Ramallah : UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov met Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah here on Monday and discussed with him the implementation of the intra-Palestinian reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo, Egypt, on October 12. ...
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Jerusalem : The Israeli occupation authorities on Monday approved permits for 31 settlement units in the West Bank city of Hebron, the first such approvals for the flashpoint city since 2002. An Israeli committee approved construction permits for the 31 ...
Read More »IDB finances project to support Palestinian university students
Jerusalem : Palestine’s Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) signed the agreement of the Youth Economic Empowerment Project with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which is part of the Palestinian People’s Economic Empowerment Program, funded by the Islamic Development ...
Read More »EU pledges to increase financial support to Palestine after signing reconciliation deal
Jerusalem : The European Union (EU) will increase its financial assistance to the government of Palestine following the signing of the intra-Palestinian reconciliation agreement and ending the division, EU officials told Palestine’s Ambassador to the bloc Abdel Rahim al-Farra. Speaking ...
Read More »Israel fumes as Interpol approves membership for Palestine
Jerusalem : Israel on Wednesday fumed over a vote by the Interpol that approved the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) as a member in the international police body. Earlier in the day, Palestinian membership to the Interpol was approved by 74 ...
Read More »Joint Jordanian-Palestinian Committee meets on economic ties
Amman : The Joint Jordanian-Palestinian Higher Committee’s preparatory panel held a meeting in Amman, which was headed by Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah and Palestinian Economy Minister Abeer Odeh to discuss prospects for cementing economic ties between ...
Read More »Joint Jordanian-Palestinian panel over economic ties kicked-off
Amman : The Joint Jordanian-Palestinian Higher Committee opened its technical meetings in Amman on Sunday to look into prospects to enhance economic relations between the two sides. The preparatory committee’s meetings, held at the ministry of industry and trade, were ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia donates $60 million to Palestine
Riyadh, (IINA) – The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has deposited $60 million into the account of the Palestinian Finance Ministry on Tuesday, according to a report in a local publication. The Saudi ambassador to Egypt and the Kingdom’s permanent ...
Read More »UN slams Israel for ‘apparent extrajudicial execution’ of wounded Palestinian
Geneva (IINA) – The United Nations said on Wednesday that footage purporting to show the shooting of a wounded Palestinian by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank last Thursday showed clear “signs of extra-judicial execution”, media agencies reported. ...
Read More »5 Palestinian detainees begin hunger strike in Israeli jails
Ramallah (IINA) – Four Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails have entered into a hunger strike in protest against their administration detention, while a fifth detainee embarked on a hunger strike in protest of being held in solitary confinement, WAFA reported. ...
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