Palestinians ask Israel to amend economic agreement
September 9th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Sep 9 (IANS) The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has officially asked Israel Sunday to amend a 1994 agreement regulating economic relations between the two sides.The request to review the ... Read more...
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Abbas not to hold bilateral talks with Iran
August 31st, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Aug 30 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not hold bilateral talks with Iran during his stay in Tehran, a Palestinian official said Thursday.Abbas arrived in Iran Wednesday ... Read more...
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Palestinian prisoner’s wife delivers baby via smuggled semen
August 13th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Aug 13 (IANS) A Palestinian prisoner's wife Monday delivered a baby conceived through artificial insemination after the father's semen was smuggled out from his Israeli prison.The baby was born ... Read more...
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India objects to cancellation of NAM meet on Palestine
August 6th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) India Monday said it has strongly objected to the cancellation of a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting on Palestine that was to be held at Ramallah ... Read more...
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Yasser Arafat was poisoned, says doctor
July 13th, 2012 - 2:19 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, July 13 (IANS) Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died after consuming an unknown poison, a Jordanian doctor claimed Thursday.Arafat's medical reports suggest that he was poisoned by a toxic ... Read more...
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Yasser Afrafat’s body to be exhumed
July 4th, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, July 4 (IANS) The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has agreed to exhume late president Yasser Arafat's body for examination at the request of some of his family members, a ... Read more...
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Unesco to add Bethlehem to World’s Heritage List
June 30th, 2012 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, June 29 (IANS) The Unesco Friday decided to include the West Bank city of Bethlehem and the Church of Nativity in world's heritage list, reported Xinhua citing local media ... Read more...
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‘Press Israel to meet Palestinian prisoners’ demands’
May 8th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, May 8 (IANS) The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the Islamic Hamas movement Tuesday called on the European Union (EU) to press Israel to meet the demands of the ... Read more...
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Palestinians jailed in Israel go on hunger strike
April 17th, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, April 17 (IANS) Palestinians jailed in Israel began a hunger strike on Tuesday demanding an improvement of their detention conditions.Qadoura Fares of the Palestinian Prisoner's Club said about 1, ... Read more...
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Hamas foiling Gaza power crisis solution: Palestinian PM
March 26th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, March 25 (IANS) Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Sunday accused Hamas of foiling an attempt to resume fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip.Fayyad said in a statement that he ... Read more...
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Palestinians organise local marathon to reject Israeli one
March 19th, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, March 19 (IANS) Dozens of Palestinian runners participated in a local marathon on the West Bank Monday, challenging an earlier Israel-organised international one in Jerusalem.The Palestinian marathon started from ... Read more...
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Palestinian women protest in support of hunger striker
March 8th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah/Gaza, March 8 (IANS) Hundreds of Palestinian women Thursday celebrated International Women's Day by protesting in solidarity with a female hunger striker jailed by Israel.The protests were held in the ... Read more...
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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli army in West Bank
February 12th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Feb 11 (IANS) Two Palestinians were wounded as dozens clashed with Israeli soldiers Saturday in front of an Israeli prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, witnesses said.Israeli ... Read more...
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Israel should meet its obligations to revive peace: Abbas
December 31st, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Dec 31 (IANS) Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that Israel should meet its obligations in order to restart the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks."Israel should halt settlement ... Read more...
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Palestinian demonstrator injured during West Bank protest dies
December 11th, 2011 - 2:54 am ICT by BNO News
RAMALLAH (BNO NEWS) -- A Palestinian protester who was seriously injured during a weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on Friday has died of his injuries, the Palestine ... Read more...
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Police arrest Israeli settlers after razing outpost
November 7th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Nov 7 (IANS) Israeli settlers scuffled with police and soldiers on Monday after security forces razed an illegal West Bank outpost.Residents of Or Zion, north of Ramallah, protested the ... Read more...
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Palestinian UN bid not to be withdrawn even if talks resume: Abbas
October 11th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Oct 11 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinian bid for a full United Nations membership won't be withdrawn even if peace talks with Israel are resumed, ... Read more...
