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Palestinian Call for Elections Deepens Divisions
Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed a decree that presidential and parliamentary elections will take place on January 24. But the announcement has only deepened Palestinian divisions. The vote is supposed to take place in the...
Israeli Sanctions Block Face to Face Health Conference in Gaza
Some 100 academics and mental health workers were denied entry to the Gaza Strip to attend an international medical conference, but the conference took place anyway – by video link, with one group gathering in Gaza City and another in Ramallah.
Palestinian Prime Minister Presses for Fulfillment of Palestinian Aid Pledges
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, at a meeting Monday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, urged donor countries to make good on pledges to assist the Palestinian Authority. Only a fraction of the more than $7 billion promised at the...
Celebrations in Palestine As Israel Releases Almost 200 Prisoners
Palestinians are celebrating Israel’s release of nearly 200 prisoners Monday. Israel says it freed the prisoners as a gesture to bolster the moderate Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The release came just before the arrival of U.S. Secretary...
Palestinian-Israeli Meeting Cancelled After Checkpoint Stop
A meeting between Palestinian and Israeli negotiators was canceled Sunday after the Palestinian motorcade was stopped at an Israeli army checkpoint.
Palestinians Unveil Monument to Arafat
Palestinians have paid tribute to their late president Yasser Arafat, a legendary Arab leader in the Middle East. As Robert Berger reports from VOA’s Jerusalem bureau, the ceremony comes against the background of new peace moves between Israel and...
