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2010-07-21 … of 196 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 74); and Pages H1484ă86, H1487ă88 Weiner amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for assistance to the Palestinian Authority or for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank or Gaza. Pages H1497ăH1500 Withdrawn: Woolsey amendment that was offered and subsequently …
2010-07-21 … […] Pages H1484-86, H1487-88 Weiner amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for assistance to the Palestinian Authority or for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank or Gaza […] Pages H1497-H1500 Withdrawn: Woolsey amendment that was …
2010-07-21 … he valued his growing popularity in the Arab world […] Rahman al-Qudwa is better known as Yasser Arafat, PLO chairman since 1968 and president of Palestinian Authority, which is now at war with Israel. According to Gen. Pacepa\'s account, communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu ordered his people to bring Arafat over …
2010-07-24 … co-founder of the Popular Resistance Committee, a group formed by the \"best and brightest\" Gaza jihadists; had been the Palestinian Authority\'s Interior Ministry General Supervisor born on --1963 in al-Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza expired -8- in Rafal, Gaza age 43 …
2010-07-25 … doing.” In February the Saudi Arabian government torpedoed U.S. plans to conduct a high-profile peace summit meeting between Israel and the Palestinian Authority by brokering their own power-sharing agreement, catching the U.S. off guard and ensuring the agreement would not require Hamas to recognize Israel …
2010-07-25 … words, even though the report cited only one instance of anti-Semitic harassment and one hostile cartoon there. Only 86 words were devoted to the Palestinian Authority (PA), despite the frequency of anti-Semitism in its newspapers and on its television and radio programs. The report gave more space to Armenia (194 …
2010-07-25 … appointed Richardson as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. As ambassador, he represented the United States in UN proceedings regarding the Palestinian National Authority and the State of Israel, the completion of negotiations that strengthened the role and mandate of the United Nations Environment Programme regarding …
2010-07-25 … uninterrupted persecution in the years since the Oslo peace process began, suffering from the difficulties of being a religious minority living in a Palestinian Authority whose inner workings, both from a legal and societal perspective, are often governed by strict adherence to Muslim religio... Justus Roux - A …
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2010-07-25 … Uriel \"Uri\" Davis (Hebrew […] born 1943 in Jerusalem) is an academic and activist who works on civil rights in Israel, Palestinian National Authority and the Middle East. Davis has served as Vice-Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights and as lecturer in Peace Studies at the …
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2010-07-25 … and then dismissed their recommendations without ever proposing legislation […] Tried to get Ehud Barak of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian National Authority, to agree to a final settlement agreement […] Initiated the Don’t ask, don’t tell policy toward gays in the military, 1993. …
2010-07-25 … in countries like Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Iran, not to mention within both the Hezbolah controlled towns in Lebanon and the Hamas and Palestinian Authority controlled territories. No democracy is perfect, but like any real democracy, Israel, too has a crucible for its criminals. It\'s called the …
2010-07-25 … care reform […] 9733; Campaign finance reform (1993) Initiatives […] 9733; Tried to get Ehud Barak of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian National Authority , to agree to a final settlement agreement […] 9733; Initiated the Don\'t ask, don\'t tell policy toward gay s in the military, 1993 […] …
2010-07-25 … to enact the bill into law. Proposals not passed by Congress Initiatives Tried to get Ehud Barak of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian National Authority , to agree to a final settlement agreement […] Initiated the Don\'t ask, don\'t tell policy toward gays in the military, 1993. Reversed a ban …
2010-07-25 … passed by Congress Health care reform Campaign finance reform (1993) Initiatives Tried to get Ehud Barak of Israel & Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian National Authority, to agree to a final settlement agreement. Initiated the Don\'t ask, don\'t tell policy toward gays in the military, 1993. Reversed a ban on …
2010-07-25 … a Palestinian state before President Bush leaves office in January...The move is intended to ensure any agreements reached by the Israelis and the Palestinian Authority, and spelled out in a joint document, will be recognized by the next U.S. administration and binding for Israel and the PA. The information comes as …
2010-07-25 … \"Peace... is a common and enduring goal for all Israelis and all Israeli governments, mine included. This means I will negotiate with the Palestinian Authority for peace,\" he told Arab and Israeli business people at a conference in Jerusalem. \"I think the Palestinians should understand that they have in …
2010-07-25 … Israeli war of independence until the 1967 Six Day War occupied by Jordan and Egypt […] 1 […] 2 […] 3 ] The international community and the Palestinian Authority regard East Jerusalem as part of the West Bank, and consequently a part of the Palestinian territories; but Israel regards it as an integral part …
2008-02-20 … in Pakistan, but he also expects new government leaders to seek good relations with Washington. MIDDLE EAST: Palestine Eyes Kosovo A senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine may unilaterally declare itself independent (BBC), as Kosovo did, if negotiations with Israel fail. The …
2009-05-20 … As a result of confusion about the conflict’s nature, the solutions that were nevertheless tried, such as the Oslo agreement establishing the Palestinian Authority, or Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, resulted in costly failures. The suffering of Israelis and Palestinian Arabs increased. Article …
2009-07-07 … is resolved. Peace Now and similar organizations have called for Migron to be destroyed in any case, as it is located in an area claimed by the Palestinian Authority as part of a future Arab state, and has not received official government authorization. Besides debating the court's jurisdiction, residents offered …
2009-07-05 … The Center for American Progress (CAP) correctly determined that the issue of Jerusalem is the primarily obstacle to peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. As such, in order to move forward with the land-for-peace process as a whole, CAP has suggested that a third party administer and police the city …
