Dec 18 2012 - 2:06pm ATFP needs your help!
December 18, 2012

Over 175 Palestinians killed. Six Israelis killed. More than 1,500 Israeli strikes launched at Gaza. At least 1,400 Palestinian rockets fired at Israel. How and when will this madness end?

Dec 17 2012 - 2:32pm Abbas sends condolences to Obama over school shooting
December 17, 2012

President Mahmoud Abbas wrote to US President Barack Obama on Saturday to offer his condolences after a shooting in an American elementary school killed 26 people.

Dec 17 2012 - 2:31pm Palestinian premier: Boycott Israeli goods
December 17, 2012

Fayyad admitted a Palestinian boycott of Israeli goods would violate an interim peace agreement with Israel but justified the move because "the Israeli government is working against this agreement" by withholding tax funds.

Dec 17 2012 - 2:30pm PA condemns Syrian regime after Yarmouk attack
December 17, 2012

"We hold Bashar Assad and his regime responsible for this crime in Yarmouk camp, which clearly reveals that this regime knows no limits in its approach to criminal murder and destruction."

Dec 14 2012 - 2:42pm Hamas Gains Allure in Gaza, but Money Is a Problem
December 14, 2012

“But a month later the Palestinians woke up to the same problems: poverty, mismanagement, siege, unemployment, little freedom of movement. If it can’t deal with these same issues, Hamas will find itself in the same position as it was before the war.”

Dec 14 2012 - 2:39pm Meshal's folly
December 14, 2012

The entire West Bank is now considered by Netanyahu and his government not as 'occupied' territory but as 'disputed' territory, to which the Jews have as much a claim as its Arab inhabitants.

Dec 14 2012 - 2:34pm Abbas mulls forming confederation with Jordan
December 14, 2012

PA officials say a confederation would only take place after the creation of a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 lines.

Dec 13 2012 - 1:42pm Gaza conflict deters Bethlehem Christmas pilgrims
December 13, 2012

"This season if the tourists do not come we will not have a good economic situation, and the citizens will be affected."

Dec 13 2012 - 1:37pm Rooftop gardens provide food and hope for cash-strapped Palestinians
December 13, 2012

With the help of makeshift greenhouses, more than a dozen Palestinian families have started to farm on the roofs to blunt the harshness of a financial crisis.

Dec 13 2012 - 1:29pm Abbas: Meshal approved an agreement recognizing two-state solution
December 13, 2012

Speaking to reporters during his visit to Turkey, Abbas criticizes Meshal saying he won't recognize Israel; Abbas to Livni: Hamas must accept two-state solution principle, reject violence, in any Fatah unity agreement.


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