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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? |
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. |
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. |
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." |
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.” |
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. |
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. |
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." |
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. |
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. |