2009-07-05 … Israel's borders. Israel needs, and will get, defensible borders and the complete demilitarization of the Palestinian territory.” PA Rejects The Palestinian Authority has rejected all of Netanyahu's conditions, and continues to insist that Arab “refugees” descended from those who fled pre-state Israel in the 1940s …
2009-07-04 … he calls for the creation of a PA state. Jews want rights as minority in PA Another new poll showed that most Israeli Jews believe that any future Palestinian Authority-led Arab state in Judea and Samaria should provide Jews with equal rights, including the right to live freely in its territory. The statistic was …
2009-07-03 … President Mahmoud Abbas has said U.S.-backed peace talks with Israel cannot resume until all settlement activity has ceased on captured land the Palestinians want for a state. Washington has also called for a total halt to settlement building in the West Bank, a demand that has opened the most serious …
2009-07-03 … will be built in the strategic West Bank without approval of the Obama administration and the Palestinians, Nimer Hamad, senior political adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told WND. In spite of recent reports Israel will build 50 new homes in a northern West Bank Jewish community, Hamad said …
2009-07-02 … in the past. "And if the Arab world fails to deliver," Wexler said, "you can rightly say that all bets are off." Wexler dismissed concerns that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was waiting for Obama to "deliver" Israel while the PA made no conciliatory steps, saying that if he did believe that, he …
2009-07-07 … to headlines] U.S. ‘Partner’ Warns Don’t Deal With Israel Believes Obama will push Jewish state to give in without Arab concessions JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority, once called a U.S. “peace partner” in the Mideast, has launched a behind-the-scenes diplomatic campaign to lobby Arab countries against accepting …
2007-08-11 … deceived, as the media campaign was fierce and so was the disinformation campaign. The diplomatic flurry in the region is not aimed at solving the Palestinian problem, but is an outright ploy to cover preparation for war. So, be ready for war and a possible “peace conference” that follows to achieve …
2009-06-14 … wants to leave as a legacy of his presidency of the EU a strong foundation on which to lay the foundations of a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority and, ultimately, the creation of a new state and the first step towards achieving that end will be a summit that the President will have with …
2009-06-08 … a permanent, complete council tasked with working towards reconciliation,'' said the mayor. Alemanno said he would also discuss the idea with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas later on Tuesday. The mayor said he hoped to launch the council on April 21, 2010, the birthday of Rome's mythical founding, …
2009-07-04 … century. The problem is that we're already in the 21st.” Moreover, such a precondition “is almost humiliating and it is unlikely to be met,” by the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to Avi Issacharoff, writing in Haaretz on June 17. Israeli analyst M.J. Rosenberg wrote on June 19: Acceptance of Israel as a …
2009-01-12 … and durable cease fire, its call for a mechanism to stop the arms smuggling, and its call for the border crossings to be opened only under Palestinian Authority control. “This resolution has many positive elements, and it is no wonder that they are very angry with it in Syria, and that Hamas is unhappy with …
2009-06-16 … Palestinian youths snuck in and started masturbating in front of tourists Daniel Edelson Published: 06.16.09, 00:48 / Israel News Men from the Palestinian Authority looking to enter the 'New Kaliya' beach on the Dead Sea are not allowed entry if they are alone. Ynet has learned that the beach directorate has …
2009-02-19 … Union “ or “Union for the Mediterranean,” which will include all EU member states, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey, was launched in mid-2008, under some concern among Arabs that this might normalize their relationship with Israel. This …
2006-02-20 Although a new government of the Palestinian Authority is not yet in place, both Israel and the United States looks like doing whatever they can to deprive it of any financial means. Israel is …
2009-07-04 … into the mix, implying their participation as forces on the ground. Open a diplomatic channel with, and through, Syria. Middlegame: Cultivate the Palestinian Authority's new government, providing training to its police forces, while providing the promise of new investments to its business class. Use channel to …
2009-05-04 … blanks with derivatives from this calculus, rally Europe and the UN Security Council to its version of the Plan, and present it to Israel and the Palestinian Authority in a comprehensive package (international forces in Jerusalem, defense pact with Israel, investment plan for Palestine, etc.). The Plan should then …
2009-07-04 … into the mix, implying their participation as forces on the ground. Open a diplomatic channel with, and through, Syria. Middlegame: Cultivate the Palestinian Authority's new government, providing training to its police forces, while providing the promise of new investments to its business class. Use channel to …
2009-01-20 … to transfer to families whose homes had been destroyed, burnishing the militant group’s reputation among the population. The goal is to allow the Palestinian Authority, as well as Arab and international entities, to lead reconstruction efforts and funding, taking credit for Gaza’s rehabilitation in place of Hamas …
2009-01-25 … Mahmoud Abbas does not represent the majority of the Palestinians who voted for Hamas in 2006 because they were fed up with the corrupt and brutal “Palestinian Authority” after Israel “disposed of” Arafat who fell into the trap called “Oslo agreements”. “To be a genuine party to peace the quartett has made it clear …
2009-06-20 … the country has to be divided between them. (Anyhow, 40% of the population of the “Jewish” state was to consist of Arabs.) Condition 2: The Palestinian Authority must first of all establish its rule over the Gaza Strip. How? After all, the Israeli government prevents travel between the West Bank and the Gaza …
2009-01-11 … the main settlement blocs on the West Bank to the State of Israel. Withdrawal from Gaza was thus not a prelude to a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority but a prelude to further Zionist expansion on the West Bank. Israel’s settlers were withdrawn but Israeli soldiers continued to control all access …
2009-04-01 … said peace with the Palestinians was possible, while making no mention of a future Palestinian state. “We will carry out peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority with a view to reaching a final accord. Under the final accord, the Palestinians will have all the rights to govern themselves except those that can …
2008-03-07 … in Littleton , Colorado , nine years ago, the similarities are eerie: this, indeed, was Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold in Jerusalem . I applaud Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for quickly condemning the massacre, and I know that many, many Muslims, including …
