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The Guardian
January 22, 2018
The Home Office rejected the claim, noting his nationality as “Palestinian Authority” and saying he would not be personally at risk if he returned. He tried to return to Palestine twice, but could not because he had no papers. He then claimed he was stateless in June 2016. But last year his claim was rejectedÃÂ ...
NPR
January 20, 2018
NPR's Daniel Estrin looks at how Israel has worked for decades to limit those institutions, whether they're offices for leadership or even performances in theaters. DANIEL ESTRIN ... Under an agreement between the two sides in the '90s, the Palestinian government doesn't have jurisdiction in Jerusalem.
http://hamodia.com
January 19, 2018
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his entourage were on their way home to Israel Friday morning after what officials in the Prime Minister's Office said was a “very, very successful” trip to India this week. During the visit, the PMO said, Israel signed a number of important agreements with India in theÃÂ ...
Arab News
January 12, 2018
The US has never been an honest broker in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That the PA has only realized or expressed this now, and that it will abandon this position once Trump leaves office (if not well before), is cause for concern because it wrongly implies that the problem is president-specific rather thanÃÂ ...
Newser
January 3, 2018
(Newser) – Acknowledging his push to broker peace in the Middle East has stalled, President Trump appeared to threaten to cut off US aid money to the Palestinian Authority Tuesday, asking why the US should make "any of these massive future payments" when the Palestinians are "no longer willing toÃÂ ...
Middle East Media Research Institute
December 31, 1999
In his lengthy address, broadcast by the Palestinian Authority TV channel, Abbas gave a historical review, in which he claimed that conspiracies to settle the Jews in the Middle East had .... But along comes the 'great' Congress and says that the PLO is terrorist, and that it wants to shut down the PLO offices.
The Independent
March 25, 2017
Jalud, West Bank - Palestinian farmer Fawzi Ibrahim is proud of his heirloom corn, whose kernels ripen in iridescent shades of red, blue and gold like jewels.
Albuquerque Journal
March 25, 2017
The Trump administration has faced repeated conflict of interest accusations since taking office. Although the billionaire real estate magnate says he's ... "Kushner and the whole new American team assigned to handle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ...
POLITICO Magazine
March 24, 2017
Donald Trump wants to team up with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make the deal of the century between Israel and the Palestinians.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 24, 2017
Throughout his campaign and since he took office, Mr. Trump has sent varying signals about his Israel policy. He floated the idea of scaling back aid to Israel before walking that back -- the Trump ... A phone call between Mr. Trump and Palestinian ...
Israel Today
March 23, 2017
In light of the damage to the Israeli Foreign Service and the closing of embassies - for the first time since the establishment of the State, the Palestinian Authority has more diplomatic missions from Israel around the world. ... Israel closed four ...
WHIO
March 20, 2017
Relations between Cairo and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have been tense over a range of issues, including Egypt's contacts with Gaza's Hamas rulers and other factions that are at odds with Abbas' Palestinian Authority. Relations further soured ...
San Diego Jewish World
March 20, 2017
Prime Minister's Office Chief of Staff Yoav Horowitz and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer were set to hold meetings Monday with an American team led by Trump's international negotiations representative, Jason Greenblatt.
The New Arab
March 20, 2017
A Palestinian Authority security officer was killed overnight during an arrest raid in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus. The officer was shot in ... The UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory called the incident an "extrajudicial ...
Ahram Online
March 20, 2017
... various Arab and international issues. On Thursday, Shoukry and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Al-Safadi said their countries are working with the Palestinian Authority to push for the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as ...
TheTower.org
March 20, 2017
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Sunday that he will grant his people's highest honor to the former head of a United Nations agency that issued a widely criticized report on Israel last week, Haaretz reported.
RT
March 19, 2017
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority condemned the erasing of the report from the UN agency's website. "The Palestinian government denounced the removal of the report, which accused Israel of apartheid, emphasizing Israel's continuous imposition of theÃÂ ...
The Jewish Voice
March 15, 2017
Acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner (pictured above) said last week in a press briefing that the money was mostly for humanitarian purposes in the Palestinian Authority and Gaza, and in part used to pay Israeli creditors of the PA. ... of ...
Sun Sentinel
March 15, 2017
Israeli police on Tuesday burst into the offices of a Palestinian cartographer who tracks Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and east Jerusalem and detained him for several hours, accusing him of illegally working for the Palestinian ...
KPVI News 6
March 14, 2017
In a statement, police accused Tufagji of conducting research for the Palestinian Authority, including gathering information on Israeli development of east Jerusalem.
http://hamodia.com
March 14, 2017
The innocuous-sounding "Map Office" is actually the PA agency that keeps track of land sales in the Authority, and especially sales of land to Jews - a "crime" that is punishable by death in the Palestinian Authority. The Beit Hanina office dealt ...
TheTower.org
March 11, 2017
New Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has taken a low profile since being sworn in; his office has released statements, but he has been criticized for failing to hold press conferences or otherwise speaking to media.
The White House (blog)
March 11, 2017
In terms of the schedule for his 50th day in office, the President will be having a series of meetings and calls, moving even further along on some of the most significant campaign promises that he made to the American people.
NBC2 News
March 11, 2017
15 letter to Frank Collazo, Colsa's chairman and CEO. "In one particular instance, WebOps employees repeatedly referred to the Palestinian Authority as the 'Palestinian salad.'" Colsa said it was cooperating with the committee. "Colsa welcomes the ...
