UNESCO raises Palestinian flag at Paris headquarters
December 14th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by BNO News
PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- The Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday raised the Palestinian flag for the first time as the UN agency marked ... Read more...
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Israel declines to accept Palestine’s Unesco membership
November 1st, 2011 - 4:51 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Nov 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israel has refused to accept Unesco's decision to grant full membership to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and threatened retaliatory measures.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry ... Read more...
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Palestine becomes Unesco member; US upset
November 1st, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Oct 31 (IANS) Palestine Monday became the 195th full-time member of the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). The White House has termed the admission "premature" and threatened ... Read more...
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UNESCO grants full membership to Palestine
October 31st, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by BNO News
PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO on Monday voted to grant full membership to Palestine despite strong objections from Israel and the United States.Palestine is currently an observer ... Read more...
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A quicker way of detecting hearing loss
October 7th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Oct 7 (IANS) A low cost gene-based technology will detect hearing loss more quickly and cheaply than existing methods.Karen Avraham, professor at the Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty ... Read more...
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UNESCO executive council votes for Palestinian membership
October 6th, 2011 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Oct 6 (IANS) UNESCO's executive council voted Wednesday for allowing Palestine a membership, Xinhua reported.Some 40 of the 58 members of UNESCO executive council voted for the proposal against ... Read more...
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Israel nod for Quartet peace plan, urges Palestinian acceptance
October 2nd, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Oct 2 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior cabinet ministers Sunday signed off on a Middle East Quartet formula for a return to talks with the ... Read more...
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Hamas stresses resistance to liberate Palestine
September 17th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, Sep 17 (IANS) The Damascus-based Islamic Hamas movement said Saturday the Palestinian authority's decision to seek statehood at the United Nations was made unilaterally and resistance is the genuine ... Read more...
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Palestine wants UN vote for statehood
September 5th, 2011 - 8:07 am ICT by IANS
Gaza, Sep 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Palestinian Authority will seek recognition as a state at the UN, a senior Palestinian official has said.Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat told the Voice ... Read more...
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France to invite Palestine, Israel for peace talks
July 6th, 2011 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
Paris, July 6 (IANS) France plans to invite Palestinian and Israeli leaders for peace talks scheduled for September in Paris, a media report said.France is eager to generate a concrete ... Read more...
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Israel rebuffs Obama’s 1967 borders call
May 20th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Barack Obama's call for Israel's 1967 borders to be taken as the starting point for ... Read more...
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Hamas, Fatah sign reconciliation deal
May 5th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 4 (IANS) Palentine's two biggest factions - Fatah and Hamas - formally adopted a reconciliation agreement Wednesday in Cairo, CNN quoted Egytian state TV as saying.While Fatah is ... Read more...
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Israel calls Palestinian deal a ‘fatal mistake’
April 29th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv (Israel), Apr. 29 (ANI): The long-awaited reconciliation deal between two Palestinian factions has been described by Israeli President Shimon Peres as a "fatal mistake" that will destroy any hopes of ... Read more...
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Palin gives no reason for not visiting Palestinian occupied Bethlehem during Israel trip
March 22nd, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has not given any reason why she had skipped crossing an Israeli checkpoint to visit the Palestinian occupied territory of Bethlehem during ... Read more...
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Americans opinion on Pakistan, Afghanistan hits new lows
February 13th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Princeton, Feb 13(ANI): US public perceptions of Afghanistan and Pakistan have sunk to new lows this year, according to a new poll.Fourteen per cent of Americans have a favourable view of Afghanistan ... Read more...
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Palestinian Authority calls elections before September
February 13th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Feb 13 (IANS) The Palestinian Authority has said it will hold long overdue presidential and legislative elections before September. The presidential and legislative elections were originally scheduled for 2010. But they ... Read more...
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UK’s MI6 prepared Palestine Authority’s security strategy against Israel
January 26th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.26 (ANI): The Palestinian Authority's security strategy to crush Hamas and other armed groups on the West Bank was originally drawn up by Britain's intelligence service, MI6, papers leaked by Al-Jazeera ... Read more...
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PM Netanyahu says U.S. rejected Israel’s freeze proposal
January 4th, 2011 - 3:02 am ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that the U.S. government rejected Israel's proposal over the settlement freeze, local media reported.Netanyahu said that he agreed to the U.S. ... Read more...
