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Al-Monitor
April 14, 2018
Payment of salaries to public servants, which was delayed in the first 10 days of April, was finally made — but only to West Bank government workers, thus ... According to Reuters, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Finance Ministry in Ramallah said that the payment delay in Gaza was due to “technical issues.”.
The Intercept
April 13, 2018
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., broke with the political establishment and called on the Israeli government to respect the rights of Palestinian protesters in ... military, Corker pivoted to talking about the fact that the Palestinian Authority sometimes delivers payments to the families of slain convicted terrorists.
Haaretz
April 13, 2018
A senior Palestinian Authority official involved in the matter confirmed that the letter was indeed sent. He said the letter was intended to persuade the diplomatic corps, especially European diplomats, that nothing can be expected of the Trump Administration, so there's no point in waiting for it to unveil itsÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 5, 2018
Needless to say, no government is entirely without corruption and the Palestinian Authority suffers from unique disadvantages: it is not a state, it does ... this: “The Palestinian treasury paid salaries to hundreds of employees in the 'Palestinian Airlines', which is a governmental company that has a board ofÃâà...
The National Interest Online
March 30, 2018
In the end, the Palestinian Authority (PA) survived these threats largely due to U.S. investment in training its security forces. ... also coordinate with Israel and Jordan and have helped ensure that—despite the numerous crises between Jerusalem and Ramallah, which is where the PA government institutionsÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 26, 2018
Washington, DC - The relationship between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the administration of US President Donald Trump has climbed, dropped, rocketed and nosedived, all within the span of a single year. ... Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) delegation to the US.
Jefferson City News Tribune
March 14, 2018
He said the attack underscored the need for the Palestinians to unify under a single authority. Hamas has ceded some government functions and control of Gaza's borders, but it has refused calls to disarm and let Palestinian Authority security forces take over. “How can a government overtake Gaza withoutÃâà...
Cleveland Jewish News
March 14, 2018
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on a rare visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. ... “The attack against the government of consensus is an attack against the unity of the Palestinian people,” a spokesman for P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas said in aÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
March 12, 2018
The decision was taken in retaliation for the Palestinian Authority's promotion of two U.N. resolutions condemning U.S. President Donald Trump's Dec. 6, 2017, announcement that the United States would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The impact of the budget cuts have been partially mitigatedÃâà...
Middle East Media Research Institute
March 12, 2018
Palestinian Authority And Fatah Glorify Terrorist Dalal Al-Mughrabi And The Contribution Of Other Female Martyrs And Prisoners To The Palestinian ... The institute's director, Ahmad Sabah, said at the event: "An entire generation in Palestine and in the diaspora is commemorating these martyrs today, firstÃâà...
JNS.org
March 12, 2018
(March 11, 2018 / JNS) The Palestinian Authority has announced its intention to boycott an upcoming conference at the White House to discuss the worsening ... Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's executive committee member, on Voice of Palestine radio. MajdalaniÃâà...
Axios
March 10, 2018
The Palestinian Authority turned down an invitation by the Trump administration to participate in a meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which will take ... What they're saying: Ahmad Majdalani, member of the PLO's Executive Committee told the "Voice of Palestine" radio today that Gaza is a political issue and not aÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
March 5, 2018
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the cause of all problems in the Middle East region and there can be no peace without solving it, the Palestinian Authority's diplomatic representative to Britain said. Speaking at MEMO's conference on Jerusalem in London on Saturday, Manuel Hassassian said the US lostÃâà...
legal Insurrection (blog)
March 4, 2018
On Tuesday February 27 Senator Todd Young (R-IN) expressed outrage over the schoolbooks used by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) to teach free-of-charge basic education to the children of Palestinians designated as refugees across the West Bank, Gaza, east Jerusalem, Jordan,Ãâà...
Haaretz
March 4, 2018
He added that the Palestinian Authority is relying on a counter reaction from Europe, both via a preliminary statement for a plan not based on a two-state solution outlined by the 1967 borders. "The idea is that Europe will make it clear to the U.S. and Israel that you can't present a plan that fully adoptsÃâà...
Palestine Chronicle
March 3, 2018
Palestinian officials welcomed the announcement that Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, will visit the occupied Palestinian territory in the summer, in what will be the first state visit by a British royal to the region since 1948. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee MemberÃâà...
NPR
February 20, 2018
... U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley sat with her arms crossed as the Palestinian leader spoke - behind her, President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt. The U.S. says its announcement on Jerusalem simply recognizes that the city is the seat of Israel's government,Ãâà...
Haaretz
February 19, 2018
Egypt's intelligence service is applying heavy pressure on Hamas to get it to move forward on its reconciliation deal with the rival Fatah party and hand control of the Gaza Strip over to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority. Senior Hamas officials, led by the head of the organization's political bureau, IsmailÃâà...
NPR
February 7, 2018
The Palestinian Authority government is facing allegations that it is collaborating with the CIA to spy on the phone conversations of senior Palestinian figures, including adversaries and allies of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that a formerÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
In recent months there has been a deterioration in the health of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who will be 83 at the end of the month. Information about his health has been submitted to Israeli political and security officials. Although the security cooperation between Israel and the PAÃâà...
STA
December 31, 1999
Ljubljana, 12 March - It remains unclear when, if at all in this government term, Slovenia will recognise Palestine after Monday's session of the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee, which asked the government to provide more detailed information about possible consequences of recognition forÃâà...
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
December 31, 1999
Apparently, after 13 years in government as the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas is following in the footsteps of other Arab leaders in the region with regard to maintaining moral integrity. He will go down in Palestinian history as a figure who never considered the difficult situation ofÃâà...
The Media Line
December 31, 1999
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrives as White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley look on at the start of a United Nations Security Council concerning issues in the Middle East, at UN headquarters, February 20, 2018 in New YorkÃâà...
Sun Sentinel
December 31, 1999
Itamar Marcus, director of the Palestinian Media Watch, gave a seminar on “How Indoctrination By the Palestinian Authority Impacts Our National Security” .... In the past, American government officials were giving money to the Palestinian Authority, only to have the money used to spread their propagandaÃâà...
