Tag: palestine

Amid still-unresolved tensions over Jewish settlement expansion in East Jerusalem, two major publications reported Wednesday that President Barack Obama is seriously considering proposing later this year a U.S. peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both the Washington Post and the New York Times reported on a Mar. 24 meeting between Obama and former national … Continue reading “Obama Said to Mull Israel-Palestinian Peace Plan”

The Israeli government has indicated that it will press ahead with a plan to enlarge the Jewish prayer plaza at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, despite warnings that the move risks triggering a third intifada.  Israeli officials rejected this week a Jerusalem court’s proposal to shelve the plan after the judge accepted that … Continue reading “Israel’s Provocation at al-Aqsa”

Will Obama lose his troops over Israel? asks Pat Buchanan

RAMALLAH – In early February, 41-year-old Fayez Ahmed Faraj, a father of nine from the city of Hebron, 30 miles south of Jerusalem, in the southern West Bank, was shot dead in his home town by Israeli soldiers after he allegedly tried to stab one of them. After a preliminary investigation the Israeli military authorities … Continue reading “‘Palestinian Life is Cheap’”

And it’s not pretty, says William Pfaff

QALANDIA, West Bank – On Tuesday tens of hundreds of Palestinians of all political persuasions took to the streets, alleys and sidewalks as widespread rioting and protests spread across East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza and into Israel proper. The worst violence in several years, something of a mini Intifada or uprising, followed the Islamist … Continue reading “‘Day of Rage’ Engulfs Palestine”

SILWAN, East Jerusalem – Outside the Bedouin-style protest tent in the heart of this Palestinian neighborhood, the anger is palpable, but controlled. Muhammad (surname undisclosed) turns to an Israeli TV reporter: "Would you agree to have your neighbor’s house moved on top of yours just because they knock his house down so as to build … Continue reading “Palestinian Homes on ‘David’s Garden’ Spared for Now”

RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah is fighting a tidal wave of fresh allegations, including sexual harassment, an internal power struggle and embezzlement. But the arrest of a cell of Fatah members, including officials working for the PA’s security forces, by their PA colleagues on the grounds that they planned to assassinate members … Continue reading “Scandals, Assassination Plan Rock Palestinian Authority”