News Source: The Boston Globe
| about 1 month ago
Amnesty International is accusing Israel of pumping disproportionate amounts of drinking water from an aquifer it controls in the West Bank, depriving local Palestinians of their fair share. The London-based human rights group also said in a report...
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| about 1 month ago
Ignoring warnings by Hamas and other Palestinian groups, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that he was determined to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on January 24. Abbas said he had instructed Dr. Hana Naser,...
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| about 1 month ago
The US will continue pressing for a deal to get Israel and the Palestinian Authority back to the negotiating table, despite concerns in Jerusalem that Friday's announcement of PA elections in January makes the likelihood of starting negotiations now...
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| about 1 month ago
The Water Authority slammed Amnesty International on Monday for failing to allow it to make any sort of presentation to Amnesty's researchers or react to the organization's findings on water allocation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority...
News Source: The Daily Star
| about 1 month ago
Hundreds of Israeli police patrolled occupied Jerusalem’s most volatile holy site on Monday, a day after fierce clashes with Palestinian protesters turned the quiet hilltop compound into a battleground. The complex, claimed by both Arabs and Jews,...
News Source: Inter Press Service
| about 1 month ago
D�j� vu on one of the world's most volatile religious sites, a site deeply revered by both Muslims and Jews. On Sunday, Israeli police helicopters circle over the Al-Aqsa mosque and the adjacent Golden Dome of the Rock from where Muslims believe...