Salam Fayyad unveils price, tax cuts to stem growing West Bank protests
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Scrambling to head off intensifying protests against the high cost of living in the West Bank, the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayyad, announced price and tax cuts Tuesday and said his government was doing ...www.washingtonpost.com
Israeli "skunk" fouls West Bank protests
While the army calls skunk an attempt to minimize casualties, rights groups dismiss it as a fig-leaf for the use of deadlier force against protesters in the occupied West Bank. For although recent years have been among the quietest of the 45-year-old ...www.reuters.com
Palestinian protests in West Bank highlight link between economy and security
Palestinian protests in West Bank highlight link between economy and security. Opinion survey shows 40 percent of Palestinians believe economic crisis is 'manufactured'; 66 feel compelled to demonstrate for lack of a guaranteed better future.www.haaretz.com
West Bank protests herald new era of discontent among Palestinians
West Bank protests herald new era of discontent among Palestinians. As Palestinian protesters took to the streets this week, they revealed just how tenuous Netanyahu's 'economic peace' theory really is.www.haaretz.com
Israel's Barak proposes pullout from West Bank
Palestinian women clash with Israeli soldiers at a protest against the Israeli settlement of Qadomem, near Nablus, West Bank. EPA Photo. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak believes Israel should evacuate dozens of isolated Israeli settlements in the ...www.hurriyetdailynews.com
Protests across West Bank
Angry Palestinians on Tuesday took to the streets across the West Bank protesting the high cost of living and the ongoing price rise in the Palestinian market.imeu.net
The Price Of Protests
Growing economic protests in the West Bank could lead to increased regional instability and perhaps even the end of the Palestinian Authority, experts are warning.www.thejewishweek.com
Women on front line in West Bank
Earlier this month, this 35-year-old mother of four was arrested by the soldiers and held for hours as villagers from the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh held their weekly demonstration, a tradition since the end of 2009. The villagers are protesting ...www.khaleejtimes.com
Why Palestinians Protest
This month, protesters in the West Bank demanded the ouster of top Palestinian Authority figures. But the anger Palestinians feel toward their leaders cannot be separated from their larger frustration with the Israeli occupation and the failing peace ...www.foreignaffairs.com
Protests surround Ahmadinejad's NYC visit
Israeli Stuart Hersh and his wife Renay pose for a picture in their house in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, Thursday, Sept.www.statesman.com
Protest in Ramallah
It was the beginning of a massive protest that is still going on. The demonstrators in Ramallah and other towns and villages in the West Bank are protesting against the high cost of living and the economic hardship in general. Palestinian journalists ...www.counterpunch.org
Two protesters die in Pakistan as film violence spreads
Protests also took place in Afghanistan, Indonesia, the West Bank, the Philippines and Yemen in the latest eruptions of anger over the low-budget trailer aired on YouTube that has now led to the deaths of at least 19 people.india.nydailynews.com
Anti-American Protests Flare Beyond the Mideast
Palestinians also clashed with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and held protests in the West Bank. Witnesses in Cairo said protests that first flared Tuesday grew in scope on Friday, with demonstrators throwing rocks and gasoline bombs near the ...www.nytimes.com
Angry protests, transport strike grip West Bank
Angry protests, transport strike grip West Bank. By Tariq Kayal (AFP) - Sep 10, 2012. HEBRON, Palestinian Territories - Some 2,000 Palestinians angry at the rising cost of living flooded the streets of Hebron on Monday, as a general strike halted ...www.google.com
Palestine: Israeli soldiers attack weekly nonviolent protest In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped six peace activists, including four ...www.muslimnews.co.uk
Wave of protests against the PA in the West Bank
Last week, a massive wave of protests rocked the Occupied West Bank. This time, the protests were not aimed at Israeli oppression, but against the corrupt leaders of the Palestinian Authority.www.marxist.com
PA: Hamas using protests to spread anarchy
The Palestinian Authority on Saturday accused Hamas of exploiting peaceful protests against the high cost of living to spread chaos and anarchy in the West Bank. Adnan Damiri, spokesman for the PA security forces, also accused Hamas of working to ...www.jpost.com
Palestinian shot at West Bank protest: medic
RAMALLAH, West Bank: A Palestinian man was in stable condition Friday after being shot by Israeli troops during a protest in the West Bank against Israeli settlements, a hospital spokesman said. Malek Tammimi, 22, was in "good condition" after surgery ...www.dailystar.com.lb
Due diligence / Salam Fayyad's democracy of bread
The economic protests in the West Bank of the last couple of weeks have been principally about the rising price of fuel and the government's austerity measures.www.haaretz.com
West Bank volatility
Protests against the high cost of living had broken out in a number of cities on the West Bank. And most of the anger on the Palestinian street was being directed at PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the US-trained economist and former International ...www.jpost.com
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