(MaanImages/File) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Fatah central committee member Nabil Shaath met with Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar in Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon to progress the reconciliation deal between their parties. In a press statement, Shaath said they discussed the political detentions in Gaza and the West Bank and ways to implement the agreement, despite [...]
PLO official Nabil Shaath said that Sweden will stand by Palestinians at the UN, after meetings with officials in the country on Thursday. (MaanImages/Haytham Othman, File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO official Nabil Shaath said that Sweden will stand by Palestinians at the UN, after meetings with officials in the country on Thursday. Shaath said the [...]
President Mahmoud Abbas holds up a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon requesting Palestinian statehood at the 66th United Nations General Assembly. (REUTERS/Eric Thayer) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Denmark said Monday that it would vote in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution to upgrade the status of Palestine in the world [...]
by STEPHEN LENDMAN on OCTOBER 14, 2011 Spread it! 8| 22Share 1 inShare 1digg print Globetrotting to enlist UN membership support, Abbas told Time magazine in Columbia on October 11 that he’ll resume talks if Israel accepts the Quartet‘s proposal. In September, Quartet members established a timeline for “realistic and serious” negotiations with no [...]
Palestinian students hold flags as they arrive to deliver letters to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon through the head of the UN office in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 20, 2011. (REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah central committee member Nabil Shaath said Monday that nine countries in the Security Council were committed [...]
Officials: Blair acting for US, Israel (MaanImages/File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Senior Palestinian officials said Sunday that Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair was acting as a propagandist for the US and Israel. A top official speaking on condition of anonymity told Ma’an that Blair had followed instructions from Israel to avoid talking about politics [...]
Palestinian leaders renew attack on Tony Blair over Israel Tony Blair in New York. He has lost his credibility as a neutral mediator by ‘parroting’ Israeli demands, say Palestinian leaders. Photograph: Allison Joyce/Reuters The Palestinian leadership has stepped up its attack on Tony Blair in his role as envoy of the Middle East Quartet, saying [...]
US Pressuring Security Council to Vote Down Palestinian State Palestinian Authority says the expected US veto would ‘destroy’ a two state solution by John Glaser, September 17, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The United States is working diligently to pressure the other members of the United Nations Security Council to vote against next [...]
PLO in ‘massive’ diplomatic campaign for UN bid Published yesterday (updated) 17/07/2011 20:07 Erekat says the PLO is sending envoys around the world BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian leadership in Ramallah is preparing a massive diplomatic campaign to gain recognition of statehood from the United Nations and individual countries, a PLO official said Saturday. [...]
Palestinian Sees Prospects of Deal Receding Majdi Mohammed/Associated Press A Palestinian protester used a sling shot to hurl stones at Israeli troops during the weekly demonstration against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, on Friday. By ISABEL KERSHNER Published: May 20, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS [...]
