Tag: Palestine
Dutch city to keep street signs claiming Israelis cities are located in ‘Palestine’
A Dutch city has decided to postpone a decision to change street signs that identify Israeli cities as Palestinian, JTA reported on Sunday.
A spokesperson of the municipality of Eindhoven in the eastern Netherlands on Friday wrote on Twitter...
Elections remain elusive for Palestinians, as Abbas searches for pretexts to postpone them
In an address to the U.N. General Assembly last September, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged to a sympathetic gathering of world leaders that he would hold parliamentary elections.
While the announcement garnered international headlines at...
Elections remain elusive for Palestinians, as Abbas searches for pretexts to postpone them
In an address to the U.N. General Assembly last September, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged to a sympathetic gathering of world leaders that he would hold parliamentary elections.
While the announcement garnered international headlines at...
In PA-controlled Bethlehem, Christmas is no longer the celebration of yesteryear
On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Manger Square in Bethlehem was filled with people, but local Christians were few and far between. The majority of those milling around in the sunshine appeared to be...
US restores assistance for Palestinian security services, humanitarian and civilian purposes
Part of the $1.37 trillion spending bill that U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Friday included $150 million split evenly between assistance for security services, and humanitarian and civilian purposes for the Palestinians.
The legislation included a bipartisan...
International Atomic Energy Agency recognizes Palestine as a country
The International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement recognizing Palestine as a country, as it joined the nuclear watchdog on Tuesday as an observer.
Although it isn’t a member, it is allowed to attend meetings,...
New Zealand government site omits Israel from map
A New Zealand government website published a map that omitted Israel and instead showed “Palestine.”
The Fact Sheet page on the Immigration New Zealand website labeled East Jerusalem as “the designated capital of the State...
Media Advisory: No cease fire was reached in Gaza this week
As journalists cover the complexities of the Middle East reportage, news agencies often interpret a lull in hostilities as an “armistice” or a “cease-fire”, which brings to mind to the agreement that led to...
WJC welcomes UNESCO consensus on two decisions related to Israel as ‘important step in...
NEW YORK – The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Thursday welcomed the consensus reached by the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to adopt two texts agreed to...
Truth vs. Slogan in World Law: Disclosing Vital Differences
"The martyrs are our children and they are our families. They honor us...." (Mahmoud Abbas, PA President, Speech to PLO Central Council, January 14, 2018)
Judging from recent comments by Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority president,...