News Source: The Boston Globe
| about 1 month ago
West Bank— Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday his government would hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Jan. 24, regardless of whether it reaches a power-sharing deal with the rival militant Hamas group that rules the...
News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 month ago
A Washington conference hosted by a new liberal Jewish advocacy group this weekend has sparked a diplomatic row and proxy battle over the Obama administration's stance on Israel at a time of simmering tensions between Washington and Israel's right-...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 month ago
The harsh reality of life and death in Gaza is a common theme for Palestinian filmmakers. But it was the 2004 death of a young Palestinian woman -- not at the hands of a militant attack or an Israeli incursion -- that struck a note with two...
News Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat
| about 1 month ago
I would like to make it clear that stopping the settlement activity is an obligation under the roadmap and not a Palestinian condition." He added: "I personally handed the US administration, represented by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National...
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| about 1 month ago
None of the scenarios facing the embattled leader is particularly appealing. If there is no pact between his Fatah movement and its Islamist rival Hamas, Western-backed Abbas will have to go it alone, fielding candidates in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip...
News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 month ago
West Bank The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas , issued a decree on Friday for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held on Jan. 24. The move resolved an immediate constitutional crisis, but created new complications and underscored...