Posts Tagged ‘Ramallah’
PA Official Dead After Charged with Selling Land to Jews
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh A senior Palestinian Authority official who had recently been arrested on suspicion of selling property to ethnic Jews allegedly committed suicide in Ramallah on Sunday. Osama Akel Hassan Mansour, 49, was killed when he fell from the third floor of a building that serves as headquarters of the Western-backed PA's [...]
PA Blames Foreign Nationals for Protests
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Foreign nationals living in territories controlled by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority participated in recent protests against the PA, a senior official in Ramallah charged Tuesday. The official told journalists that at least 10 foreign activists who came to the country to take part in demonstrations against [...]
Clinton Meets Abbas Prior to Israel Visit
by Sagit Levi American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she had held “productive” talks in Paris with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. AFP reported that during the "candid and productive meeting," Clinton said the two "discussed how to build on his exchange of letters" with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin [...]
Journalists Protest PA Brutality
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Palestinian journalists and activists called on Tuesday for an independent investigation on the harsh crackdown by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority on demonstrators and journalists in the last two days. They also called for a number of demonstrations to protest the actions of the PA's American-trained security [...]
Mofaz to Meet Abbas Next Week
by Sagit Levi Deputy Premier Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) will meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas next week, Channel 2 News reported on Tuesday. The report said that Mofaz will arrive in Ramallah on Sunday for the meeting, which would be Abbas’s first meeting in months with an Israeli cabinet minister. The meeting comes [...]
Secret Fatah Bank Exposed
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Yasser Arafat's former financial advisor, Mohammed Rashid, revealed over the weekend that the Western-backed Palestinian Authority's ruling Fatah party has a secret bank account in Jordan with 39 Million United States Dollars. Rashid said that the original sum was 44 Million Dollars, but dropped after the Fatah [...]
PA Defends Internet Censorship
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh The Western-backed Palestinian Authority on Sunday defended its decision to block websites that are critical of Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, denying allegations it was violating freedom of expression. PA Attorney-General Ahmed al-Mughni claimed that the websites were blocked for breaking the law and following complaints [...]
Jordan to Limit Palestinian Representation
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh King Abdullah II has decided to revoke the Jordanian citizenship of Palestinian Authority and PLO officials, sources in Amman disclosed late Wednesday. The sources said that the decision would also affect top leaders of the Western-backed PA, who would be granted temporary Jordanian passports to facilitate their [...]
PA Hunting Dissident Bloggers & Journalists
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Fatah security forces arrested a Palestinian blogger over the weekend for launching a Facebook campaign entitled “The people want an end to corruption.” The arrest of Jamal Abu Rihan is part of a clampdown by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority against Facebook users, bloggers and journalists who criticize the [...]
Barghouti Lynched by Fatah, Blames IDF
by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative and one of the main organizers of Friday's Land Day protests, was reportedly injured during the event and rushed by ambulance for treatment. Barghouti's office told reporters the activist had sustained minor injuries from a tear gas canister [...]