2009-07-06 … you, it is .International Law. that helped create the Oslo Accords in the first place. In fact, Israel has conceded a .legal entitlement. to the Palestinian Authority to create a Palestinian state if it would just stop terrorism against Israelis. Israels Supreme Court has been used by PA Arabs to sue Israel and in …
2009-07-01 … In solidarity with their allies in the Moslem world, the left is at the very least willing to tolerate the anti-Semitism of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Iran (all viewed as revolutionary movements or regimes), but increasingly prone to indulge in the age-old evil itself. * The left is at …
2009-06-26 … reality in which he lives. The group is made up of Israeli Arabs and Jews, and contacts are made with Arab mental health personnel from the Palestinian Authority. Members come from the social work professions, both from the field and from the academic community. The group serves as a laboratory for developing …
2009-06-15 … promote "Two States for Two Peoples" requires a bit of cognitive dissonance. After all, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, turning it over to the "Palestinian Authority," and the whole world saw the consequences. They included 8000 rocket missiles aimed at Jewish civilians inside Israel. So those who insist that the …
2009-06-14 … negotiate with Israel, let alone recognize its right to exist. It was Hamas that refused to prolong the ceasefire agreement, to the dismay of the Palestinian Authority and the fury of Egypt. But Bar-Tal is adamant. Bar-Tal loves to use the phrase "extremists on both sides,"*8* as if Jewish suicide bombers are …
2009-06-05 … by definition, you and me, the taxpayers of the United States - have determined they will yield to the racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic demands of the Palestinian Authority that no Jews be allowed to live in their new state. I like to think that in any other part of the world, this kind of effort at ethnically cleansing …
2007-04-04 … It must be noted that given its still precarious political position and the fact that Germany is presently responsible for the EU presidency, the Palestinian Authority is downplaying any criticism of Merkel opting instead to put out the statement that it welcomed the German role.
2008-03-21 … In February 2006, after Hamas won a majority of seats in the Palestinian parliament and amid a U.S. and Israeli attempt to isolate the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority, Malley wrote an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun advocating international aid to the terror group’s newly formed government. “The Islamists (Hamas) ran …
2007-04-04 … I hear Germany-bashing at a pro-Israel conference, I’ll have to remind the detractors of this: Palestinians ‘offended’ by Merkel’s pro-Israel stance Palestinian Authority officials have accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel of “offending the Palestinians’ feelings” during her visit earlier this week to Ramallah, …
2005-08-07 … by way of a number of links below. Challenge magazine, in its recent issue (May-June 2002) has published an in depth article on Israel’s war on the Palestinian Authority. This expresses the view that the war was aimed at transforming the West Bank and Gaza into a Protectorate under US sponsorship. (See From Statelet …
2009-05-04 … they dont wanna say that. He could also carry a sign saying Relocate the Palestinians to Austria. Or he could carry a sign saying Israel is now the Palestinian Authority. I think basically all those fit the bill. Bunnypants Furry Walnuts following Chris Patten is like Paris Hilton following Richard Hass as chief of …
2009-07-03 … Obama called on Israel to freeze even the natural growth of its existing settlements in the West Bank, without issuing a single demand to the Palestinian Authority. Why would the United States now elevate the marginal issue of settlement growth to the top of its Middle East agenda? Because Washington wanted to …
2009-05-27 … homes would not help the peace process. Nir Barkat, Jerusalem’s new mayor, criticized Clinton for being duped by Palestinian propaganda. The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of “ethnically cleansing” East Jerusalem in order to “Judaize” the city. The European Union has also harshly criticized Israel. …
2009-05-22 … 10:50 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – Christians in the Palestinian territories are being "watched," a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority admitted to WND. "We have been watching this Christian organization and for the moment there is nothing special in their activity," said Adnan …
2009-07-03 … Obama called on Israel to freeze even the natural growth of its existing settlements in the West Bank, without issuing a single demand to the Palestinian Authority. Why would the United States now elevate the marginal issue of settlement growth to the top of its Middle East agenda? Because Washington wanted to …
2009-05-27 … homes would not help the peace process. Nir Barkat, Jerusalem’s new mayor, criticized Clinton for being duped by Palestinian propaganda. The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of “ethnically cleansing” East Jerusalem in order to “Judaize” the city. The European Union has also harshly criticized Israel. …
2009-07-03 … Obama called on Israel to freeze even the natural growth of its existing settlements in the West Bank, without issuing a single demand to the Palestinian Authority. Why would the United States now elevate the marginal issue of settlement growth to the top of its Middle East agenda? Because Washington wanted to …
2009-05-27 … homes would not help the peace process. Nir Barkat, Jerusalem’s new mayor, criticized Clinton for being duped by Palestinian propaganda. The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of “ethnically cleansing” East Jerusalem in order to “Judaize” the city. The European Union has also harshly criticized Israel. …
2009-05-22 … 10:50 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – Christians in the Palestinian territories are being "watched," a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority admitted to WND. "We have been watching this Christian organization and for the moment there is nothing special in their activity," said Adnan …
2009-04-21 … beginning to realize that they are now divided by that exact process that the PLO has lead them into. This being the Peace Process which yielded the Palestinian Authority – a government forced to function under the grip of occupation and forced to cater to the whim of its occupier. A government without a state to …
2009-04-19 … agree with anything said by Khaled Meshaal, a leader of Hamas, the organization that was democratically elected by Palestinians to a majority in the Palestinian Authority’s legislative assembly. Again, Pederson takes the low road by using a questionable quotation from the Hamas charter from 1988 to try to imply that …
