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Palestinians eye concrete gains during Obama visit
The Palestinians are hoping to see concrete gains from US President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit, while acknowledging it unlikely the trip will bring about a peace breakthrough. Obama himself has played down expectations of pushing forward peace talks on his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories as president,…
Kerry seeks to unblock $700 million in aid for Palestinians
Secretary of State John Kerry is working to try to free up almost $700 million in aid for the Palestinians which has been held up in Congress, a top US official said Monday. “The secretary feels extremely strongly that it is time now to get this support to the Palestinian…
Study: Israeli and Palestinian textbooks offer one-sided view of conflict
Israelis and Palestinians rarely demonise each other in their schoolbooks but each side’s texts offer children a one-sided view of their conflict, says a joint study released on Monday. “Dehumanising and demonising characterisations of the other are rare in both Israeli and Palestinian books,” according to the study funded by…
Minister: Palestinian state efforts at risk in cash crisis
Efforts to create a Palestinian state could collapse unless emergency funds are found to bail out its nascent government, the Palestinian finance minister said. The Palestinian Authority faces a $400 million shortfall this year and has already been hit by protests over the spiralling cost of living and spending cuts…
Palestinians eye changes to key accord with Israel
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — The Palestinian Authority has formally asked Israel for talks on changing the Paris Protocol governing economic ties between the two sides, a minister told AFP on Sunday. “I made a request to the Israeli government through the defence ministry… that the Palestinian Authority officially requests the…
Palestinian leadership says Gaza tunnels a ‘threat’
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — The Palestinian Authority has condemned the network of smuggling tunnels between Hamas-run Gaza and Egypt as a “threat” to security and lauded Cairo’s campaign to seal them. Speaking a week after a deadly attack which killed 16 Egyptian border police in northern Sinai, Tayeb Abdelrahim, chief…
Israel sought $1 billion IMF loan for Palestinians
Israel sought a $1 billion IMF bridging loan for the Palestinian Authority earlier this year, but was turned down, an Israeli newspaper said Monday in a report confirmed to AFP by a seniorIsraeli official. Haaretz reported that Israel’s central bank chief Stanley Fischerapproached the International Monetary Fund for the money after discussing the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis with…
Israel troops ‘raid West Bank TV stations’
Israeli troops raided two Palestinian television stations in the West Bank city of Ramallah overnight, seizing computers and broadcasting equipment, employees told AFP on Wednesday. The Israeli military confirmed the raids, saying the stations targeted had been broadcasting illegally, a charge rejected by the Palestinian telecommunications minister. The two stations…
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