January 28th, 2018 | 0 commentsBritain renewed its “reinforced” support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a statement from its consulate in Jerusalem made clear on Friday. The statement was issued days after the US announced that it is cutting by half its financial support for the international organisation. Britain has given £214 milli...
January 26th, 2018 | 0 commentsPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head to the Ethiopia to take part in the African Union Summit, which will be held in Addis Ababa on Sunday and Monday. The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) quoted Palestinian Ambassador to Ethiopia and Representative to the African Union Nasri Abu Jaish, who said that President Abbas would deliver a...
January 21st, 2018 | 0 commentsThe Tunis Declaration", released at the end of the International Trade Union Symposium to Support the Palestinian People, held Saturday in Gammarth, highlighted the danger of US President Donald Trump's decision to move the U.S. embassy to Al Quds and to recognise it as the capital of Israel. It called on all governments and international...
January 17th, 2018 | 0 commentsBahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)'s Chairman Khalid Al Moayed has received a Palestinian business delegation headed by the chairman of Jericho Chamber of Commerce, Tayseer Hameeda, in the presence of the Palestinian ambassador to Bahrain Taha Mohammed Abdulqader. The meeting hailed the bilateral and deep-rooted relation betw...
January 15th, 2018 | 0 commentsPalestinians in the West Bank are finally getting high-speed mobile data services, after a years-long Israeli ban that cost their fragile economy hundreds of millions of dollars, impeded tech start-ups and denied them simple conveniences enjoyed by the rest of the world. Palestinian cell phone providers Wataniya and Jawwal are expected to...
December 22nd, 2017 | 0 commentsPalestinian leaders have hailed the result of a vote at the UN rejecting a unilateral US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, calling it proof of international support for "justice". "The international community has unequivocally proved that it will not be intimidated or blackmailed, and its members will defend the global rule of...
December 14th, 2017 | 0 commentsEgypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said before an urgent meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul on Wednesday that Egypt will be at the forefront in confronting any attempts to circumvent the realisation of historic and legal Palestinians rights. Shoukry said that the stability of the region and the world...
December 13th, 2017 | 0 commentsTurkey hosted an extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the aim of formulating a common Islamic position on thisthe serious escalation resulting from the US decision on Jerusalem. This comes in light of continued condemnation, within the Arab and Muslim worlds, of US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital o...
December 13th, 2017 | 0 commentsIndonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi is visiting Jordan, Turkey and Belgium, and meeting with her Jordanian and Palestinian counterparts, in response to US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. After attending the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in Istanbul on Wednesday, she will visit Brussels to meet EU for...
December 10th, 2017 | 0 commentsPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during his visit to the region and there will be no communication between U.S. and Palestinian officials Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said on Saturday. Maliki comments were made before an Arab League meeting in Cairo to discuss President Donald Trump’s re...
