Palestinian Authority

Arabs in Judea and Samaria consider dissolving “Palestinian Authority”

The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

The Arab leadership in Judea and Samaria announced yesterday their intention to consider a formal abandonment of the Middle East peace process and dissolving the “Palestinian Authority”. Officials in Judea and Samaria told The Daily Telegraph that the most important Arab decision making bodies were preparing to meet to discuss a proposal to dissolve the “Palestinian Authority”....

Abbas may dissolve Palestinian Authority

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

THE PALESTINIAN president Mahmoud Abbas may declare the peace process dead and dissolve the Palestinian Authority. Officials in Ramallah say, however, he will not take these steps until he is certain that nothing can be done to launch meaningful negotiations.

Collapse Feared for Palestinian Authority if Abbas Resigns

New York Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Those close to Mahmoud Abbas said that his stated intention to resign was not a bluff and that other Palestinian Authority leaders would follow him.

Future of Palestinian Authority Hangs in Question

New York Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Those close to Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he intended to resign and forecast that others would follow.

Palestinian Authority Could Be Falling Apart

New York Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Those close to Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he intended to resign and forecast that others would follow.

What Next with the Palestinian Authority?

News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

Following Palestinian Authority Chairman's declaration to stand out of the next election, there are rumors he wishes to dissolve the P.A. or that the Palestinians will unilaterally declare a Palestinian state. Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas declared last Thursday that he would not be running for presidency in the upcoming elections, slated for January 24. Reports suggest Palestinian Prime...

Abbas resignation threat puts PA in jeopardy,

Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, has threatened to walk out on the struggling peace process between Palestine and Israel. Abbas announced he would not be running for election in January only a few days before other Palestinian officials claimed they were meeting in order to consider disbanding the authority. Internationally this has caused much dismay, as it strikes a blow to...

Apartheid Alert

My Right Word (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

This note came over the wire: The Jalame Crossing (in the Gilboa area, near Jenin) will tomorrow (Tuesday), 10.11.09, at 10:00, be opened to Israeli Arab vehicles. Regional Cooperation Minister Silvan Shalom, Quartet Representative Tony Blair and senior Israeli, Palestinian Authority, and US Embassy officials will attend. You caught that? ...be opened to Israeli Arab vehicles. That wouldn't be discriminatory,...

Abbas Undermining Fayyad?

Backspin (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

How is Salam Fayyad to get the UN and Obama's support for unilateral statehood while West Bank officials openly talk about dissolving the Palestinian Authority?

Palestinians May Formally Abandon Peace Process.

The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

This is worrying: With PA President Mahmoud Abbas poised to resign, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) legislators are reportedly set to discuss dissolving the Palestinian Authority entirely , ending the 1993 peace process and the limited self governance enjoyed by the PA in portions of the West Bank. The move would have enormous ramifications, but with Israel h aving repeatedly threatened to...

Ex-Israel minister in peace push

BBC News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

A former Israeli minister unveils a peace plan offering a Palestinian state with temporary borders and talks with Hamas.

• Israeli lawmaker floats idea of talks with Hamas - Reuters

AL urges Abbas to run in upcoming elections

People Daily (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Arab League chief Amr Moussa on Monday urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to reconsider his decision not to run in the upcoming presidential election, statement said. According to the statement, Moussa called on Abbas to continue leading the Palestinian National Authority. Moussa praised the Palestinian President's decision not to continue negotiations with Israel unless it stopped building...

• Abbas Threatens to Dismantle PA, Declare Peace Process Failed. What a Whore! Don't Believe His Theatrics or Any of His Words; He is a Spent Puppet. - Palestinian Pundit

Most Palestinians oppose Abbas' decision to quit: poll

People Daily (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

&$ &$Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) receives grapes from supporters during a Fatah gathering in the West Bank village of Halhul near Hebron November 8, 2009. Thousands of Palestinians turned out in the West Bank on Sunday to urge Abbas to run again for the presidency following his announcement that he did not want a second term in the job. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ A majority...

Abbas charts new course by abandoning faith in the US

Developing your Web presence (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Tony Karon, in The Nation ‘Who lost China?” was the battle cry of a witch-hunt conducted in the US State Department following the 1949 victory of Mao Zedong’s communists. The department’s “ China hands”, critics charged, had been woefully ignorant of the dynamics at work on the ground in China after the Second World War, and undermined the US ally Chiang Kai-shek....

• Abbas charts new course by abandoning faith in the US Tony Karon - Snuffysmith's Blog

Obama Could Approve Palestinian "Declaration of Independence" based on Pre-1967 Borders Ignoring Israel's Objections

P/Oed Patriot (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

A ccording to an Article on World Net Daily(WND), the White House is close to making a Deal where they will support the Creation of a Palestinian State based upon Pre-1967 borders. Here is A part if the Ariticle: "according to a top Palestinian Authority official, the Obama administration has largely adopted the positions of the PA to create a Palestinian state within two years based on the pre-1967...

• Klein: Obama will accept unilateral declaration of Palestinian state? Israeli officials fear White House’s ‘very dangerous move’ - The Real Barack Obama

Iran: Revolution or Dogmatic Theocracy?

Nadia Marques de Carvalho | 26/09/2009

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell After 30 years of a harsh, totalitarian and dogmatic Islamic theocracy, the June 12 th elections in Iran have provided a platform for people, for the first time, to voice their opinion on not only the vacuum of democracy but also criticise how Islam is being used as a veneer for this abusive, austere and autocratic...