2009-07-02 … the Europa Park Strasbourg, 02.07.2009 - Forty-two young people from conflict and post-conflict regions, including Israel and the territories under Palestinian Authority, Georgia (including South Ossetia and Abkhazia) and the Kosovo Serb and Albanian communities, will attend a one-week training course at the "Europa …
2009-04-26 … investieren um die Arbeitsplätze für die Palästinenser zu schaffen. The role of the US, EU, and Japan should not be only to transfer money to the Palestinian Authority. They ought, rather, to invest in concrete projects to create jobs for the Palestinians. Reasons for Hamas's Success: Denn die Hamas hat die …
2009-04-24 … on a quid pro quo, than it is to play the role of yes man to the president and gain nothing in return. Ehud Olmert emerged from his many talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with the impression that, because of the Palestinians' positions on the so-called core issues, there is no chance for a …
2009-01-15 … to Indonesia see the pictures and are horrified. This has a strong impact on the war. Many of the viewers see the rulers of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian National Authority as collaborators with Israel in carrying out these atrocities against their Palestinian brothers. If the war ends with Hamas still standing, …
2009-01-15 … the post-Cold War world, derived its name from the idea that Israel must make a "clean break" with the historic 1993 Oslo Accords between it and the Palestinian Authority, and revert to "a peace process and strategy based on an entirely {new intellectual foundation} one that restores strategic initiative and provides …
2008-05-19 … payments that will total some NIS 640 million. [no comment] Less than a week after a speech by US President George W. Bush spurred condemnation from Palestinian Authority officials - who accused the American leader of being one-sided in peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis - PA President Mahmoud Abbas …
2006-04-05 … of effete European diplomats nervously pondered the question of what to do with the millions in aid the EU, UN, U.S. and others donated to the Palestinian Authority. For a brief moment, the European diplomatic corps who had long dealt with senior officials from the then ousted Fatah, boldly declared they would …
2006-04-04 … until Olmert launches his withdrawal plan. Olmert’s ability to pass any form of disengagement from the West Bank also depends on the state of the Palestinian Authority. If Hamas was able to spin the Gaza withdrawal as a victory for their endless guerilla war while out of power, a withdrawal of the sizable West Bank …
2006-04-24 … bombers." Is this some kind of a joke? Much of the news these days ends in such harsh quasi-punch lines. Fatah terrorists demand an apology of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for his "offense" — condemning this week's Palestinian suicide bombing. Nuke-seeking Iran has an appointment with the …
2009-03-09 … on the Palestinian side. None of the promises made to Palestinians materialized. “The Palestinians suffered more under Oslo than before Oslo.” The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) had neither sovereignty over the land nor over the people or their free movement. For the failure of Oslo, Gordon blames not only Israel but …
2009-06-15 … the creation of a Palestinian state but only if it was demilitarised. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's spokesman said his comments challenged Palestinian, Arab and US positions. But the US said Mr Netanyahu's stance was an "important step forward". In a landmark speech, weeks after US President Barack …
2009-05-30 … and seemed slanted in Israel's favor. "The Obama administration has shown seriousness in terms of early engagement," says Nasser al-Kidwa, a former Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister. "We should be ready to do our part to fulfill our commitments." Still, conditions are less than ideal, because Israel's right-wing …
2009-05-28 … of Jewish settlements in the West Bank is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to President Obama's bid to resume the Middle East peace process. The Palestinian Authority says it has ruled out restarting peace talks with Israel unless it freezes settlement activity and removes all roadblocks in the West Bank. …
2009-05-21 … said that only Israeli sovereignty over a united Jerusalem would ensure free religious practice and access to holy sites by the three major faiths. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Netanyahu's position on Jerusalem was a setback to the goal of a two-state solution, which is strongly supported by the …
2008-08-20 … Abbas that he would be "a constructive partner in the peace process" and "would not waste a minute if elected." He emphasized that what Israelis and Palestinians need is a true and lasting peace instead of a piece of paper, and that it is in Israel's interests to establish "a viable, peaceful Palestine." …
2009-07-06 … the ground is the leadership vacuum in the Palestinian community in East Jerusalem. The Israelis have successfully pursued a policy of excluding the Palestinian Authority, of restricting the cultural and service delivery activities run by Palestinians, and of decapitating the Hamas movement through incarceration. …
2009-05-30 Curt Here... The article posted below details how Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to deal with the problem that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become to the worlds desire for a two …
2009-05-21 … place at Ammunition Hill in east Jerusalem, site of one of the bloodiest battles in the city in the 1967 war, situated now in a Jewish neighborhood. Palestinians: Netanyahu's comments invite 'eternal' conflict Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said later Thursday that Netanyahu's position on Jerusalem was a …
2009-05-19 … Western calls to recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept existing interim peace accords, took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, leaving Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas governing essentially only in the West Bank. NETANYAHU DISAPPOINTS PALESTINIANS Nabil Abu Rdainah, senior aide to Abbas, …
2009-05-15 … Earlier, the pontiff said he prayed for a lifting of Israel's embargo on Gaza. The BBC's Tim Franks said that the Pope used the stark backdrop of a Palestinian refugee camp to deliver one of his strongest expressions of support for the Palestinians. Standing in the shadow of Israel's separation wall in the …
2009-04-22 … the Palestinians have been invited for talks in Washington in a new push for Middle East peace. PM Benjamin Netanyahu, President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have been asked to the White House for talks likely by early June. The peace process has been beset by conflict and adversity …
2009-04-17 … President Obama is going work very hard in the near future towards the creation of a Palestinian state. According to the article posted below the Palestinian Authority claim that President Obama sent a message through George Mitchell who has been in the Middle East, that the Administration is going to "move more …
