Despite calm, Palestinian Authority still on brink of collapse
September 20, 2012 If the crushing nature of the Israeli occupation and the seeming indifference of the donor community persist, the next emergency could easily bring the Palestinian Authority to its end. |
Settlements Keep Growing Despite Migron Setback
September 19, 2012 Ashraf Khatib, spokesman for the Palestinian negotiating team, said he considers the evacuation “irrelevant, because they are not moving the settlers to outside occupied territory.” |
Abbas says he will go ahead with UN bid speech
September 19, 2012 "We are determined despite all pressure and I am confident that you will all support my request." |
World Bank: Palestinian fiscal crisis is deepening
September 19, 2012 WB concluded sustainable Palestinian economic growth requires strong private sector investment. But it warned that such development is hampered badly because Israel heavily restricts Palestinian access to 60 percent of the West Bank. |
A Hollow Call For "Justice"
September 18, 2012 So, "justice" for Jewish refugees doesn't mean restoring any of their own rights to property, return and so forth. Instead this is just cynically using their narrative to deny Palestinians the ability negotiate over their own refugee issue. |
Without Medals, With Pride
September 18, 2012 “We are proud that we got to the Paralympics, especially since we constantly face difficulties under the Israeli occupation and siege.” |
Financial Strains Said to Threaten Stability of Palestinian Authority
September 18, 2012 “The gains made in recent years in institution-building and reforms would unravel, and ultimately, the Palestinian Authority would not be able to operate.” |
A Preventable Massacre
September 17, 2012 Most troubling, when the United States was in a position to exert strong diplomatic pressure on Israel that could have ended the atrocities, it failed to do so. |
‘Price-tag’ tactics of West Bank Jewish settlers
September 17, 2012 "Faithless Jews who don't fear God can call me a terrorist if they want. I don't care what they say about me. I only care what God thinks. I act for him and him alone." |
All-female bloc runs in Palestinian elections
September 17, 2012 "Men here traditionally want their women to stay at home or send them to do traditional jobs like teaching but we want them to go further, to work like men in all possible jobs they can." |