Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President, Signals Willingness To Restart Talks In ...
In a private appearance with Jewish leaders in New York on Monday night, a conciliatory Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he felt the time to reach a peace settlement in the region was running out and signaled his willingness to sit ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Meshaal determined to step down: Hamas officials
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Khaled Meshaal, the head of the Hamas movement, has reaffirmed his decision to relinquish leadership of the group, Hamas officials said on Tuesday.www.google.com
Palestinian statehood issue to return to UN
Palestinian Authority leaders say they are working with as many as 170 nations to put together the wording of a formal draft of a resolution that would likely be submitted a few weeks after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas formally ...www.cnn.com
Palestinians Warn Budget Crisis Threatens Two-State Solution
The Palestinian finance minister says a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in jeopardy if the Palestinian Authority does not get urgent funding to address its budget crisis. Nabeel Kassis said Sunday after a meeting with donor ...blogs.voanews.com
Palestinian Authority Cuts Fuel Prices to Calm Protests
TEL AVIV—The Palestinian Authority will decrease fuel prices and cut salaries of top officials, the prime minister pledged on Tuesday after days of protests in the West Bank against the high cost of living.online.wsj.com
(Documentary - Israel-Palestinian Territories-US)
A SET Prods., Participant Media, Zadig Prods. production. (International sales: Cinephil, Tel Aviv.) Produced by Dan Setton, Elise Pearlstein.www.variety.com
Two-state solution in jeopardy, Palestinians say
United Nations: The Palestinian finance minister warned on Sunday that the two-state solution is in jeopardy if the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) does not get a major infusion of cash to alleviate its severe fiscal crisis. Nabeel Kassis said the ...gulfnews.com
World Bank Warns Of Palestinian Fiscal Crisis
The Palestine Authority (PA) will require some USD400m in additional international aid to balance its books after the nation's efforts to boost tax revenues failed during the first half of the year, the World Bank has said.www.tax-news.com
'Serious fiscal crisis' in Palestinian territories
The World Bank has warned that the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank faces a $400m (£246m) budget shortfall and asked donors to act urgently.www.bbc.co.uk
Why Building a Hotel in the West Bank Means So Much More
If approved, this plan means construction will be allowed inside settlements built on occupied Palestinian territory, most notably the settlement of Maaleh Adumim, on the environs of Jerusalem, and Gush Etzion, a cluster of settlements located south of ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Door for Israeli-Palestinian peace may be closing: UN
"The continued growth of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory seriously undermines efforts towards peace.www.reuters.com
Delegations at UNCTAD Board meeting concerned by Palestinian economy ...
The Coordinator of the G77 and China noted that the report confirmed the key constraints facing the economic development in the occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). He welcomed the analysis of the challenges confronting the under-utilized and ...unctad.org
Financial Strains Said to Threaten Stability of Palestinian Authority
JERUSALEM - As the Palestinian Authority marks the 19th anniversary this month of the signing of the Oslo Accords, the agreement with Israel that brought it into existence, the authority is facing a financial crisis that experts say could threaten its ...www.nytimes.com
Palestinian state efforts at risk in cash crisis: minister
UNITED NATIONS - Efforts to create a Palestinian state could collapse unless emergency funds are found to bail out its nascent government, the Palestinian finance minister said.www.google.com
DIARY - MidEast/African holidays to December 2012
... Eid-Al-Adha (Subject to Lunar Sightings) Jordan - Eid-Al-Adha (Subject to Lunar Sightings) Kuwait - Arafat day Libya - Eid El Adha (Subject to Lunar Sightings) Oman - Eid Al adha (Subject to Lunar Sightings) Palestinian Territories - Eid Al-Adha ...www.reuters.com
Palestinian state efforts at risk
The Palestinian Authority faces a $US400 million ($A385 million) shortfall this year and has already been hit by protests over the spiralling cost of living and spending cuts by president Mahmud Abbas's administration.www.theaustralian.com.au
Palestinians seek to amend economic accord with Israel
The Paris Protocol maps out an economic blueprint for a customs union between Israel and the Palestinian territories and pegs value added tax to Israeli rates, now at 17 percent, effectively blocking any steep price cuts in the West Bank.www.reuters.com
Palestinians to lift Israel import restrictions: minister
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories - The Palestinian West Bank government on Sunday said it was ending restrictions limiting the number of traders who can import Israeli goods into the territory, in a bid to reduce spiralling prices.www.google.com
Palestine's Arab Spring
In recent demonstrations across the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority (PA) is supposedly in charge, protests over high food prices have escalated to calls for both Abbas and prime minister Salam Fayyad to step down.open.salon.com
World Bank: Palestinian fiscal crisis is deepening
The bank said the finances of the Palestinian Authority, which governs Palestinian areas of the West Bank, have been hurt by reduced donor funding; higher-than-expected spending on pensions and loans; and a revenue shortfall sparked by an economic ...www.businessweek.com
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