News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 month ago
The Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) is considering switching investments into hedge funds as part of a move to expand international investments to make up 30% of its portfolio. Social housing projects, already underway on the northern outskirts of...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 month ago
Abbas pledged to pursue reconciliation efforts with the Islamic movement and denied the election call was a "stunt". But analysts highlighted the challenge he would face in organising elections in Gaza, where Hamas has held sway since mid 2007. "We...
News Source: Israel National News
| about 1 month ago
IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced Saturday that the PA would hold elections on January 24, 2010. The announcement angered Hamas, which insists that elections should be held only after the Fatah-led PA in Judea and...
News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 month ago
The Palestinian Authority has announced a date for elections, throwing a wrench into national unity talks with its Islamic militant rivals. Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree that presidential and parliamentary...
News Source: Press TV
| about 1 month ago
The decree calling elections "has no value whatsoever from a constitutional point of view," Deputy Palestinian parliamentary speaker Ahmed Bahar told a news conference on Saturday, saying Abbas "must be tried for usurping power." Abbas, whose term...