Reuters | Israel suspends tax pay transfers to Palestinians, furious over Palestinian ... Washington Post JERUSALEM — Israel has carried out its threat to suspend transfer of tax payments totaling some $100 million to the Palestinian Authority to protest this week's admission of Palestine to the United Nations' cultural agency, officials said Thursday. ... Palestinians won't accept less than full UN seat: minister Palestinians Inch Closer to Rejection at UN Body Israel freezes UNESCO funds; Palestinians study vote for clues |
President Obama urges Bosnian leaders not to support Palestinian bid at UN Washington Post SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Bosnian leaders urging them not to support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN Security Council, authorities said Thursday. Bosnia has a non-permanent seat on the ... |
The Guardian (blog) | The Russell Tribunal on Palestine can promote peace, truth and reconciliation The Guardian (blog) On Saturday the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will open its third session: after Barcelona and London, this session will take place in South Africa, the location of a seminal struggle for self-determination by a community oppressed by apartheid. ... What if they had a Gaza flotilla and no one noticed? The Russell Tribunal on Palestine dishonours victims of apartheid Israel and the Lightning-Rod Word |
The Guardian | U.N.'s Ban: Palestinians Should Defer Agency Bids Fox News A culmination of that effort came Monday, when the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted to welcome Palestine. US law bars contributions to organizations that grant membership to territories that aren't internationally recognized ... UN's Ban: Palestinians Should Defer Agency Bids Ban warns Palestinians over UN agencies Ban Ki-Moon: Palestinian Bid Could Hurt Millions |
Lake Palestine survivor: "The Lord was with me" KLTV 61 year old Mike Ammons and 64-year-old Tommy Cook had been on Lake Palestine all day Wednesday, fishing near the Villages Marina off of FM 2661. Thursday afternoon, rescue crews found Ammons alive. Cook, unfortunately, did not survive. ... Fisherman found alive on Lake Palestine in good condition Missing fishermen found at Lake Palestine Search to continue in the morning for two missing fishermen |
Libya and Palestine Huffington Post (blog) A visitor to Libya now, be it to Benghazi or Tripoli, cannot help but make some comparisons between the Libyan revolution and the Palestinian Intifada. Walk the streets of liberated Libya and you will immediately notice graffiti on the walls and the ... |
The Palestine Exchange (PEX) Gears up for the 5th Annual Palestinian Capital ... Sacramento Bee By The Palestine Exchange (PEX) Under the Auspices of Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad, the Forum Will Focus on Developing 'Strategies for the Future' for Local Family Businesses The PEX 5 th Annual Palestinian Capital Market Forum ... The Palestine Exchange (PEX) Gears up for the 5th Annual Palestinian Capital ... The Palestine Exchange (PEX) Gears up for the 5th Annual Palestinian Capital ... |
www.worldbulletin.net | Maldives delegation forced to return ahead of UNESCO vote for Palestinian ... Minivan News “Due to those reasons they were forced to return but that does not mean that the Maldives worked against the Palestine resolution. It was co-sponsored by the Maldives and we did a lot of campaigning for it.” The resolution was adopted with 107 ... Turkey's PM congratulates Palestine over UNESCO membership United States ceases UNESCO funding following Palestine vote Washington Cuts off Financial Support to UNESCO in Reprisal for "Democractic ... |
The Guardian | Obama will rue his lack of principle on Palestine's Unesco membership The Guardian Palestine is voted as a new Unesco member state. Photograph: Dou Matar/Unesco The cheers that rang across the hall of the Unesco meeting when Palestine became a member on Monday are being echoed in surprising quarters. The Obama administration has ... Settlement building to ramp up as punishment for UNESCO vote Welcoming Palestine to UNESCO Palestine Becomes Member of UNESCO, US Cuts Funds |
Stuff.co.nz | Gillard ignored Rudd's pleas on Palestine Sydney Morning Herald Prime Minister Julia Gillard sided with Israel in opposing Palestinian membership of a United Nation's cultural organisation, despite pleas from her Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd for Australia to abstain on the vote. Australia was one of 14 countries to ... Gillard rebuffed Rudd on Palestine Chester thanks the PM |