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Gaza conflict adds tension to Palestinian UN bid Israel's air strikes on the Gaza Strip have heightened the tensions surrounding the Palestinian bid for observer membership at the United Nations planned for later this month.
17 November 2012
Multiple new Israeli strikes on Gaza: AFP Israeli war planes carried out multiple new air strikes on the Gaza Strip, including several hits on Gaza City on Friday morning.
16 November 2012
Photo courtesy of en.wikipedia.org Palestinian UN bid on Nov 29: Abbas Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian Authority will present its bid for non-state UN membership, despite US and Israeli opposition.
13 November 2012
Obama tells Abbas of opposition to UN move US President Barack Obama told Mahmud Abbas on Sunday that his administration opposes a Palestinian bid for non-state membership of the UN.
12 November 2012
Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak. ©REUTERS Israel warns Hamas of 'heavy price' for Gaza rockets Israel has warned the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that it will strike with "ever-growing intensity" in response to the latest barrage of rocket attacks into the Jewish state.
12 November 2012
©REUTERS Crocodile captured in Gaza sewer: Hamas Police in the Gaza Strip on Monday captured a crocodile that roamed the sewerage system of a town in the north of the enclave, the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers said.
06 November 2012
©REUTERS Palestinians head to polls in first vote since 2006 Palestinians in the West Bank will head to the polls on Saturday for the first time in nearly seven years, casting their ballots in local elections.
21 October 2012
EU 'regrets' Israeli settlement plan The European Union's foreign policy chief on Thursday criticised Israel's plan to build hundreds of homes in annexed east Jerusalem and called for it to hold fresh talks with the Palestinians.
20 October 2012
©REUTERS/Marko Djurica Activists building ship in Gaza to defy Israel A ship built in Gaza will sail next year carrying Palestinian exports to international customers, and to challenge Israel's blockade from the inside out.
05 October 2012
Netanyahu and Abbas make rival UN pitches The leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority both address the UN on Thursday, one seeking recognition for his state, the other warning of a dire threat to his.
28 September 2012
©REUTERS/Atef Hassan Israel okays development of Gaza offshore gas field Israel has held new talks with the Palestinians over the development of a gas field off the coast of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli foreign ministry said in a new report released on Sunday.
24 September 2012
Palestinian finance minister Nabil Kassis. Photo courtesy of arabian business.com Palestinian state efforts at risk in cash crisis: minister Efforts to create a Palestinian state could collapse unless emergency funds are found to bail out its nascent government, the Palestinian finance minister Sunday.
24 September 2012
French probe seeks West Bank trip to exhume Arafat: widow French judges investigating suspicions that Yasser Arafat was poisoned are seeking to travel to the West Bank and have the Palestinian leader's body exhumed.
05 September 2012
Pro-Palestinian activists barred from West Bank visit Israel and Jordan on Sunday barred pro-Palestinian US and European activists from trying to cross into the West Bank to deliver aid to students, a number of sources said.
28 August 2012
Swiss lab to analyse Arafat remains for poisoning: hospital A Swiss radiology lab said on Friday it has received the go-ahead from the widow of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to test his remains for poisoning by polonium, a highly radioactive element.
26 August 2012
UN leader condemns lack of regulation for arms trade UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday it was a "disgrace" that there is no global arms trade regulation as he opened treaty talks held up by Palestinian demands for a place in the negotiations.
04 July 2012
Stanley Fischer. Photo courtesy of israelblogu.com Israel sought $1 billion IMF loan for Palestinians Israel sought a $1 billion IMF bridging loan for the Palestinian Authority earlier this year, but was turned down, an Israeli newspaper said Monday in a report.
03 July 2012
Palestinians hail 'historic' Bethlehem UNESCO move The Palestinians hailed Friday's granting by UNESCO of world heritage status to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem as an "historic day for justice."
01 July 2012
The WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran Palestinians get 'digital' food WFP has been providing the most vulnerable people with e-cards. They can get 9 food items in selected shops.
13 October 2011
Nursultan Nazarbayev making a speech at the 66th session of the UN General Assembly. ©Maksim Popov Kazakhstan supported acknowledgment of Palestine A complicated Palestinian problem is being actively discussed these days. Kazakhstan supports creation of the Palestinian state: Nazarbayev.
22 September 2011
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