Ramallah and Al-Bireh

Preventing Palestinain Bantustans:Unilateral Declaration Of Statehood

From a rumor, to a rising murmur, the proposal floated by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Ramallah leadership to declare Palestinian statehood unilaterally has suddenly hit center stage. The European Union, the United States...

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Once the invisible man, now the centre of attention

Afghanistan whistleblower Richard Colvin's career and ‘undramatic' style belie the maverick image some are using to portray him Strangers stop him on the street to shake his hand. But before Richard Colvin emerged as the...

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Ekrema : Palestine

0 of $2,500 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 21, 2009 Ekrema is a 24-year-old, single young man living with his parents in Ramallah city of Palestine. He has a small computer repair shop. Ekrema is requesting a loan of...

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Tolerance Art Exhibition

This week the Al-Mahatta gallery in Ramallah hosted the Ramallah Centre for Cultural Human Studies' (RCHRS) fourth annual tolerance art exhibition. The display featured works from artists all over Palestine and Jordan, with a...

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Israel Poisoned Arafat - PA Libel Lives On

The PA has been disseminating the libel that Israel poisoned Yasser Arafat since Arafat's death five years ago. This accusation was reiterated this month at events commemorating the anniversary of his death.

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Abbas Confirms Palestinian Vote to be Postponed

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not to hold the vote. Abbas,...

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PNA rejects Israeli drafted peace plan

RAMALLAH, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rejects a peace plan being drafted by Israeli President Shimon Peres, an official said on Friday. Yasser Abed Rabbo, an aide to Palestinian President...

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Picture This: Up, Up and Away

Balloons with messages attached are released by Palestinian children in the West Bank city of Ramallah, during an event organized by UNICEF. The balloons were released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the...

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Israel halts stadium construction

Israel has ordered construction work on an internationally financed football stadium being built for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to be halted. Palestinian municipal authorities in al-Bireh, near Ramallah, have been...

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Rocks, Molotov cocktail hurled at security forces in West Bank protest

Once again, Palestinians as well as left wing Israeli and foreign activists held violent protests against the security barrier west of Ramallah. Some 300 activists gathered in Na'alin, where rocks and a Molotov cocktail were...

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