November 29, 2011 - 11:31am Abbas 'hopes' for May 4 elections
November 29, 2011

President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he hoped elections would be held on May 4 next year, after what he called "important" talks between his Fatah group and Hamas in Cairo.

November 29, 2011 - 11:28am Majority of Palestinians Support Retaining Fayyad as Prime Minister
November 29, 2011

According to the preliminary findings of Arab World for Research and Development‘s [AWRAD] most recent poll in the West Bank and Gaza, conducted November 22-24, a majority of Palestinians (57 percent) believe that Salam Fayyad should be retained as Prime Minister in a unity government.

November 23, 2011 - 1:03pm Quartet Rep Tony Blair urges the Israeli Government to release Palestinian tax revenue without delay
November 23, 2011

Quartet Representative Tony Blair has today reiterated his call on the Israeli government to resume the transfer of Palestinian tax and customs revenue to the Palestinians "without delay".

November 21, 2011 - 9:03am Ziad Asali in the Jewish Daily Forward: "'Price Tag' Attacks Pose Test for Israel"
November 21, 2011

ATFP President discusses escalating settler violence in the Palestinian occupied territories against Arab citizens of Israel and Israeli peace groups.

November 18, 2011 - 12:41pm Who Will Write Jerusalem's Story?
November 18, 2011

"This is the real struggle taking place today in Jerusalem: a battle between those whose vision for the city hinges on guaranteeing full rights and a dignified existence for all residents, and those who place politics and divine decree ahead of the everyday needs of the people."

November 18, 2011 - 12:37pm The Eviction of One Palestinian Family Might Cause the Next Political Crisis Over East Jerusalem
November 18, 2011

For the last 20 years the Jewish National Fund has been acting to transfer Palestinian property in East Jerusalem to the settlers. Tens of dunams of land and homes housing dozens of Palestinians in Silwan were evacuated by the JNF through various legal proceedings and transferred to settlers.

November 18, 2011 - 12:36pm Palestinians' talks over unity government likely to succeed
November 18, 2011

An agreement between Fatah and Hamas, Palestinians' rival parties, looks likely on the formation of a unity government with Fatah's flexibility on the future role of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the ruling body.

November 15, 2011 - 5:53pm French consul injured after IAF strike on Gaza
November 15, 2011

France's consul to the Gaza Strip, his wife and 13-year-old daughter were injured during an Israeli air strike on Sunday night, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on Tuesday.

November 15, 2011 - 5:40pm No movement on issues dividing Israel and Palestinians
November 15, 2011

As representatives of the Mideast quartet tried again Monday to break the ice between Palestinians and Israelis, Israel's cabinet decided to maintain another freeze, that of Palestinian tax money.

November 15, 2011 - 5:37pm Israel maintains block on tax transfers to PA
November 15, 2011

Israel's cabinet decided on Monday to continue to withhold the transfer of tax revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority, a measure it imposed two weeks ago after the Palestinians won full membership of the UN cultural agency.


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