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Bassam Eid is the founder and director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) based in east Jerusalem. It’s a thankless job and he’s between a rock and a hard place—if he criticizes the PA, he gets accused of “collaboration”...
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Maybe these are the Palestinians who should be negotiating with the Israeli government, not Hamas or Fatah.
Palestinians want to build settlements
By Khaled Abu...
made popular Jun 29 2009
AP, Sharm El-sheik
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday will pledge about $300 million in U.S. humanitarian aid for the war-torn Gaza Strip, plus about $600 million in...
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Key figures from a Palestinian Authority report on damage in Gaza caused Israel’s recent military offensive against the territory’s Hamas rulers.
made popular Feb 28 2009
AP, The Hague
The Palestinian Authority has recognized the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, a move aimed at allowing an investigation of possible war crimes during...
made popular Feb 3 2009
AP, United Nations
Egypt’s U.N. ambassador says representatives of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have agreed to meet Thursday for talks in Cairo on the Gaza crisis.
made popular Jan 7 2009
AP, Paris
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says Israel and the Palestinian Authority have accepted an Egyptian-French plan for Gaza.
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AP, Ramallah
Palestinian police in the West Bank violently cracked down on protests organized by their Hamas rivals Friday as rallies against Israeli air strikes in Gaza turned into...
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AP, Crawford
The White House says President Bush has consulted by telephone with Palestinian leaders, including Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority.
made popular Dec 30 2008
A few days ago, Hamas, which is controlling Gaza strip by de facto force, decided to end the truce with Israel in Gaza. Shortly afterwards, Israel has started a major...
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‘Honor killings’, mostly targeting Palestinian women, are on the rise across Palestine and prove that women all over the civilized world are vulnerable to...
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The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. And the dead sea located on the border between the West Bank, Israel, and Jordan, is the earths...
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AP, Berlin
Countries at a one-day international conference Tuesday agreed to commit $242 million to help strengthen the Palestinian Authority’s police force and court...
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AP, Berlin
Countries at a one-day conference Tuesday agreed to commit more than $240 million to help strengthen the Palestinian Authority’s police force and court system, a...
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AP, Berlin
Germany is hoping countries will commit to donating $184 million during a Tuesday conference designed to strengthen the Palestinian Authority’s police force and...
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AP, Washington
The White House says the timing is not right for a three-way meeting of President Bush and the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority when Bush is in the...
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AP, Washington
The White House says President Bush is inviting Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House in an effort to advance Mideast peace talks.The plan was...
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AP, Jerusalem
Israel has cleared the way for its citizens to sue the Palestinian Authority over suicide bomb attacks, ruling that the Palestinian government does not represent a...
made popular Mar 17 2008
With the Palestinian National Government in tatters and the break out of hostilities between the Hamas and Fatah factions, Lior Weintraub, Israel embassy spokesperson...
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