Ahram Online | FEATURE-West Bank high life masks deepening economic crisis Reuters Palestinian Authority's financial problems grow* Public sector, international aid concentrate wealth* Occupation, poor planning have stifled growthBy Noah BrowningRAMALLAH, West Bank, July 4 (Reuters) A Post 'Arab Spring' Palestine West Bank high life masks deepening economic crisis |
International Business Times | Palestinians ready to exhume Yasser Arafat's body after Swiss lab finds ... New York Daily News Yasser Arafat's body may be exhumed to allow for more testing of the causes of his death, the Palestinian president said Wednesday, after a Swiss lab said it found elevated levels of a radioactive isotope in belongings the Palestinian leader is said to ... Exhuming Arafat: Palestinian Leader May Have Been Poisoned With Polonium Poisoning claim: Palestine agrees to exhume Arafat body Was Yasser Arafat murdered? Palestinians exhume body after radioactive ... |
European Jewish Press | US Needs Wiggle Room to Escape Unesco Trap Bloomberg The Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian town of Bethlehem could use a few repairs, but is it in peril? The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization says so, having declared the church an endangered World Heritage site last ... UNESCO Grants Bethlehem Church 'World Heritage' Status Birthplace of Jesus Listed by UN as World Heritage Site UNESCO grants Palestinian site heritage status: Netanyahu outraged by ... |
Al-Arabiya | Olympics-Palestine judoka proud to earn London berth Reuters JERUSALEM, July 4 (Reuters) - When Maher Abu Rmeileh makeshis bow on the Olympic judo mat in London this month, he willbecome the first Palestinian to compete at a Games on merit.The 28-year-old father. Palestine judoka proud to earn London berth First Palestinian qualifies for Olympics Judoka's mat finish for Palestine |
Haaretz | Risks worth taking to save Palestine Gulf Daily News Still, Palestinians receive less than one-10th of the water allocated to irrigate lush landscapes and lavish swimming pools in the Jewish only settlements (83 cubic metres a year per Palestinian versus 1450 cubic metres a year per person in Jewish only ... Presbyterian Church (USA) to vote on divestment measure at General Assembly Why the Israeli-US censure? Boycott, divestment and sanctions put allies at odds |
Ma'an News Agency | Palestine dispute mars global arms treaty talks Pakistan Observer United Nations—Talks on the $70 billion a year global arms trade talks hit deadlock before starting amid a diplomatic battle over Palestinian representation. Arab demands that Palestinians be allowed to take part led to a threat of an Israeli walkout ... UN arms talks resume after Palestine compromise Palestine at UN arms trade treaty Palestinian Recognition Set Back by Israeli-American Roadblock |
Times LIVE | West Bank Weapons Crackdown: Palestinian Government Detains Dozens In ... Huffington Post JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has launched his broadest weapons crackdown in years, for the first time confronting his own loyalists, including rogue security officers and gunmen linked to his Fatah movement. Palestine arrests 150 in weapons crack-down |
msnbc.com | Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir dies msnbc.com The agreements, including Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's recognition of Israel, did nothing to ease his suspicion. In a 1997 interview with the New York-based Jewish Post, he declared: "The Arabs will always dream to destroy us. I do not believe ... Israel's quintessential hard man, Yitzhak Shamir, dies quietly at 96 Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir dies Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir Dies at 96 |
AFP | Palestinian Authority Police Brutalize Peaceful Protesters Bay Area Indymedia "For two consecutive days, EU and US-trained Palestinian Authority (PA) police and un-uniformed thugs attack(ed) Palestinians protesting against the invitation of Israeli war criminal Shaul Mofaz to Ramallah." Mofaz heads Kadima. He and Netanyahu ... Palestine's dead process Palestine: Meeting delayed with Israeli vice PM Palestinian president postpones Israel's Mofaz meeting |
Palestine Chronicle | Palestinians, Beware False Friends Palestine Chronicle A press release has just arrived in my inbox from the Palestinian Mission UK proudly proclaiming Ambassador Hassassian's jaunt to the Labour Friends of Palestine Gala Dinner where he was keynote speaker alongside Labour Party leader Ed Miliband. |