JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli rights group on Tuesday called on Jerusalem's new police chief to "fundamentally change" what it said was his officers' violent treatment towards the city's Palestinian residents.
In a report timed to coincide with the anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of east Jerusalem, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel said that over the past two years i [...]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - The Palestinian Authority is facing a financial crisis because funds pledged by donor nations are not arriving on time, Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad said Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference with Japan's representative to the Palestinian Authority, Fayyad said the slow delivery of promised aid was putting pressure on the govern [...]
CAIRO (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was in Egypt on Monday for talks with the country's de facto head of state on efforts to seek UN recognition for a Palestinian state, a military source said.
Abbas briefed Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi -- who heads the military council in power since president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February -- on his recent trip to Doha.
At a [...]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas expect to agree the make-up of a transitional government of independents by June 6, senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath said on Sunday.
Speaking at a news conference after meeting Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya, Shaath declined to discuss potential ministers in the new government, which is mandate [...]
DUBAI (AFP) - Suzanne al-Houby, a Palestinian who lives in the United Arab Emirates, has become the first woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, she said in a statement on Saturday.
"Becoming the first Arab woman to reach the top of the world was an enormous thrill and a great privilege," Houby said in the statement.
"I would like to share this triumph with the [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A group of notable Israeli figures, among them former senior officials, are calling on Europe to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September in a letter published on Friday.
"In the face of endless procrastination and mutual distrust, a declaration of Palestinian independence is not only legitimate, but also a positive and constructive step for [...]
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - The 118-nation Non-Aligned Movement on Friday demanded Israel release a "substantial number" of Palestinian political prisoners as a "positive step" towards peace.
At the end of a ministerial meeting in Indonesia, the movement reiterated its support for the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, a position it shares with the United Sta [...]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - A senior Palestinian official from president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement on Thursday rejected Israeli calls to revoke a recent unity deal with Gaza's Hamas rulers.
Speaking on a rare visit to the Gaza Strip, Nabil Shaath told reporters that Fatah, which dominates the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, was completely committed to its reconci [...]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - The Palestinians are to create a $1 billion fund to invest in the reconstruction of the war-torn Gaza Strip, the economic adviser to president Mahmud Abbas has told AFP.
"In the coming weeks, we will approach private sector businessmen to create a $1 billion fund to invest in the Gaza Strip," said Mohammad Mustafa, chairman and chief execut [...]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - A senior Palestinian official from president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement on Thursday rejected Israeli calls to revoke a recent unity deal with Gaza's Hamas rulers.
Speaking on a rare visit to the Gaza Strip, Nabil Shaath told reporters that Fatah, which dominates the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, was completely committed to its r [...]
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