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The UN's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian territories Professor Richard Falk has yesterday described the decision of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to defer the vote on...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon supports a new Palestinian proposal to reopen debate on the Golstone report on the Gaza war in the Human Rights Council. Ban's spokesperson,...
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The Acting Palestinian Authority chief says he will push for a vote on a recently released UN report about Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Abbas had...
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The Hamas-run interior ministry in the Gaza Strip has ordered Palestinians in the territory not to take part in elections called by Mahmoud Abbas, the West Bank-based president. Abbas...
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By Khalid Amayreh in Ramallah1 November, 2009 Anyone listening to Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas these days would think the man is a paragon of democracy and liberty. ...
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Official report An official report, received by Arab League from the minister of prisoners' affairs in the Palestinian Authority (Ramallah), revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped about...
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Palestinian Authority Economics Minister in the West Bank revealed that his ministry decided that 2010 would be the last year for settlements' products in the West Bank, and he...
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The Palestinian Authority Minister of Health said that harvesting organs – such as corneas, bones and skin – from Palestinian martyrs, without the consent of their families, is a...
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The owners of the tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt have expressed their regret at the remarks made by the President of the Palestinian Authority, in which he...
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In an interview with Israel 's Army Radio broadcaster, Ghazi Barakai, the former Mossad chief, Ephraim Helevy, launched a scathing attack on the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its security...
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Hopes for the proposed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been hit by claims that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not accept any peace agreement...
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Reports from Israel claim that the Israeli government has seized hundreds of millions of shekels (NIS) in tax revenues collected in the West Bank meant for the Palestinian Authority....
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As the start of indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority approaches, sources inside occupied Palestine have confirmed that two mosques have been attacked in the past 24...
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A member of the Israeli parliament has called on Benjamin Netanyahu not to waste any more time over telling the Palestinian Authority that he is ready to accept the...
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A state of anger and irritation prevails within Israeli political circles following the tripartite meeting convened by Russian president, Dimitry Medvedev, and his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, with the...
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The Islamic Resistance Movement has condemned the delay by the Palestinian Authority's UNESCO ambassador in seeking a resolution on Jerusalem at the UN body's latest Executive Board meeting. Hamas...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The freed Palestinian prisoners were received at the various crossing points into the Palestinian Territories by large crowds of well-wishers from across the political spectrum. Prisoners from...
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A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee has said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet the political leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal "to speed up national reconciliation"....
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Senior PLO Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat has denied media claims that a meeting will be held between Palestinian and Israeli officials in Jordan at the end of next...
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Veteran Israeli politician Shimon Peres has spoken of the importance of resuming direct negotiations with the Palestinians. However, said Israel's President, the negotiations should go "underground" and take place...
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Egypt's Foreign Minister has confirmed that his country supports the Palestinian Authority's conditions for the resumption of negotiations with the Israeli government based on "clear parameters and an end...
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A senior official at the Arab League has called the US Congress "more dangerous than the Knesset" because of its stand on the Palestine-Israel conflict. Ambassador Mohamed Sobeih, the...
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A Palestinian human rights group has warned the residents of occupied East Jerusalem about "retaliatory procedures" by the Israeli occupation authorities in response to the Palestinian Authority application for...
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An Israeli official has revealed that security coordination between the Israel Defence Forces and the Palestinian Authority is ongoing at all levels. This, said Brigadier General Moti Almoz, is...
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Nine countries are expected to vote in favour of an independent Palestinian state at the UN Security Council. The figure was announced by Nabil Shaath, a member of Fatah's...
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An expert in international law has expressed fears over what he described as a "political deal" being prepared the UN headquarters in New York which aims to get international...
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Elected parliamentarians belonging to the Change and Reform bloc have denounced the attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian citizens, their properties and mosques in several villages in the occupied...
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Israel's Foreign Minister has warned Benjamin Netanyahu that the governing coalition will fall part if the Prime Minister doesn't take punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority for its decision...
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Hebrew media sources claim that illegal Jewish settlers intend to organize demonstrations and rallies on the outskirts of Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank. According to reports in...
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A wealthy Palestinian has donated around 120 acres of land in the Gaza Strip where homes can be built for ex-prisoners freed in the exchange deal with Israel. The...
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An Israeli minister has said that the conditions put forward by the Palestinian Authority for the resumption of peace negotiations are "aimed at causing the failure of the negotiation...
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A member of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rethink the country's relationship with Hamas. Speaking to Israel Radio on Wednesday, MK Nachman...
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