Salam Fayyad

Palestinian council to approve continuance of Abbas government

JERUSALEM -- To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to...

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Joe Lieberman doesn’t answer the only question

Nahum Barnea in Yedioth Ahronoth. Can’t find it online yet: Grand Park is the most luxurious hotel in Ramallah. On Sunday afternoon, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad held a press conference there. About 20 local...

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MIDDLE EAST: The Big Mad RushTo Nowhere

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY FAREED MAHDY* IDN-InDepthNews Service ISTANBUL (IDN) – All of a sudden, everybody began running in a new Middle East big chaotic rush, as soon as the Palestinian Authority (PA) announced on...

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Does sinking Mideast peace process hold any hope?

Analysis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Efforts to rescue the sinking Middle East peace process are losing support. Influential U.S. pundits have lost faith. Those Israelis who never did believe in it are saying: we told you so. Some...

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Hamas: Terrorism to Eliminate Israel is a 'Principle'

In an interview published Thursday in the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat, a Hamas spokesman said that the jihadist movement is loyal to "Palestinian principles" in its policy of terrorism against the Jews until Israel...

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Negotiating by tantrum

About two weeks ago when Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said he was quitting, Daled Amos observed that this less a dramatic announcement than standard operating procedure noting 14 times that he has threatened to quit...

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Obama criticises Israeli expansion

US President Barack Obama says Israel's decision to build another 900 Jewish homes in east Jerusalem is a dangerous one. He's also warned the Israeli Government that its settlement policy is jeopardising prospects for peace...

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Israel approves plan to build 900 homes

Settlement construction remains an extremely divisive issue in Israel. Construction on outskirts of Jerusalem probably remains several years away Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel approved a construction plan Tuesday for hundreds of...

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MIDDLE EAST: Is Abbas Bluffing?

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN IDN-InDepthNews Service ISTANBUL (IDN) – As time passes by, signals emerge that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ “desire” not to run in the January elections that he unilaterally decreed,...

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Paradox of Peacemaking: Fayyad's Unilateral Statehood Plan

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad published a plan in August 2009 to unilaterally declare statehood after a two-year state-building process. The Fayyad plan involves numerous governance components that already exist...

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