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President Abbas expresses hopes Palestinian state would be established by 2011
December 25th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who travelled to Bethlehem to greet Christmas revellers in the West Bank city, has said that he hopes a Palestinian state would be ... Read more...
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EU approves first package of €100 million in support of the Palestinian people
December 23rd, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- The European Commission on Wednesday decided to provide an initial financial package worth €100 million ($131 million) to the Occupied Palestinian Territory under the 2011 budget, the European ... Read more...
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Palestinian state possible by 2011, says its PM
December 19th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.19 (ANI): Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has told the Israelis that there is a change in the Palestinian mindset, and suggested that the dream of a Palestine State could ... Read more...
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‘Arab League banned Spielberg’s works over donation to Israel during Lebanon conflict’
December 18th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Dec 18 (ANI): Hollywood film director Steven Spielberg was blacklisted by the Arab League's Central Boycott Office after making a million dollar donation to Israel during the 2006 conflict in Lebanon, ... Read more...
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US role in Mid_East stands discredited after WikiLeaks disclosures
November 29th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.29 (ANI): In what could discredit the US's role in the Middle East peace process, missions in Israel, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt were asked to gather biometric information 'on ... Read more...
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PM Netanyahu says Israel “quite serious” on peace talks
November 12th, 2010 - 3:11 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Israel is "quite serious" on resuming peace talks with the Palestinian Authority as ... Read more...
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Afghan peace talks only ‘informal’ so far due to shadowy Taliban leadership: Holbrooke
October 25th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington: Although there has been an upsurge in the number of high-level Taliban leaders showing interest in Afghan reconciliation process, the present talks are far from any formal negotiation due to ... Read more...
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Settlers set fire to West Bank mosque in protest against Israel
October 4th, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by BNO News
BETHLEHEM (BNO NEWS) -- A Palestinian mosque on Sunday night was burned down by West Bank settlers in protest against Israel's policies, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Monday.The mosque was located in ... Read more...
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Hillary can broker Mideast peace: Bill Clinton
September 22nd, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept.22 (ANI): Former President Bill Clinton thinks his wife Hillary can succeed where he failed.Bill Clinton said Tuesday that he believes his wife would succeed where he couldn't and ... Read more...
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Israel allows new cars into Gaza for first time in four years
September 21st, 2010 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Gaza, Sep 20 (DPA) Israel allowed 20 brand-new cars to enter the Gaza Strip Monday, the first such act since it imposed a blockade on the enclave in 2006, Palestinian officials said.
The ... Read more...
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Palestine to woo tourists at France’s tourism fair
September 15th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Sep 15 (IANS/AKI) The Palestinian Authority will for the first time have a stand at an international tourism fair in Paris Sep 21-24, and will be wooing tourists to its territories, ... Read more...
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Palestinian militant groups reject new round of Israel talks
August 16th, 2010 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, Aug 15 (DPA) Eleven militant Palestinian groups based in Syria Sunday warned against a "concession and compromise" policy ahead of a possible round of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian ... Read more...
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Palestinians await quartet statement to decide on talks
August 14th, 2010 - 5:01 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Aug 14 (DPA) The Palestinian Authority is waiting for a statement from the international Mideast quartet containing certain guarantees before making a final decision on joining direct negotiations with Israel, a ... Read more...
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10 Mideast nations declare Wednesday first day of Ramadan
August 11th, 2010 - 5:28 am ICT by IANS
Amman, Aug 11 (DPA) At least 10 countries in the Middle East decided Tuesday night that the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will start Wednesday.
The decision was first adopted by Saudi Arabia's ... Read more...
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Obama tells Palestine President to have direct talks with Israel
August 1st, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.1 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urging him to agree to go into direct talks with the Israelis next month, ... Read more...
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Obama asks Abbas to enter direct talks
August 1st, 2010 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem/London, July 31 (DPA) US President Barack Obama has warned the Palestinian government of Mahmoud Abbas that "there will be consequences" if he declines to open direct talks with Israel, Arab ... Read more...
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Israel: Palestinian President Abbas set impossible conditions for direct peace talks
July 29th, 2010 - 1:59 am ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) – Israeli officials said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has set impossible conditions for moving to direct peace talks with the Jewish nation, the Haaretz newspaper reported on ... Read more...
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