2009-04-03 … would entertain Holocaust survivors. They would play their favorite classics, and also some songs of peace; a way to bridge the divide between Palestinians and Israelis. At the concert last Wednesday, the group of 13 young musicians from Jenin played for about 30 Holocaust survivors and they even …
2009-03-07 … pursuing the illegal annexation' of East Jerusalem. The document says Israel has accelerated its plans for East Jerusalem, and is undermining the Palestinian Authority's credibility and weakening support for peace talks. 'Israel's actions in and around Jerusalem constitute one of the most acute challenges to …
2009-02-11 … some of the victims were prisoners who escaped from Gaza’s central prison when Israel bombed the facility, while others were former members of the Palestinian Authority security services or members of the rival Fatah party which administers the West Bank. One victim was quoted as testifying: 'Four masked men came to …
2009-01-31 … figure at between 25 and 30 documented cases of reprisal. A human rights group in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, and funded by the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, has protested. 'A number of citizens have been extra-judicially killed during and after the Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip,' the …
2009-07-08 … from that of sovereignty, have their eyes on the wrong ball. What makes the settlement issue so contentious, in fact, is the refusal of the Palestinian Authority to accept, and to guarantee the safety of, Jewish settlers on land that one day could be part of a Palestinian state. If Jews were able to live …
2009-07-07 … the international criticism of Israel which Israel's efforts to protect its civilians from these rocket attacks would reliably trigger. Recently, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told The Washington Post that the Palestinians had once again rejected a two-state solution. Former Prime Minister Olmert, …
2009-07-04 One of the best journalists in the region... The leaders of the Palestinian Authority do not want the international community to hear anything about massive abuse of human rights and intimidation of journalists that its security …
2009-07-04 I'm sure the Palestinian Authority employees are just thrilled... The Hamas government in Gaza has recently decided to cut the salaries of Palestinian Authority employees in the Strip in order to finance Koran studies. In an effort to reinforce Koran study centers across Gaza, Hamas has decided to deduct one …
2009-06-04 … People like Obama, the person. They are still very skeptical about U.S. foreign policy. He injected a note of even-handedness back into the Israeli-Palestinian process. He also talked about respect for the Islamic world. He also talked about how political pursuits should go in there but using Islam in its …
2009-07-04 … metres of water, of which half would gush into the Dead Sea and half would feed a giant desalination plant jointly run by Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, Shalom's ministry said.The next stage would see the construction of a canal to supply two billion m3 of water a year to maintain and increase water …
2009-06-26 … ground,the former British prime minister said.The quartet's declaration also called for an unequivocal end to violence and terrorism,calling on the Palestinian Authority to continue to make every effort to improve law and order and to fight violent extremism.Ban, noting the change of government in both Israel and the …
2009-06-24 … tomb provides a glimpse of the burial customs of the area's inhabitants during the Canaanite period, said Mohammed Ghayyada, director of the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.Workers in a house near the Church of the Nativity uncovered a hole leading to the grave, which was about one …
2009-06-18 … Caspit said.Both the United States and the European Union welcomed Netanyahu's speech as a positive step towards the renewal of peace talks, but the Palestinian Authority slammed it as sabotaging the teetering process.The 59-year-old premier won strong backing from Defence Minister Ehud Barak who faces a mutiny within …
2009-06-15 … potential for archeological tourism, if we can only learn to cooperate and to develop it.I turn to you, our Palestinian neighbors, led by the Palestinian Authority, and I say: Let's begin negotiations immediately without preconditions. Israel is obligated by its international commitments and expects all parties …
2009-06-12 … implement the second stage of the roadmap -- declaring a Palestinian state with temporary borders,said Peres, whose office is mainly ceremonial.The Palestinian Authority flatly rejected this proposal, with president Mahmud Abbas's spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina saying it takes us back to square one.Visiting EU foreign …
2009-06-08 … after he was seized by militants in a deadly cross-border raid. Palestinian PM hopes Obama speech opened new era Sun Jun 7, 5:20 pm ET OSLO (AFP) – Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad said Sunday he was hopeful US President Barack Obama's landmark address to the world's Muslims in Cairo had opened up a …
2009-06-05 … what the war destroyed. However, with Gaza's borders still closed, reconstruction has not begun.Meanwhile, Abbas is also struggling to keep his Palestinian Authority afloat, despite the aid.Since November, his government has had to borrow $530 million from banks to help pay the salaries of some 150,000 civil …
2009-05-30 … and to quell anti-Israel incitement in Palestinian mosques and schools, and took note of challenges Abbas faces with the West Bank ruled by his Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Strip run by Hamas.I very much appreciate that President Abbas has been under enormous pressure to bring about some sort of unity …
2009-05-23 … his envoy said Thursday.After arriving on Monday, Abbas will hold talks with Harper and main opposition Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, Palestinian Authority general delegation chief Amin Abou-Hassira told AFP.He would also inaugurate the Palestinian government's new offices in the Canadian capital, …
2009-05-17 … devastating offensive at the turn of the year, since aid pledges from international donors are conditional on the money passing through Abbas's Palestinian Authority.On Sunday the delegations discussed the legal scope, composition and remit of the Cairo-proposed committee.This issue still has to be discussed in …
2009-05-12 … as Mr. Obama prepares to receive the new Israeli prime minister at the White House on May 18. Mr. Netanyahu will be followed soon thereafter by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.All eyes will be on those meetings – especially on Netanyahu's to see if he continues …
2009-05-09 … East peacemaking, the visit will follow trips to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas.Obama is also trying to coax sworn US foe Iran to the negotiating table in a bid to halt the Islamic state's nuclear …
