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'State Of Palestine' Name Change Ordered By Palestinian Authority President ... - Huffington Post Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:55:00 GMT

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'State Of Palestine' Name Change Ordered By Palestinian Authority President ...
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China's foreign minister reaffirmed support for Palestinian aspirations at the U.N. during a meeting last Friday with a Palestinian envoy. <em>Caption: Bassam al-Salhi (L), the general secretary of the Palestinian People's Party, shakes hands with ...
'Palestine' to be used in West Bank public documentsBBC News
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State of Palestine replaces PNA - gulfnews.com Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:15:39 GMT

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State of Palestine replaces PNA
gulfnews.com
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a presidential decree replacing the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) with the State of Palestine and ordering the use of its logo on all Palestinian official documents and transactions ...


Israel and Palestine, play nice and learn to share - Haaretz Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:00:05 GMT

Israel and Palestine, play nice and learn to share
Haaretz
At the same time, 45 years after the occupation began and 20 years after the signing of the Oslo Accords, the existing strategy of separating Israel from Palestine appears unattainable. The time has come, mainly for the Zionist left, to admit that a ...


Abbas orders official use of 'State of Palestine' - AFP Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:50:00 GMT

Abbas orders official use of 'State of Palestine'
AFP
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas gave orders Sunday for work to begin on new passports, ID cards, drivers' licences and stamps reading "State of Palestine," official media said. The decree, carried by the official ...


'Palestine:' A State in Name Only - Daily Beast Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:05:54 GMT

Daily Beast

'Palestine:' A State in Name Only
Daily Beast
On Friday, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree that henceforward the PA would be known as the “State of Palestine.” Henceforward, all signs, stamps and official documents will bear the new letterhead. Yet here's what's ...


Haniyeh: Free Palestine - Arutz Sheva Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:28:52 GMT

Haniyeh: Free Palestine
Arutz Sheva
Gaza Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called, Sunday, to free "Palestine" from the "Jewish occupier." Meeting with a delegation from Morocco, which heads the presidium of the Al-Quds Committee, which is responsible for the defense of "Arab" Jerusalem, ...

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Financial crisis strains Palestinian government - USA TODAY Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:31:50 GMT

Financial crisis strains Palestinian government
USA TODAY
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian self-rule government is in "extreme jeopardy" because of an unprecedented financial crisis, largely because Arab countries have failed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in promised aid, the Palestinian ...


Abbas: Don't Say 'Palestinian Authority', Say 'Palestine' - Arutz Sheva Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:21:38 GMT

Arutz Sheva

Abbas: Don't Say 'Palestinian Authority', Say 'Palestine'
Arutz Sheva
The report cited the PA-based Wafa news agency as having said that Abbas asked the institutions to replace 'Palestinian Authority' with the term 'the State of Palestine' in accordance with the UN recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state.


Palestine's boozy revolution: Taybeh beer heads for global domination - Al-Bawaba Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:31:53 GMT

Palestine's boozy revolution: Taybeh beer heads for global domination
Al-Bawaba
Taybeh, which is Arabic for 'delicious', is a village 35km north of Jerusalem in the Occupied West Bank. It also happens to be the name-sake of a tasty drop of alcohol that is gaining a glowing reputation for its crisp, fresh taste, despite its unusual ...


Arabs Can Act for Syria and Palestine--Before it's Too Late - Huffington Post (blog) Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:32:12 GMT

Arabs Can Act for Syria and Palestine--Before it's Too Late
Huffington Post (blog)
During the next few months, the Arab World will have its hands full with problems requiring urgent attention. Chief among them are the ongoing crises in Syria and Palestine, both of which are fast approaching their respective "points of no return ...