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The Netanyahu-Fayyad “economic peace” one year on
Ziyaad Lunat, The Electronic Intifada, 10 February 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was elected on a platform of “economic peace” with Palestinians in the West Bank. He contended that developing the Palestinian economy, by providing Palestinians with jobs and a better living stands, would render the “problems” between Israelis and Palestinians “more accessible for […]
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Fayyad launches settlement good boycott fund
Bethlehem – Ma”an – Caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad launched on Tuesday the National Dignity Fund, as part of an initiative undertaken by the Palestinian Authority to rid the Palestinian market of settlement goods at a ceremony in the Red Crescent headquarters in Al-Birreh, Ramallah. The National Dignity Fund aims at increasing the availability of […]
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Transcript: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (including Abbas on BDS)
DECEMBER 22, 2009 ‘We Are Open to All Possibilities’ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke with The Wall Street Journal’s Charles Levinson at the Palestinian Authority embassy in Amman, Jordan, on Dec. 20. Read a transcript of the interview. A recent opinion poll shows that 57% of Palestinians support you over Hamas, which got just 37% […]
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Palestinians destroy settler-made Dead Sea cosmetics
Wed Dec 16, 2:33 pm ET JERICHO, West Bank (AFP) – Palestinian customs officials on Wednesday dumped tens of thousands of dollars worth of Dead Sea beauty products into dumpsters as part of a boycott of goods made in Israeli settlements. “This destruction … is in keeping with the decision of the Palestinian leadership to […]
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Settlement goods confiscated in Jericho
Published today (updated) 16/12/2009 19:03 Jericho – Ma”an – Large quantities of settlement-bought products were confiscated and destroyed on Wednesday in Jericho, following a market inspection undertaken by customs officers, the Palestinian ministries of health and economy, in cooperation with the PA preventative security. The ministries said in a statement that the confiscated illegal settlement […]
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