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UAE charity distributes food in Palestine
August 6th, 2011 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Aug 5 (IANS/WAM) A UAE charity has distributed thousands of food parcels to needy Palestinians living in relief camps here.The food was distributed Thursday in 19 relief camps by ... Read more...
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UAE, Palestine discuss projects
July 14th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 13 (IANS/WAM) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met the non-resident ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Ramallah Wednesday and discussed progress of several projects funded by the ... Read more...
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No proof of Gaddafi violence against civilians: Britons
April 19th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli, Apr 19 (ANI): A British campaign group that spent a week touring Tripoli and other towns of Libya claimed they had seen 'no evidence' that Colonel Gaddafi's forces had attacked, bombed ... Read more...
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Palestinian PM resigns for government reshuffle
February 14th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Feb 14 (IANS) Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned Monday to enable formation of a new government. Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted Fayyad's resignation and tasked him ... Read more...
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India concerned about continuing stalemate in West Asia
January 28th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) India is concerned about the continued stalemate between the feuding parties in the Palestinian dispute, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed said here Friday."The continued ... Read more...
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Abbas suspends peace talks
October 2nd, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Oct 2 (IANS) The Palestinian leadership decided not to continue peace talks with Israel over a dispute on Jewish settlement policy in the West Bank, a spokesman said Saturday."There are no ... Read more...
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US ‘disappointed’ at Israel’s decision of not extending settlement ban
September 28th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): The United States has expressed it 'disappointment' at Israel's decision of not to extend a ban on building West Bank settlements.According to the BBC, US Middle East envoy ... Read more...
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Two Israelis injured in West Bank attack
September 2nd, 2010 - 8:17 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 2 (IANS) Two Israelis were wounded Wednesday night in a shooting attack in the West Bank, media reports said.
The victims, a man and a woman, were travelling in a ... Read more...
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Israel welcomes invitation to resume peace talks
August 20th, 2010 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Aug 20 (DPA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Friday an invitation to begin direct peace talks with the Palestinians, a statement issued by the prime minister's office said.
US Secretary of ... Read more...
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Report: Gunman holding hostages at Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv
August 17th, 2010 - 11:59 pm ICT by BNO News
TEL AVIV (BNO NEWS) -- Shots rang out at the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv on early Tuesday evening, local media reported, but few details were immediately available.The Haaretz newspaper reported that ... 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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Palestine rejects US call to start direct talks
July 18th, 2010 - 6:48 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, July 18 (DPA) Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas rejected a call by US special envoy George Mitchell to hold direct negotiations with Israel, Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan said.
During the three-hour meeting ... Read more...
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No progress in proximity talks with Israel: Palestinian official
July 11th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, July 11 (IANS) A Palestinian official Sunday said proximity talks with Israel have made no progress, but denied reports that the indirect negotiations have stopped.
"We don't know that they have stopped," ... Read more...
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Israel arrests Palestinians in West Bank raids
June 23rd, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, June 23 (IANS) Israeli troops Wednesday arrested four Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Palestinian police sources in Ramallah said that Israeli soldiers raided a number of houses and arrested ... Read more...
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Palestine denies reports of reconciliation with Hamas
June 19th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, June 19 (IANS) A Palestinian official denied Saturday reports that President Mahmoud Abbas had accepted a reconciliation plan proposed by Islamic Hamas movement to end the intra Palestinian division.
"I can't ... Read more...
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Noam Chomsky barred from coming into Israel
May 18th, 2010 - 11:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Massachusetts, May 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The noted linguist and the Jewish American professor Noam Chomsky has been barred from coming into Israel. He was supposed to go to Israel in connection ... Read more...
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PLO President gets go ahead for indirect peace talks with Israel
May 8th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, May 8 (ANI): Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) President Mahmud Abbas was on Saturday given the go ahead for holding indirect peace talks with Israel.Reports from Ramallah quoted Fatah Deputy Secretary ... Read more...
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Mideast negotiations difficult, not impossible: US envoy
April 24th, 2010 - 5:49 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, April 24 (DPA) US envoy for the Middle East Senator George Mitchell Friday said Palestinian-Israeli negotiations are facing many difficulties, but stressed that he is determined to continue efforts for peace.
Mitchell's ... Read more...
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