Aryeh 04/05/07   5.   Article calling for Death to Americans and Jews... 01:40  |  Moshe 04/05/07   6.   Lakshmi... Quietly raining down Qassams on Israel!! 01:43  |  Moshe 04/05/07   7.   how much for the paper?? 01:51  |  vik 04/05/07   8.   Congratulations Palestine? A Good Beginning? 02:12  |  Robert 04/05/07   9.   good for them. congratulations are in order. best wishs 03:00  |  sami 04/05/07   10.   question lakshmi 03:56  |  boxley 04/05/07   11.   Lakshmi and beginnings 10:46  |  Oddvark 04/05/07   12.   lakshmi # 2 they(israel) wanted to provoke conflict so they 10:53  |  terrornator 04/05/07   13.   Bomb It 21:28  |  Solon 04/05/07   14.   WHAT THe EDitoral Will SAy 20:30  |  TOBIA 05/05/07   15.   Dooms Day Machine ? 17:54  |  Robert J. De Silvis 14/03/08   16.   World Peace 18:50  |  Robert J. De Silvis 14/03/08

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