Posts Tagged ‘Ramallah’
Report Takes Aim at Palestinian Prisons
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Eleven Palestinians have died in Fatah and Hamas detention centers during 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the Palestinian Independent Commission For Human Rights (ICHR). Two of the Palestinians died in detention centers run by the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, while the nine others [...]
Kerry Visit Expected to Increase US Pressure
by Eitam Abadi American Secretary of State John Kerry is expected in Israel on Thursday to resume efforts to force Israel to surrender its disputed heartland to the Western-backed Palestinian Authority. Until now, Kerry's efforts have concentrated on trying to create an environment in which Israel and the Fatah-led PA can negotiate the terms [...]
Kerry Returning to Israel Next Week
by Naama Ben-Yaakov American Secretary of State John Kerry will visit the Middle East, his third trip in a month, in yet another attempt to push Israel and the Western-backed Palestinian Authority to resume negotiations. In a surprise move, the State Department announced that Kerry will return to Jerusalem and Ramallah early next week to [...]
Ramallah Activists Protest Obama Visit
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Thousands of Palestinians gathered Wednesday in the center of Ramallah to protest against United States President Barack Obama's planned visit to the city. Activists vowed to step up their protests against Obama on Thursday and Friday. American-trained security forces loyal to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority are [...]
Youth Villages Face Demolition for Obama Visit
by Eitam Abadi Government forces have reportedly received orders to destroy the youth villages of Ramat Migron and Oz Tzion by the beginning of next week – in preparation for the visit of United States President Barack Obama. The orders were displayed in an IDFdocument obtained by various media outlets. Soldiers were ordered to [...]
PA Tries to Silence Sexual Harassment Case
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refused to open an investigation into a sex scandal involving a PA minister out of fear that the case would hurt his ruling Fatah faction in the next presidential and municipal elections. Abbas instructed the PA's American-trained security forces to “close the case” until [...]
Binyamin Community Leader Calls for Full Annexation
by Sagit Levi The deputy chairman of the Binyamin Regional Council, Motti Yogel, has called on Israel's government to legally annex all lands won from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War. Yogev issued the statement in response to recent threats by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who said he was considering canceling the Oslo [...]
Anti-Fayyad Protests Redirected Against Oslo
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Palestinian activists have called for mass demonstrations on Friday to demand an end to the Western-imposed Oslo Accords and other agreements signed between the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government. The call came as public transportation workers and social activists announced that they have [...]
Anti-Fayyad Protests Gain Steam
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Hundreds of protesters demonstrated on Wednesday in Nablus's main square, calling for the ouster of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. A former economist for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), Fayyad was appointed by former United States President George W. Bush in June 2007 to lead [...]
Shots Fired Near Fayyad’s Ramallah Compound
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Palestinian Authority security forces traded gunfire with unknown assailants at Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s compound in Ramallah on Wednesday. Reuters reported that Fayyad was not at the compound at the time. PA officials declined to comment, citing the sensitivity of the incident. There was no immediate [...]