2009-05-06 … the Net: American Israel Public Affairs Committee: http://www.aipac.org/ Abbas to press Obama for two-state deal Sun May 3, 9:51 am ETAMMAN (AFP) – Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said on Sunday he will tell US President Barack Obama this month that resuming peace talks with Israel hinges on its approval of …
2009-05-02 … Meet the Press television program that threats from Iran and Al Qaeda will fade away once Jerusalem is divided.His position basically echoed the Palestinian Authority (PA) stand that its demands are a condition for peace and are not a matter for negotiation, despite diplomatic and media language about Israel and …
2009-04-30 … to comment on whether Israel is worried about political messages implied by the stage's location, but said Israel is working closely with the Palestinian Authority and local churches to coordinate the visit.Palestinian and Israeli officials are discussing alternate locations in the camp where the pope could …
2009-04-26 … the impasse by proposing its own creative solutions.On Monday, after meeting Abdullah, Obama urged the Israeli government to accept the goal of a Palestinian state and invited Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for separate talks by early June. Netanyahu is …
2009-04-24 … king told Democratic US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one day after delivering the same message at the White House.With talks between the US-backed Palestinian Authority and the Islamist Hamas movement set to resume shortly in Egypt, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday expressed doubt rival Palestinian …
2009-04-17 … the Palestinians to recognise the state of Israel as the state of the Jewish people, the premier's office said he told the US Middle East envoy.The Palestinian Authority (PA) promptly rejected the demand. This is an obstacle on the path to peace and the creation of two states,said Abbas's spokesman.The PA has already …
2009-04-14 … was putting those efforts temporarily on hold. Palestinians call on Canada to cancel scroll exhibition Sat Apr 11, 1:48 pm ET OTTAWA (AFP) – The Palestinian Authority demanded this week the cancellation of an exhibition of Dead Sea Scrolls, which it said were stolen by Israel from Palestinian territories, Canadian …
2009-07-07 … to hear from Israelis and people from the West Bank. Mr. Goldstone said that he would be sending questions soon to authorities from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, asking for input on areas where his team had been unable to gather sufficient information. The mission's final report is due to be …
2009-07-07 … the 2006 legislative election, the Bush administration began a program overseen by Dayton to arm and train anti-Hamas militias nominally loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The campaign has been accompanied by what Hamas and some human rights groups have described as a systematic crackdown on …
2009-07-07 … the official Palestinian response: Hamas won its election, but is kept at arm’s length by the US and others thanks to Israeli machinations, and the Palestinian Authority today is little more than Israel’s plaything. The US itself has all but ignored the incident – indeed, for the mainstream media here, it might not …
2009-07-08 … that poses a threat not only to Israel , but also to the Americans, Europeans and moderate Arabs and Muslims. Both Hamas and its rivals in the Palestinian Authority appear to be satisfied with the fact that the Obama Administration has turned the issue of the settlements into the major problem, shifting …
2009-01-14 … to Indonesia, see the pictures and are horrified. This has a strong impact on the war. Many of the viewers see the rulers of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority as collaborators with Israel in carrying out these atrocities against their Palestinian brothers. The security services of the Arab regimes are …
2008-08-12 … That is why I opposed holding elections in 2006 with Hamas on the ballot […] But During His 2006 Trip To The Middle East, Obama Met With Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas And Said The Election Represented An “Opportunity…To Consolidate Behind A Single Government […] The threat posed by Iran: …
2009-07-09 … Ministry told Israel National News that it would not comment on the new American policy. Granting asylum to the Arabs could be interpreted by the Palestinian Authority as official United States acceptance of them as Arabs with a right to live in Israel but who were granted special status because of the American …
2009-03-11 … for what it really is 3. Video: The Road to Jenin (Pierre Rehov)— 52 Palestinians dead versus 23 Israelis dead... is that a massacre? Even the Palestinian Authority says no. How does propaganda create myths? (“An eye opening film by an independent French film maker Pierre Rehov, which was meant to both counter …
2009-01-20 … its children since the start of violence in October 2000. In this video, two articulate 11-year-old girls were interviewed in the studio of official Palestinian Authority TV. Among other topics, they spoke of their personal yearning to achieve death through Shahada – Death for Allah – and of a similar desire they said …
2009-07-07 … “The problem of refugees must be resolved outside the borders of Israel. “The agreement be an end to the conflict. This is to say that the Palestinians will not be able to raise additional claims following the signing of a peace agreement.” If these conditions are met, Israel will recognize an …
2009-07-01 … in the war, which it terms "collusion". The front-page article from the Iraqi Communist Party rebukes the Saudi government, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority, which it disparagingly dubs the "Oslo Authority". The Mubarak government is condemned for being "a loyal accomplice to Israel and the Oslo …
2009-07-01 … that awaits completion of phase 1 of the road map and the restoration of PLO rule in the Gaza Strip. Former prime minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently discussed with the American press (in interviews in The Washington Post on May 29 and Newsweek of June 13, …
2009-06-30 … issue. Such a move, according to this school of thought, would remove the Palestinian excuse for not restarting negotiations, and paint the Palestinian Authority as the "intransigent" party if it continued to refuse the talks, since they have made a settlement freeze a condition for renewed dialogue. The …
2009-06-29 … by definition, you and me, the taxpayers of the United States – have determined they will yield to the racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic demands of the Palestinian Authority that no Jews be allowed to live in their new state. I like to think that in any other part of the world, this kind of effort at ethnically cleansing …
2009-06-29 … The US administration has already voiced its appreciation of the measures. Barak will also discuss the transfer of security oversight to the Palestinian Authority in four West Bank cities – Ramallah, Jenin, Qalqiliya, and Jericho, and improvements to water and road infrastructure.
