The Palestinian Authority (PA) plans to declare Palestine as an independent state in August 2011, according to reports. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told this to Italian daily Corriere Della Sera in an interview, the Jerusalem Post reports.
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Jerusalem to demolish Palestinian homes
June 22nd, 2010 |
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Jerusalem’s mayor is moving ahead with a controversial plan to build a tourist park in Silwan, a mostly Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem. The plan includes demolishing 22 Arab homes in what Palestinians say is an effort by Israel to expand Jewish influence over the occupied eastern part of the city.
Palestinian president seeks support in talks
May 5th, 2010 |
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Saudi Arabia Tuesday, VOA reported. He was trying to strengthen support ahead of a U.S. effort to start indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Quartet pushes for Palestinian state
March 19th, 2010 |
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There are fresh calls for the Israelis and Palestinians to do more to move towards peace talks. Little in the way of concrete steps have been announced after a meeting in Moscow of the international Middle East Quartet of peace mediators.
EU against Palestinian state move
November 17th, 2009 |
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The European Union has said proposals by the Palestinians to try to have the UN recognise an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza are “premature”. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said the conditions were “not there as of yet” for such a move.
Palestinian President Abbas to bow out
November 6th, 2009 |
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will not stand for re-election in January’s polls. Although Abbas has not made an official announcement, a member of the PLO’s executive committee earlier briefed the press.
UN on Israeli, Palestinian war crimes report
November 5th, 2009 |
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The UN General Assembly began discussion Wednesday of a UN report on war crimes allegedly committed by Palestinian militants and the Israeli army. The crimes were allegedly committed during Israel’s offensive last December in the Gaza Strip, VOA reports.
Obama to bring together Israeli, Palestinian leaders
September 20th, 2009 |
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U.S. President Barack Obama will try to restart Mideast peace talks this week with a joint meeting of the Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The White House says the meeting is set to take place Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Daoud Kuttab: Deflating Netanyahu’s Jerusalem Claims
July 27th, 2009 |
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Israel’s policies towards the holy city will guarantee that the desired peace process continues to elude Palestinians and Israelis.
Israel Cuts Al-Naqba, Palestinian Tragedy, From Textbooks
July 22nd, 2009 |
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JERUSALEM — The Israeli government will remove references to what the Palestinians call the “catastrophe” of Israel’s creation from textbooks for Arab schoolchildren, the country’s education minister said Wednesday.
The reference to “al…
Blast Injures 50 At Wedding For Nephew Of Palestinian Leader
July 22nd, 2009 |
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GAZA CITY (CNN) — A large explosion late Tuesday at a wedding party for relatives of a Fatah leader injured at least 50 people in Gaza, Palestinian medical sources said.
Palestinians get cooking in pastry record bid
July 18th, 2009 |
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Bakers in the Palestinian West Bank city of Nablus have attempted to set a record for the world’s biggest kunafa – a local sweet pastry.
The sticky pastry was 74m (243ft) long and made from 700kg (1,540lb) of semolina flour and the same amount of cheese plus 300kg (660lb) of sugar.
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was among the first to receive a slice before thousands of visitors tucked in.
Kunafa originates from Nablus but is renowned throughout the Arab world.
Organisers say they will now submit the results to the Guinness World Records.
Palestinian news agency Maan said that 170 bakers from 10 Nablus pastry shops had helped make the giant kunafa, which cost around $15,000 (£9,000).
The pastry was laid out on a tray which stretched across Nablus’s main square and its measurements were certified by the Palestinian Standards Institute.
Peace message
Mohanad Rabi, a local businessman who helped to organise the attempt, said he is confident the record would be accepted. He said he did not know of any previous attempts.
Nablus leaders hope the event will help restore the image of the town, once the scene of frequent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces.
Occupying Israeli forces have only recently eased restrictions on the city, imposed for the past nine years.
"The message of today is that we want to live in peace," said Mr Rabi.
Although Israel has praised recent Palestinian efforts, it continues to carry out raids in Palestinian towns.</p
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James Zogby: The Evolution of the Acceptance of a Palestinian State
July 18th, 2009 |
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With Benyamin Netanyahu agreeing to a Palestinian State (albeit one that meets his specifications), and the European Union’s Javier Solana calling for a Security Council…
Al-Jazeera closed in West Bank
July 15th, 2009 |
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<img src=”http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46063000/jpg/_46063391_007652659-1.jpg” align=”left” width=”226″ height=”170″ alt=”The Al Jazeera offices in Ramallah” border=”0″ vspace=”4″ hspace=”4″>
The Palestinian Authority has closed down the West Bank offices of Arabic satellite news channel Al Jazeera.
The self-rule body said al-Jazeera promoted a negative view of its work and that the coverage is biased.
The move comes a day after a guest on the station accused Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas of being involved in the death of Yasser Arafat.
The channel – based in Doha – said it was "stunned" by the Palestinian Authority’s decision.
The al-Jazeera bureau chief in Ramallah, Walid al-Omary, said the station firmly rejected the accusations of bias.
"We regret this decision, which harms the freedom of expression and the press in this country," Mr Omary said.
In the Ramallah office, al-Jazeera employees were seen removing equipment before Palestinian security officials arrived to close it, Associated Press reported.
Allegations
The BBC’s Katya Adler, in Jerusalem, says relations between al-Jazeera and the Palestinian Authority – dominated by political party Fatah – soured some time ago.
The Authority has long accused the satellite news channel of siding with Fatah’s bitter rival, Hamas, she says.
In a statement announcing the decision, the information ministry said the station’s coverage was "unbalanced".
"Despite our repeated calls to remain neutral when it covers the Palestinian issue and to be balanced when it comes to the internal Palestinian situation, the channel continues to incite against the PLO and the PA," the statement said.
It said it was taking the satellite channel to court and its operations would be suspended while this process was under way.
In a letter to the channel it said al-Jazeera had broadcast "false news" on Tuesday night.
The accusation appeared to relate to a programme in which Farouk Kaddoumi – one of Fatah’s founding members – alleged that Mr Abbas had collaborated with Israel to kill Mr Arafat.
Mr Kaddoumi has released what he says were the minutes of a meeting between former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Mr Abbas as evidence.
Other Fatah officials have denounced the document as a forgery, saying Mr Kaddoumi’s behaviour was an attempt to split Fatah, the oldest political organisation among the Palestinians which was, until the emergence of Hamas, the dominant force.</p
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