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Abbas' West Bank is flourishing but Hamas is not worried

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home


RAMALLAH - To an observer, it sometimes seems that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas knows something we don't. Otherwise, it's hard to explai...

Abbas to Haaretz: Peace possible in 6 months if Israel freezes all settlements

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.16.2009 | Home


RAMALLAH - If Israel completely halts construction in the settlements, negotiations with the Palestinians on a final-status agreement can be completed...

Abbas: Peace possible in 6 months if Israel freezes all settlements

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.16.2009 | Home


RAMALLAH - If Israel completely halts construction in the settlements, negotiations with the Palestinians on a final-status agreement can be completed...

Flourishing Palestinian sex trade exposed in new report

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.09.2009 | Home


Young Palestinian women are being forced to into prostitution in brothels, escort services, and private apartments in Ramallah and Jerusalem, i...

Juggling the occupation: a night at the circus

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 12.03.2009 | Home


Elliott D. Woods, for the Pulitzer CenterRamallah -- Speckled in dayglo, the young girl shimmying her way up the ropes can't be older than twelve -- b...

Hamas vows to prevent Palestinian elections in Gaza

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home


The Islamic Hamas movement which rules the Gaza Strip said Wednesday it would not allow presidential or parliamentary elections to take place in the s...

Evidence Suggests Obama's Speech Already Undercutting Extremists

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


RAMALLAH, West Bank — From Lebanese guerrillas to Saudi preachers, Islamic extremists have warned followers not to be taken in by President Bara...