2009-06-29 … JERUSALEM POST, Jun. 28, 2009, by Barry Rubin: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's big policy speech received global attention. Not so that of his Palestinian Authority counterpart, Salaam Fayad, whose June 22 presentation deserves careful analysis […] HIS FIRST problem is that Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and …
2009-06-26 … 2003, Mr. Sharon stood alongside Mr. Bush, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas at Aqaba, Jordan, and endorsed Palestinian statehood publicly: "It is in Israel's interest not to govern the Palestinians but for the Palestinians to govern themselves in their own state. A …
2009-06-25 … Authority, would like to see Australian troops posted to the Gaza Strip as peacekeepers […] At the moment, Malki's proposal is unrealistic. The Palestinian Authority cannot guarantee its own security in Gaza. Egypt, let alone the US or Australia, would be unlikely to commit troops and the Israelis would not …
2007-06-07 … of the Palestinian economy and civil society that they cause require pressure to be brought onto Israel. The EU and USA have sanctions against the Palestinian Authority freezing funding, because the elected Hamas government does not recognise Israel. The symbolic issue of Hamas's refusal to acknowledge Israel is …
2009-07-02 … him. At the other end of the scale, neither Ramallah nor Ankara will cheer him to the echo, as less than 20% of those polled in either Turkey or the Palestinian Authority have faith in his abilities. Perhaps if he holidayed in one of those places, he would feel bathed in a warm glow of approval once back in thse …
2009-04-13 … unions are forced to operate. Three sets of labour laws compete in East Jerusalem; the pre 1967 Jordanian; the post 1967 forced Israeli; and the Palestinian National Authority post 1994. Unemployment runs at 33% in the West Bank and 50% in Gaza, where 70-80% of the population are living under the poverty line. Those in …
2005-10-04 … were combined. Still, as bad as things are at level 116, they're still better, according to the noble RSF witnesses, than at level 127 - the Palestinian Authority. The other country that gets a double-ranking free kick is - shall we say it together, kids? - the United States. There is that bastion of press …
2008-08-09 … when he unilaterally declared statehood. The declaration was symbolic and had no concrete significance.Darwish's influence was keenly felt among Palestinians, serving as a powerful voice for many."He started out as a poet of resistance and then he became a poet of conscience," said Palestinian lawmaker …
2009-07-08 … deliver on commitments. They know that Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and has a big support base on the West Bank. They have no illusions about the Palestinian Authority leadership, which makes clear that its entire program is to have others pressure Israel into giving it everything it wants. So the left's response …
2009-07-08 … Yesha The Foreign Ministry has strongly criticized the European Union for charging that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are “strangling the Palestinian Authority economy" and turning the PA into a welfare state. The EU’s accusations were “completely unfounded,” the Foreign Ministry said, and prompted Senior …
2009-07-07 … the spirit of the age! “Palestinian prime minister: Jews would be welcome in future state,” reads the headline. Now, it is well-known that the Palestinian Authority, which the aforementioned prime minister Salam Fayyad sort of heads, has always taken the view that all Jews must be removed from any future …
2009-01-08 … owned by Lebanon's Sabbagh and Koury families, were granted oil and gas exploration rights in a 25 year agreement signed in November 1999 with the Palestinian Authority. The rights to the offshore gas field are respectively British Gas (60 percent); Consolidated Contractors (CCC) (30 percent); and the Investment …
2009-05-09 … Israel or America or Jordan or Egypt or any other moderate Arab country to accept such a two-state solution. Which is why Netanyahu insists that the Palestinian Authority first build institutions -- social, economic and military -- to anchor a state that could actually carry out its responsibilities to keep the peace. …
2009-07-09 … Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Regional Development Minister Silvan Shalom, is also aimed at promoting a number of joint economic ventures with the Palestinian Authority (PA). Until now the Allenby crossing would close its gates at 8 pm. Unlimited availability would foster an increase in the amount of goods …
2009-07-03 … Obama called on Israel to freeze even the natural growth of its existing settlements in the West Bank, without issuing a single demand to the Palestinian Authority. Why would the United States now elevate the marginal issue of settlement growth to the top of its Middle East agenda? Because Washington wanted to …
2009-05-27 … homes would not help the peace process. Nir Barkat, Jerusalem’s new mayor, criticized Clinton for being duped by Palestinian propaganda. The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of “ethnically cleansing” East Jerusalem in order to “Judaize” the city. The European Union has also harshly criticized Israel. …
2009-05-22 … 10:50 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – Christians in the Palestinian territories are being "watched," a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority admitted to WND. "We have been watching this Christian organization and for the moment there is nothing special in their activity," said Adnan …
2009-07-03 … Obama called on Israel to freeze even the natural growth of its existing settlements in the West Bank, without issuing a single demand to the Palestinian Authority. Why would the United States now elevate the marginal issue of settlement growth to the top of its Middle East agenda? Because Washington wanted to …
2009-05-27 … homes would not help the peace process. Nir Barkat, Jerusalem’s new mayor, criticized Clinton for being duped by Palestinian propaganda. The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of “ethnically cleansing” East Jerusalem in order to “Judaize” the city. The European Union has also harshly criticized Israel. …
2009-05-22 … 10:50 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – Christians in the Palestinian territories are being "watched," a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority admitted to WND. "We have been watching this Christian organization and for the moment there is nothing special in their activity," said Adnan …
