Salam Fayyad

The Palestinian Syndicate for Public Sector Workers, which has thousands of public sector employees in its membership, has denied that it is supporting any candidate for the premiership of...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Prices of basic food stuff have risen as bad economic and living conditions in the West Bank have become the new reality on the Palestinian street. Many...

The Palestinian Teachers' Union has gone on strike in protest at the delay in the payment of salaries. Classes in all public schools and universities have been disrupted. The...

The head of the Civil Service Union in the occupied West Bank has said that employees of the Palestinian Authority will continue to protest against the economic policies adopted...

Israeli forces have cracked down on a Palestinian protest in Beit Amer, in the occupied West Bank. Protesters were demanding the resignation of Salam Fayyad's Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority in...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A comprehensive strike in protest at recent price-hikes of fuel and other essential commodities has hit life in the occupied West Bank. Protesters closed all main streets...

Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, has stated that the Palestinian National Authority is waiting on the receipt of external money transfers in order to pay its public sector employees...

Israeli newspaper Maariv has revealed that the Prime Minister of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has asked the governor of the Bank of Israel for help to relieve the PA's...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES West Bank cities are suffering from massive rises in the price of basic food commodities and fuel, as well as the general economic recession caused by uncertainty...

There were no economic, commercial, military or political ties between Turkey and the Gaza Strip before 2006. It seems that the ongoing humanitarian crisis has encouraged Turkey to put...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rejected a request from Benjamin Netanyahu to offer the Palestinian Authority a $1 billion loan, because the PA "is not a state". The...

In an interview to be broadcast on Friday evening, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Arabic Sky News that the international community and the brokers of the peace...

The London-based Al Hayat newspaper has reported that the Palestine issue will return to the UN Security Council based on an agreement with EU countries to change the formula...

Official figures show that unemployment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories during the first nine months of 2012 rose by just over 2 points to reach 23 per cent. A...

An important military study prepared by Colonel Ronen Cohen addresses the "most dangerous" challenges facing Israel in 2013. Published by the Ministry of Defence in its Israel Defence house...

The United Nations on Monday called for an independent inquiry into the deaths of Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli custody. It also warned that mounting tensions could...

A senior aide to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has voiced expectations that the Boston Marathon attacks will strengthen American support for Israel, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on Monday....

The resignation of the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister in Ramallah, Salam Fayyad, has attracted much attention within the Israeli media. On the whole, the various media outlets have given...

Despite US and European pressure, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The president has asked Fayyad to continue in the...

President Mahmoud Abbas is facing massive American and European pressure to change his mind over accepting the resignation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, which has coincided with US efforts...

Reports from occupied Palestine claim that Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has offered his ministerial council's resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas. The move, it is alleged by "informed sources", comes...

The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, is to sack his Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, due to profound disputes between the two men, informed sources close to Abbas have said. The...

On Wednesday, the municipality of Bethlehem removed a stone monument to Palestine's historic map situated at the entrance to the city ahead of US president Barak Obama's visit. Criticizing...

The resignation of the Palestinian Authority's Minister of Finance, Nabil Qassis, has caused a rift between president Mahmoud Abbas and his Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad. Qassis filed his resignation...

A statement from the Fatah Revolutionary Council has attacked the government of Salam Fayyad for pursuing policies which are "improvised and confused on issues of finance and the economy"....

The rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas announced last week that they have reached an agreement to form a transitional government to run Palestinian institutions in both the West...

The new Palestinian government in Ramallah headed by academic Dr Rami Hamdallah was sworn in on Thursday. The new Prime Minister is very close to Fatah and has led...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in the West Bank has resigned from his post just two weeks after being sworn into office. The reason for Rami Al-Hamadallah's departure has been...

EU official: The 2005 agreement on the Rafah crossing has not been officially signed by the Palestinian Authority or Israel. The Head of the EU's Border Assistance Mission at...

The British government has recently signed a 'memorandum of understanding' with the Palestinian Authority (PA) pledging funds to the tune of £156 million, to be delivered over the next...

There has been a flourish of diplomatic activity by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in preparation for what has become known as the "September entitlements", accompanied by statements from his...

The chief negotiator in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, called on PLO president Mahmoud Abbas, to dissolve the organization and throw its keys in the face of...