Voice of America | Palestinian president returns home triumphantly after achieving acceptance ... Washington Post RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating his people's new acceptance to the United Nations. Israel Retaliates for UN Vote on Palestine Palestinian president returns to hero's welcome Israel seizes $120m in Palestinian tax revenue over UN vote |
Scotsman | The UN vote on Palestine: Profiles in cowardice Washington Post (blog) Last week's vote to extend non-member observer status to the Palestinians at the United Nations was a virtual primer on what is wrong with the U.N., the European Union, the Palestinian Authority and the United States when it comes to the Middle East. Roadmap to Palestine state Palestine: U.N. does the right thing Israel withholding Palestine's $100 million tax revenues |
Al-Arabiya | Palestine inches towards statehood The Nation The death of President Yasser Arafat, while he was walking a tightrope of simultaneously managing peaceful and military approaches towards accruing statehood for Palestine, brought a new phase in the struggle. The Palestinian-Israeli security ... Palestine becomes an Arab concern again Changing contours of Israel-Palestine conflict Palestine 2012 -- Gaza and the UN resolution |
Israel withholds tax revenues from Palestinian Authority Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM -- Israel said Sunday it would withhold more than $100 million in tax revenue this month from the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, the latest reaction to last week's U.N. vote recognizing the Palestinian territories as a "nonmember ... |
Abbas calls for Palestinian unity after 'birth certificate' for Palestinian state CNN Jerusalem (CNN) -- Standing before throngs of cheering supporters Sunday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for an end to the division among Palestinians in the wake of the United Nations upgrading the authority's status -- as Israel ... |
Ynetnews | 'Turkey wants Palestine to become full member of Ynetnews Turkey wants to see the Palestinian flag wave outside the United Nations' building as one of the world body's full members, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday. According to the Turkish daily Hurriyet, Davutoglu's remark was made ... Turkey calls for independent Palestine Turkish Leaders Blast Israel, Support 'Palestine' |
UN vote on Palestine status inflicts new divides in Europe, NATO Los Angeles Times Palestinians celebrate the U.N. vote to upgrade their territory's status, conferring de facto recognition of Palestine statehood. The 138-9 vote, with 41 abstentions, was seen as a rebuke of U.S. policy in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. (Atef Safadi ... |
Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather in downtown Montreal CBC.ca Palestinian supporters demonstrated in downtown Montreal today to call for an "end to Canadian complicity" in what they say is the oppression of people in Gaza. The protest comes on the heels of last week's decision by the United Nations General ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Israel exacts retaliation for Palestinian statehood vote as it confiscates ... Telegraph.co.uk It left the Palestinian Authority (PA) facing a financial black hole that could prevent it from paying the salaries of thousands of workers, just as Mr Abbas in Ramallah exhorted his countrymen to celebrate "a decisive landmark on the path of our ... |
Bringing the deliciousness of Palestine to Beirut The Daily Star Atayeb Falastine, roughly translated as the “deliciousness of Palestine,” brings together 20 Palestinian women – 10 from the northern refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared and 10 from the country's largest camp, the south's Ain al-Hilweh – for workshops with ... |