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Palestinian PM Fayyad ‘shocked’ by death of ‘Prisoner X’
Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad expressed shock at the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli jail Saturday and called for full details of what happened. Fayyad “expresses his deep sorrow and shock over the martyrdom of prisoner Arafat Jaradat in Israeli occupation prisons,” said the statement from his office.…
Transport strike paralyzes West Bank
Cities across the West Bank ground to a halt on Monday as transport unions called a mass general strike in protest over rising petrol prices, AFP correspondents said. Clouds of black smoke poured into the air across the territory as angry protesters set light to tires, kicking of a second…
Palestinians stage fiery protest against PM Fayyad
Dozens of Palestinians from Al-Amari refugee camp in the West Bank burned tires, blocked the road into the camp and chanted slogans against prime minister Salam Fayyad late Saturday. An AFP correspondent said the protest demanding that the Palestinian premier resign over the government’s economic policies came after Fayyad was…
Abbas’ Palestinian cabinet to resign amid Arab revolutions, sources say
RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian cabinet will tender resignations Monday after which Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will select new ministers at the request of President Mahmoud Abbas, political sources said. The shake-up, disclosed to Reuters Sunday, was long demanded by Fayyad and some in Abbas’s Fatah faction. It follows…
Palestinians celebrate Jericho’s 10,000th anniversary
JERICHO, Palestinian Territories — The Palestinians on Sunday marked the 10,000th anniversary of the founding of Jericho, an oasis town in the West Bank that may be the world’s oldest city. The festivities included a special cabinet meeting chaired by prime minister Salam Fayyad that was to be followed by…
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