Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Palestinian national unity talks have been hampered by another dispute amid a Hamas demand for a majority of the Cabinet portfolios of the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian sources said Hamas has issued new conditions for a national unity government with the rival Fatah movement, meant to be headed by PA Chairman […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Hamas’ military is said to have been divided over a reconciliation agreement with the rival Fatah movement. Hamas sources said an agreement brokered by Qatar and signed by political bureau chief Khaled Masha’al and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has fueled a dispute within the Islamic movement’s Izzedin Kassam military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to Palestinian Authority security programs have been misspent amid lack of coordination, a report said. The Bipartisan Policy Center asserted that the United States competes with other countries in efforts to build PA security forces. The center, in a report titled “A […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has brokered an agreement between the two leading Palestinian factions. On Feb. 6, leaders of Fatah and Hamas agreed to resume efforts to form a joint government and prepare for elections. Under Qatar’s influence, the two sides supported the selection of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as head […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has established police stations around Jerusalem, claimed by Israel as its capital. Over the past 18 months, the PA Interior Ministry has quietly set up two police stations along the outskirts of Jerusalem. The first station was established in the Jerusalem suburb of A-Ram just outside the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — For the first time in years, the Palestinian Authority faces significant economic unrest. Opposition elements have been organizing protests against the PA amid its latest budget crisis. The protests have urged the PA to cancel plans for austerity measures, including a tax hike. “We want a government that defends the […]