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Norway and Sweden contributed an additional total amount of $18.5 million to the Palestinian Partnership for Infrastructure Development Multi-Donor Trust Fund (PID fund) administered by the World Bank. The funds contributed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) amount Read more
The World Food Program (WFP) announced on Wednesday cuts in food to Gaza and the West Bank, because of a severe funding shortfall, saying the move will affect about 190,000 impoverished Palestinians. The UN agency said it would, as of Read more
The need for aid in the occupied Palestinian territory has increased, following a year that has seen a “serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation,” said Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the region, in a statement on Monday. Mr. McGoldrick’s Read more
The Unites States Thursday failed to garner decisive support at the UN to condemn Gaza ruler Hamas for firing rockets on Israel after a draft resolution championed by the US diplomat missed the target of two-thirds of the General assembly Read more
A court in the Gaza Strip has pressed severe penalties against 14 people for collaboration with Israel, six of whom having been handed death penalty. The court, linked to the Strip ruler Hamas, which is opposed to Israel, has convicted Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Chairman of Al Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has renewed his firm commitment to continue defending Al Quds and the Palestinian cause, which are at the core of the Middle East Read more
Hamas top leader Wednesday said he has received from Moscow an invitation to visit Russia. Ismail Haniyeh’s office said the invitation was delivered by a visiting Russian diplomat. Unlike the United States, Israel and the European Union, Russia does not Read more
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) would wrap up its operations in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza next year and began laying off part of its workers. The State Department has handed to the agency a list Read more
Hamas, the ruler of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, has claimed Israel attempted to plant a spying equipment in the Strip during its recent incursion that turned bloody after the Israeli troops were spotted and confronted. “The Zionist enemy tried Read more
US-based home rental company Airbnb took stand against Israel’s illegal occupation in Palestinian West Bank, removing 200 properties from its website. Airbnb has enraged Israel after it announced Monday that it was removing 200 properties located in Jewish illegal settlements Read more