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Irish Examiner
April 13, 2018
Gaza has endured a border blockade by Israel and Egypt since Hamas overran the territory in 2007, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections. The blockade has driven Gaza deeper into poverty, with unemployment approaching 50% and electricity available for less than five hours a day.
Jordan Times
March 13, 2018
... has called the Palestine National Council (PNC), the closest thing to a Palestinian parliament, to convene in Ramallah by the end of April. The 700-delegate PNC elects members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, the highest governing body in the umbrella organisation,Ãâà...
Jewish Journal
March 7, 2018
According to protocol, only Abbas can amend the Palestinian legal code through a presidential decree, as the Palestinian parliament has been defunct since 2007. The Palestinian Council of Ministers decided to to abolish Article 308 of the Penal Code that allows rapists to avoid punishment if they marryÃâà...
The Media Line
March 6, 2018
According to protocol, only President Abbas can amend the Palestinian legal code through a presidential decree, as the Palestinian parliament has been defunct since 2007. The Palestinian Council of Ministers decided to abolition of Article 308 of the Penal Code that allows rapists to avoid punishment ifÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 1, 2018
Azzam Al-Ahmed (L), a senior Fatah official and head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh (C) and deputy speaker of Palestinian Parliament Ahmed Bahar attend a meeting in Gaza City April 22, 2014. Mohammed Salem/Reuters. Ramallah - Kifah Ziboun. Hamas rejected the budget approved by theÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
February 28, 2018
... preparing to travel next week to a conference in Britain, funded by media organisation Middle East Monitor … and continues to act against President Trump's decision to move the US embassy to our eternal capital Jerusalem.” “As a reminder, Tibi is not a member of the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah,Ãâà...
Arab News
February 27, 2018
Of all the admittedly limited options that are available to President Mahmoud Abbas to offset the repercussions of Donald Trump's controversial proclamation on Jerusalem and his much-touted Middle East peace plan, ending inter-Palestinian schism is beyond doubt the most relevant and most effective.
Anadolu Agency
February 22, 2018
Twelve members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, which theoretically functions as a Palestinian parliament, also remain in Israeli custody. The Israeli army frequently carries out sweeping arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians.
Anadolu Agency
February 21, 2018
... he had been "subjected to severe torture, pressure and threats since his arrest". Some 450 of these are under what Israel calls "administrative detention" where they face neither trial or charge. Twelve members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, which serves as the Palestinian parliament, also remainÃâà...
Yeni Şafak English
February 21, 2018
... he had been "subjected to severe torture, pressure and threats since his arrest". Some 450 of these are under what Israel calls "administrative detention" where they face neither trial or charge. Twelve members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, which serves as the Palestinian parliament, also remainÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
February 17, 2018
In Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, the PA security services stormed the home of Nidaa Dweek, daughter of Speaker of Palestinian Parliament Aziz Dweek. Nidaa wrote on Facebook: “Just now, forces of the Palestinian intelligence agency have left our house. They searched the house and leftÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 8, 2018
Some 450 of these have been placed in what Israel calls "administrative detention", by which they can be held indefinitely without trial or charge. Twelve members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, which theoretically serves as a Palestinian parliament, also remain in Israeli custody. The Israeli army frequently carriesÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 5, 2018
Some 450 of these are under what Israel calls "administrative detention" where they face neither trial or charge. Twelve members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, which in theory serves as a Palestinian parliament, also remain in Israeli custody. The Israeli army frequently carries out sweeping arrest campaigns acrossÃâà...
Longview News-Journal
December 31, 1999
Hamas says the protests are aimed at breaking a crippling border blockade that was imposed by Israel and Egypt after the Islamic militant group overran the territory in 2007, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections. The marches also press for the return of the descendants of hundreds ofÃâà...
Batesville Herald Tribune
December 31, 1999
Hamas says the protests are aimed at breaking a border blockade that was imposed by Israel and Egypt after the Islamic militant group overran Gaza in 2007, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections. The marches also press for a "right of return" of Palestinian refugees and their descendants toÃâà...
Jefferson City News Tribune
December 31, 1999
Hamas said the protests are aimed at breaking a crippling border blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt after the Islamic militant group overran Gaza in 2007, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections. The marches also press for a “right of return” of Palestinian refugees and their descendants toÃâà...
KPVI News 6
December 31, 1999
Hamas says the protests are aimed at breaking a crippling border blockade that was imposed by Israel and Egypt after the Islamic militant group overran Gaza in 2007, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections. It says it also aims to assert the right of refugees to return to their former homes inÃâà...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
... but have made conflicting comments about a possible mass border breach. Hamas says the protests are aimed at breaking a crippling border blockade that was imposed by Israel and Egypt after the Islamic militant group overran the territory in 2007, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections.
euronews
December 31, 1999
Hamas says the protests are aimed at breaking a crippling border blockade that was imposed by Israel and Egypt after the Islamic militant group overran Gaza in 2007, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections. The marches also press for a "right of return" of Palestinian refugees and theirÃâà...
Sacramento Bee
December 31, 1999
The marches are aimed, in part, at breaking a border blockade of Gaza enforced by Israel and Egypt since 2007, when the Islamic militant group seized the territory, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections. Since late March, 32 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,600 wounded by IsraeliÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
The council, which functions as the upper house of the Palestinian parliament, called on Arab and Muslim states to immediately act against the decision, impede its implementation, and defend Jerusalem. The announcement further called on the United Nations and its secretary to adopt a clear positionÃâà...
The National
December 31, 1999
In what curator Salwa Mikdadi calls the “euphoria” following the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, construction began on a Palestinian Parliament building that the Palestinian Legislative Council could call home. Building started in Abu Dis, a suburb of Jerusalem. But as construction continued, a video from theÃâà...