2009-07-03 … Obama called on Israel to freeze even the natural growth of its existing settlements in the West Bank, without issuing a single demand to the Palestinian Authority. Why would the United States now elevate the marginal issue of settlement growth to the top of its Middle East agenda? Because Washington wanted to …
2009-05-27 … homes would not help the peace process. Nir Barkat, Jerusalem’s new mayor, criticized Clinton for being duped by Palestinian propaganda. The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of “ethnically cleansing” East Jerusalem in order to “Judaize” the city. The European Union has also harshly criticized Israel. …
2009-05-22 … 10:50 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – Christians in the Palestinian territories are being "watched," a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority admitted to WND. "We have been watching this Christian organization and for the moment there is nothing special in their activity," said Adnan …
2009-05-21 … Iran to Share Rule over Temple Mount by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Israel may find Iran as one of the administrators of the Temple Mount, according to a new Palestinian Authority plan reported Thursday by the Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz. PA sources said giving up claims to the Temple Mount and handing over control to …
2009-07-10 … Half the Arab states are called “Islamic” republic /kingdom of such-and-such. Some bar Jews. The rest oppress Jews and other minorities. The Palestinian Authority and Jordan impose life sentences or worse on those who sell land to Jews. Hamas enforces strict Islamic law on Gazans. Why shouldn’t the Jewish …
2009-07-09 Palestinian Authority Birthrate Down The birthrate in the Palestinian Authority (PA) declined from six percent in 1997 to 4.6 percent in 2009, according to figures released Thursday by the PA's Central Bureau of Statistics. …
2009-07-09 … Israel proper within the Green Line. Rydberg said Israel's settlement policy did not build credibility among the Palestinian leadership and that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wanted to reach an agreement with Israel. He said the ideology that guides most settlers is based on utter denial of the …
2009-07-09 … matters…Today, the idea of Palestinian statehood is alive, but mainly outside of Palestine…A small fraction of Palestinians, mainly members of the Palestinian Authority's elite, saw the point of building state institutions, had an interest in doing so, and went to work. For the majority, this kind of project could …
2009-07-09 … again. We will allow you to rule over the remnants of Gaza. In the West Bank, the carrot for the leadership is even more tantalizingly visible. The Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas is colluding in the creation of a series of mini-fiefdoms based on the main cities. Trained by the US military, Palestinian …
2009-07-09 … need for security than the Arabs of Nazareth. So, I read with considerable interest that Salam Fayyad, who calls himself the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (a title I do not use, by the way), said roughly the same thing at a meeting of the Aspen Institute's Aspen Ideas Festival on July 4. According to …
2009-07-09 … The Second Coming of Moses, Exodus Preparations “Israel must halt West Bank settlement activity…” –President Obama on May 28, 2009 after meeting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “I want you to know that today I’ll be speaking from my heart, and as a true friend of Israel. And I know that when I visit …
2009-06-05 … That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered. Now is the time for Palestinians to focus on what they can build. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they …
2009-07-10 … CIA director James Woolsey noted that there are a million Arabs in Israel, accounting for one-sixth of the Israeli population, and…then asked PA (Palestinian Authority) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad: ‘If there is to be the rule of law in a Palestinian state, and if Jews want to live in someplace like Hebron, or …
2009-07-09 … suffering, created largely by Israel but with the active complicity of the international community, especially the US and European Union, and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Gaza’s subjection began long before Israel’s recent war against it. The Israeli occupation — now largely forgotten or denied by …
2009-07-06 … officials blame McKinney and her group for the controversy, saying they were looking for confrontation to attract publicity. The officials note that Palestinian Authority and the rest of the international community had agreed to the off-shore blockade to prevent arms smuggling into Gaza. Gaza is controlled by Hamas, …
2009-07-05 From Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Palestinian Authority (PA) police on Saturday, 4 July, arrested dozens of Islamic activists affiliated with Hizbu-tahrir, (the Islamic Liberation Party) as the …
2009-07-09 … suffering, created largely by Israel but with the active complicity of the international community, especially the US and European Union, and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Gaza's subjection began long before Israel's recent war against it. The Israeli occupation -- now largely forgotten or denied by …
2009-07-09 … again. We will allow you to rule over the remnants of Gaza. In the West Bank, the carrot for the leadership is even more tantalisingly visible. The Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas is colluding in the creation of a series of mini-fiefdoms based on the main cities. Trained by the US military, Palestinian …
2009-07-09 … between Israel and the Palestinians for the release of captured Israeli occupation soldier Gilad Shalit visited Ramallah on Thursday for talks with Palestinian Authority leaders. General Mohammed Ibrahim serves as deputy to Egyptian intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman, and has been working alongside him on attempts to …
2009-07-08 … in the number of suicide bombings since 2005, according to Israeli government figures, might have more to do with the truce agreed to between the Palestinian Authority and Israel at the 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh summit than an unfinished Wall. It is interesting to note that Hamas agreed to the truce while Israel ignored …
2009-07-08 … empty slogans, such as the "two-state solution" for decades, while on the ground Israel has assured there is no room for a second state. The Palestinian Authority and the supporting Arab states have been desperately trying to extend the life of a dead peace process through endless negotiations just to pretend …
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