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A country which will forever be remembered as the one which made the grand opening of the Arabian Revolution, Tunisia, has been crying foul since two months ago when Israel’s National Security Council Counter Terrorism Bureau issued a statement discouraging Read more
Tzipi Livini, an opposition leader and a former Prime Minister in Israel has resigned from the parliament, the Knesset; although she made it clear that she will still be active in the public domain as Israel is too dear to Read more
Barely a week has gone by since the Palestinian Authority addressed a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel asking for peace talks to commence based on the 1967 borders and calling for an end to all settlement activity did Read more
The head of the Palestine Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has shown interest to his Israeli counterpart for peace talks to resume in a letter. Prime Minister Netanyahu is also determined for the talks to take place. On the agenda, the traditional Read more
The Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip will receive $55 million assistance from the World Bank during the next two years. The money will support private sector led-growth and help public institutions to efficiently manage finances Read more
France has announced a $13 million financial assistance to the Palestinian authority to help it carry out a desalination project in the isolated Gaza strip. This project, which has been approved by the Union for the Mediterranean, will enable Palestinians Read more
The World Bank has approved a $40 million grant to support reforms made by the Palestinian Authority (PA) that will help improve services delivered to Palestinians in the occupied territories. The Palestinians have already received from the WB three similar Read more
Egyptian government has agreed to supply the occupied Palestinian Gaza Strip with 5 megawatt of power starting next week in a bid to help solve the electricity crisis hitting hard the besieged coastal enclave. The Egyptian offer comes amid plummeting Read more
The humanitarian situation in Palestine is worrying due to Israel’s continued settlement activity in the West Bank and its adverse effects on economic development and Palestinians’ access to basic services, says UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. The UN official also Read more
Head of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Ismail Haniya, who is visiting Turkey during his first official trip abroad, has met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who reaffirmed Ankara’s support to the Palestinian cause. Mr. Haniya, who has not left Read more