EAST PALESTINE — The city has received a 30-day extension to allow it to pass a budget, but some members of council are still not pleased with the proposed budget as it stands.
-- President Mahmoud Abbas aka Abu Mazen represents the peace camp in Palestine.
The US must push Israel for big concessions at the peace conference to win over even Hamas backers.
RBC, 16.07.2007, Moscow 18:56:19. Russia has stressed that international peacekeeping forces may enter Palestine only with the consent of all Palestinian forces, including Hamas, official spokesman for Russia's Foreign Ministry Mikhail Kamynin said, commenting on the proposal of Mediterranean EU member states.
The July 11 article "Breaking barriers," leaves mixed feelings. It is praiseworthy to help people thousands of miles away from your home. But the article paints a very skewed picture. It is clearly anti-Israel material. First of all, the place where Cody O'Rourke travels to is called "Palestine.
Brussels - European Union chief diplomat Javier Solana on Tuesday warned against any formal political division of Gaza and the West Bank, saying international efforts should focus on establishing one independent Palestinian state. Solana, who arrives...
Israel has ruled out negotiations at this stage over the boundaries of a future Palestinian state. It is a clear rebuff of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and casts doubt on a renewed US push to address the issue.
(RTTNews) - On a day the Bush administration turned benevolent towards its initiatives for peace in the Middle East, the U.S. President announced $190 million in direct aid to the Palestinian government and called for an international meeting to discuss efforts to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Victory is relative. Neither Fateh nor Hamas won. For Palestine, this little promised state, is not only Gaza, nor is it only the West Bank. For a long time Gaza was left to whoever would protect it from aggression or, to use the Arabic expression, would “draw it from the heart of the lion”.
_ The plight of Palestinians living in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, largely isolated since the breakup of the unity government in June, is dire but not tantamount to a humanitarian catastrophe, according to the head of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.