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Israel: Qatar emir’s visit ‘supports Hamas over Fatah’
World
October 22, 2012
Israel: Qatar emir’s visit ‘supports Hamas over Fatah’
JERUSALEM — A planned visit by the Qatari emir to Gaza shows he is backing the strip's Islamist Hamas…
Palestinians begin voting in first poll since 2006
World
October 20, 2012
Palestinians begin voting in first poll since 2006
Ballot booths opened across the West Bank on Saturday as Palestinians began voting in local elections, in what is the…
Rafah crossing opens for Hamas PM following controversial Cairo visit
Egypt
September 21, 2012
Rafah crossing opens for Hamas PM following controversial Cairo visit
The Rafah border crossing was exceptionally opened on Friday to allow for the passage of Gaza Strip Prime Minister…
World Bank warns of deepening Palestinian fiscal crisis
World
September 19, 2012
World Bank warns of deepening Palestinian fiscal crisis
A fiscal crisis in the aid-dependent Palestinian economy will worsen unless foreign funding increases and Israel eases its restrictions in…
Pro-settler vandals attack West Bank monastery
World
September 4, 2012
Pro-settler vandals attack West Bank monastery
JERUSALEM — Vandals set fire to the doors of a Christian monastery in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday and…
Palestinian PM raps Israeli plan to evict West Bank shepherds
World
August 8, 2012
Palestinian PM raps Israeli plan to evict West Bank shepherds
AL-MUFAQARA, West Bank — An Israeli plan to evict 12 shepherd communities in the occupied West Bank to make…
Israeli court delays West Bank settlement eviction
World
July 27, 2012
Israeli court delays West Bank settlement eviction
Israel's Supreme Court on Friday granted a government request to delay the eviction of the largest illegal settler outpost in…
12 held after West Bank settlement demo
World
July 13, 2012
12 held after West Bank settlement demo
An Israeli anti-settlements activist and an American journalist were among 12 people detained by soldiers on Friday during a demonstration…
Palestinians in crisis, pledged aid not received
World
July 11, 2012
Palestinians in crisis, pledged aid not received
RAMALLAH — The Palestinian finance minister says his self-rule government is facing its worst financial crisis in years because donor…
Activists rally in Ramallah against police violence
World
July 3, 2012
Activists rally in Ramallah against police violence
RAMALLAH — Hundreds of Palestinian activists demonstrated in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday to protest against the…