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Gaza banks are answering withdrawal requests with multiple currencies, leading to an exchange rate crisis for local residents. Gaza banks are experiencing another currency crisis, protesters told the Belthlehem-based Maan News Agency on Thursday. Palestinian Authority employees reportedly organized a sit-in in front of the Bank of Palestine in Nuseirat to protest the fact that [...]
May 15th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

Arab security prisoners in Israeli jails say they will stop drinking water unless Israel capitulates to their demands Terrorists and security prisoners being held in Israeli jails will riot unless their demands are met immediately, MK Jamal Zahalka threatened Saturday night. The MK spoke at a demonstration in Jaffa in support of security prisoners who [...]
May 13th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

PLO Executive Committee members say Netanyahu’s response to PA President Mahmoud Abbas does not “represent grounds for returning to negotiations”; cite settlements as impediment to negotiations. RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian officials on Sunday rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s formal response to a letter from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, saying his positions on Palestinian grievances over [...]
May 13th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

Corruption is now more widespread than ever with ministers receiving high salaries, cars, Palestinian Legislative Council speaker tells ‘Al-Quds Al-Arabi,’ scoffing at PA’s talk of a financial crisis in the West Bank. Hasan Khreishah, deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Saturday held the Palestinian Authority responsible for rampant corruption and human rights violations. He [...]
May 12th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

J’lem hoping to enlist Canada, US in battle to thwart Palestinian attempt to take part in Rio+20 Conference as full member state. As part of its continuing efforts to gain international recognition as a state, the Palestinian Authority is requesting to take part in the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) scheduled to take place in Brazil [...]
May 10th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warns of a “disaster” if any of the Arab prisoners dies while carrying out a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is warning of a “disaster” if any of the Arab prisoners dies while carrying out a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. Hundreds of Palestinian Authority [...]
May 9th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

Arabs removed Israeli flags from main bypass roads between cities in northern Binyamin; say flags to be burnt in Ramallah. A group of Arabs activists removed Israeli flags from main bypass roads between cities in the northern Binyamin region early Saturday, the Ma’an news agency reported. The activists replaced Israeli flags with Palestinian Authority flags, according to Ibrahim Burnat, one of the [...]
May 6th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

Terrorists renew regular attacks on Jewish homes, farms in Samaria as dry summer season begins. Two near-disasters in Yitzhar. Disaster was narrowly averted twice on the Sabbath as Jews in Yitzhar prevented Palestinian Authority Arabs from destroying their community with fire. Some grazing land was set alight, but homes in the area were saved. The attacks [...]
May 6th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

PA president acknowledges any resolution will be blocked but says, “we need to raise our voice everywhere.” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday said that the PA will bring the issue of Palestinians jailed by Israel to the United Nations. Speaking during a visit to Tunisia, Abbas accused Israel of being in violation of [...]
May 1st, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

The latest PA tactic for United Nations sympathy is the prisoner’s hunger strike, which it now says is a humanitarian disaster. The latest Palestinian Authority tactic for United Nations sympathy is the prisoners’ hunger strike, which it now says is a humanitarian disaster. Hamas’ supreme leader Khalid Mashaal said Sunday that the Arab League has [...]
April 30th, 2012 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »