RT | Israel-Palestine A peace process that is going nowhere The Economist Mr Kerry has been trying desperately to bridge the gap between Mr Netanyahu and his Palestinian opposite number, Mahmoud Abbas, who presides over the Palestinian Authority that partially runs chunks of the West Bank (Areas A and B—see our map) ... Israel slaps Palestine with economic sanctions amid collapsing peace talks UN accepts Palestinian treaty applications The real story on Palestine's UN treaties |
Israel and Palestine Take a break The Economist The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas (pictured right), says he cannot submit to such demands as a precondition. He would be ditched by his own people if he were to cast Israel's Arabs (who are a fifth of Israeli citizens) into what they see as a ... |
Israel imposes tax sanction on Palestinian Authority BBC News Israel has imposed sanctions against the Palestinian Authority (PA) in retaliation for its signing up to join international treaties, officials say. They say taxes collected on behalf of the PA will be frozen, with limited access to bank deposits in ... |
Freedom riders on the move in Palestine Aljazeera.com As far as I could tell, that was the number of cigarette packs, all the same brand, that lay strewn like a dystopian art installation on the bunk above Zakaria Zbaidi's bed in the prison wing of the Palestinian Authority Police Academy in Ramallah. He ... |
Aljazeera.com | Israel warns Palestine of unilateral action Aljazeera.com "The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention," Abbas said, after signing the demand during a meeting at his Ramallah ... Israel-Palestine peace talks: The endgame Netanyahu vows retaliation after Palestinian treaty move Israel considers 'unilateral action' over Palestine move |
Palestinian Urges Boycott of Israeli Settlements ABC News The Palestinian U.N. envoy urged the world Tuesday to boycott products from "illegal" Israeli settlements as part of a stepped up campaign to help Palestine become independent. Riyad Mansour told a U.N. meeting Tuesday that the Palestinians are ready ... |
Ma'an News Agency | Thousands run the Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem Ma'an News Agency BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- More than 3,000 runners from around the world took part in the second annual Palestine Marathon on Friday, passing the Israeli separation wall and curbing around checkpoints on the 42-kilometer (26 miles) course. The marathon is ... Nader Al-Masri, the missing Palestinian Mideast Tensions Sideline a Gazan Marathon Runner Palestine marathon highlights lack of freedom of movement |
France's main Jewish group fined for defaming Palestine charity The Electronic Intifada (blog) ... aboard the flotilla as dangerous extremists and terrorists. According to its own website, CBSP, founded in 1990, supports initiatives for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan and such projects as constructing water purification equipment for ... |
Palestine Accedes to International Human Rights Conventions FIDH FIDH commends Palestine's positive move to « exercise its legal right as a State [1] to join those instruments and live up to its international responsibility », as expressed by the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN and recalls that the ratification of ... Ramallah Gloats: Onward 'to Independence' |
The Week Magazine | Sorry, there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Week Magazine The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has had an intractable quality from the beginning: Two peoples with competing, exclusivist claims to one small parcel of land. That's one important reason why every attempt to broker a lasting peace agreement over the ... |