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February 11, 2014

IMF shows Palestinian Authority debt to be $4.3 billion

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority’s official debt has increased substantially over the past two years and now stands at $4.3 billion, an...

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February 11, 2014

OCHA: West Bank permit holders ‘isolated’ in Jerusalem due to separation wall

The UN published a report last month noting that at least 16 Palestinian communities, with a combined population of around 2500 people, are currently located on the “Jerusalem side”...

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February 11, 2014

Lapid: Palestinians want justice; Israelis want security, so talks have failed

Israel’s Finance Minister Yair Lapid said on Tuesday that the Israel-Palestine peace talks have “failed” because Israelis and the Palestinians want two different things. “The Palestinians want peace and...

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February 11, 2014

Israel refuses to release prisoners in time for holiday

Israeli media reported on Wednesday that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to release the second batch of Palestinian prisoners two weeks early in order for them to...

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February 11, 2014

Meshaal delivers speech during international workshop on Jerusalem

The Jerusalem International Foundation is holding an international workshop on Wednesday in the Lebanese capital Beirut to discuss the issue of Jerusalem in light of Israel’s recent escalations and...

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February 11, 2014

Fatah dismisses senior leader for his relations with Dahlan

The Palestinian movement Fatah discharged on Monday senior leader Khaled Ghazal Soufan over his relationship with dismissed leader Mohamed Dahlan, a statement said. According to a website affiliated to...

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February 11, 2014

Palestinian turned down by “Jews only” housing development in Ramla

VIDEO A real estate developer in Ramla has been accused of seeking exclusively Jewish residents, after a Palestinian man had his application rejected apparently on the grounds of his...

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February 11, 2014

Fatah repeats that it does not recognise Israel as a Jewish state

The Sharjah-based Al Khaleej newspaper reported on Tuesday that Fatah has rejected the position of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who linked the possibility of making peace to Fatah’s...

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February 11, 2014

Abbas: Palestinians are sorry for the death of controversial Jewish rabbi

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his condolences on Monday to the family of extremist Jewish Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of the rightwing Shas party. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth...

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February 11, 2014

Israel pressures US Congress to continue sanctions against Iran

Yedioth Ahronoth, the Israeli newspaper, has reported that “Israel and the Israeli lobby in the United States have spent intense efforts to urge the US Congress to reject the...

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