ReliefWeb
March 11, 2017
H.E. Takeshi Okubo, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs, Representative of Japan to the Palestinian Authority, emphasized Japan's firm commitment to supporting Palestinian people, especially youth in Gaza.
New York Times
March 11, 2017
WASHINGTON - President Trump spoke with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority on Friday for the first time since taking office and invited him to visit the White House, opening a new avenue of diplomacy as he develops his own peaceÃÂ ...
The Boston Globe
March 10, 2017
The White House is already casting doubt on the Congressional Budget Office, which is expected to report on the cost and impact of the Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act.
Haaretz
March 10, 2017
The meeting took place at his office, and was attended by his senior adviser Husam Zomlot, who was recently appointed to be the next Palestinian ambassador to the United States.
Politico (blog)
March 10, 2017
12:15 p.m.: Trump speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas by phone from the Oval Office. 12:45 p.m.
Patch.com
March 9, 2017
Later in the morning, he'll get on the phone with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. In the afternoon, the ... Later in the day, he will host a healthcare listening session with conservative leaders in the Vice President's Ceremonial ...
YC
March 9, 2017
12:15 p.m. - POTUS speaks with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority by telephone from the Oval Office. 12:45 p.m. - POTUS has lunch with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in the Presidsntial Dining Room. 1:30 p.m. - Press Briefing withÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
February 27, 2017
The kingdom supports the Palestinian Authority (PA) directly and has a more comprehensive stance that complies with international charters, which ban cooperation with any nonstate actors, according to Sabhan.
Middle East Eye
February 27, 2017
... military court reinstated his original sentence of life plus 18 years. According to a report by the Palestinian Authority and the Prisoners Club, 85 of the Palestinians freed in the 2011 swap have since been rearrested by Israel with 65 sent back ...
Inner City Press
February 24, 2017
Many including those given offices by the UN professed surprise at Haley's statement, even misunderstood it as mere regret and not blocking.
Middle East Monitor
February 21, 2017
Head of the southern West Bank branch of the commission, Younis Arar, said Israeli forces stormed the office and questioned staff members.
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs (blog)
February 16, 2017
I met Fayyad in June 2002 when I was serving as the United States ambassador to Israel, and he was appointed as finance minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Fayyad assumed office in the midst of a very severe financial crisis in the PA, which ...
Global Voices Online
February 13, 2017
On Monday February 6, 2017, the Palestinian Authority's (PA) attorney general, Ahmad Barrak, banned a novel written by Palestinian novelist Abbad Yahya for "violating public morals and decency".
Center for Research on Globalization
February 10, 2017
The 'permanent institutions' of the state have remained, while Presidents, regardless of party, have been shuffled in and out of the 'Oval Office'. The 'First Black' President Barack Obama pledged peace .... Trump's support for Israel's massive seizure ...
Nikkei Asian Review
February 10, 2017
Moving the embassy to Jerusalem would weaken the position of Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. At the same time, it would energize ... The Knesset, or parliament, and the prime minister's office are both located there. The ...
Inner City Press
February 10, 2017
They note that the Trump administration, in its draft Executive Order, proposes cutting US funding to any UN entity which allows the Palestinian Authority as a member, and is discussing cutting funding to the PA. Was the US Mission to the UN consulted?
TheTower.org
February 10, 2017
Palestinian Authority Attorney General Ahmad Barak announced on Monday that he was banning the distribution of a new novel on the grounds that it containedÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
February 7, 2017
Should the United States continue to support the Palestinian Authority Security Force (PASF)? To the Western observer, the current violence in Jerusalem is but another iteration of the intractable conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians ...
The Independent
February 7, 2017
The West Bank's Palestinian Authority (PA) has set up a committee to come up with worst-case scenario financial strategies that may unfold for Palestinians now that US President Donald Trump, who is sympathetic to Israeli interests, has entered office.
GOPUSA
February 6, 2017
Former President Barack Obama poured at least $9.2 billion of American taxpayers' money into the United Nations and its agencies during his last year in office. The State Department ... In an early attempt to stem the Obama administration's last-ditch ...
SFGate
February 6, 2017
... analyst at the Israel Policy Forum, told Business Insider that Israel's settlement bill likely frustrated Obama, who attempted to release $221 million in US Agency for International Development funds to the Palestinian Authority as one of his last ...
Al-Monitor
February 3, 2017
Without an infusion of funds, the institute may close. Hamattu said the institute is calling on several potential local and Arab sources, including the office of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as officials in Qatar, Oman ...
The Libertarian Republic
February 2, 2017
The move follows President Barack Obama authoring a $221 million payment to the Palestinian Authority in his final hours in office despite Republican lawmakers' concerns the aid could end up in the wrong hands. President Donald Trump froze theÃÂ ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 1, 2017
President Donald Trump just drained the Justice Department swamp. He fired the acting attorney general on Monday. That's good news.
Middle East Monitor
January 27, 2017
A Palestinian Authority (PA) official close to President Mahmoud Abbas has claimed that a $221 million American aid package authorised in Barack Obama's final hours in the White House has already been received.
Business Insider
January 26, 2017
Trump, who took office just hours after Obama's decision, has taken a hard line against the Palestinians, describing their funding of terrorism and the larger situation in the West Bank and Gaza as a "deplorable, deplorable situation", in remarks to ...
