Mar 30 2015 - 11:07am Palestinians deny halting war crimes charges against Israel in exchange for tax revenues
March 30, 2015

Senior Palestinian officials have vehemently denied a report in the Israeli media, which claimed that the PA has agreed to halt efforts to get Israeli charged with war crimes in exchange for Palestinian tax revenues.

Mar 27 2015 - 12:26pm Top Joint List MP begins 4-day march for Bedouins
March 27, 2015

Israel's top MP leading the Joint List began a four-day walk to Jerusalem on Thursday in a show of support for the impoverished Bedouin community and to put a spotlight on the "human misery" they face.

Mar 27 2015 - 12:25pm U.N. Middle East Peace Envoy Urges Security Council to Revive Talks
March 27, 2015

The departing United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process said Thursday that Israel’s policy of building settlements in the Palestinian territories “may kill” any chance of peace, as he nudged the Security Council to step in and revive talks that were halted last year.

Mar 27 2015 - 12:23pm Israel releases withheld tax revenues to Palestinian Authority
March 27, 2015

Israel will allow the transfer of hundreds of millions of shekels in tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, the prime minister's bureau announced on Friday.

Mar 26 2015 - 11:50am Amnesty International Sees Evidence of Palestinian War Crimes in 2014 Gaza Conflict
March 26, 2015

Amnesty International has accused armed Palestinian groups, including the military wing of Hamas, of displaying “a flagrant disregard for the lives of civilians” during the 50-day war in Gaza last summer.

Mar 26 2015 - 11:49am Does the US have a Palestine policy?
March 26, 2015

What's really at stake is whether the United States has a policy towards, and bilateral relations with, the Palestinians that are independent of the overall thrust of US-Israel relations.

Mar 26 2015 - 11:48am Suspended tax transfers leave Palestinian economy on the brink
March 26, 2015

Israel's decision to withhold $130 million a month in revenue collected on behalf of the Palestinians is strangling the economy and leaving the banking system dangerously exposed, the Palestinian central bank governor said on Wednesday.

Mar 25 2015 - 10:40am PM Hamdallah to Arrive in Gaza Today
March 25, 2015

Palestinian prime minister, Rami Hamdallah is expected to arrive in Gaza today at 1:00 PM for a two-day visit, to look into the issues in Gaza, including the employees crisis, the halted reconstruction process and the electricity cuts.

Mar 25 2015 - 10:35am Abbas meets Joint List delegation in Ramallah HQ
March 25, 2015

President Mahmoud Abbas received a delegation from the Arab Joint List in the presidency headquarters in Ramallah Tuesday evening.

Mar 25 2015 - 10:34am Obama: Netanyahu statements don't clarify two-state solution
March 25, 2015

An unconvinced President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to clarify pre-election statements rejecting creation of a Palestinian state still do not appear to advance the prospect of a two-state solution to Mideast peace.


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