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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on April 13, 2015. (Photo credit: AFP/ POOL / SERGEI ILNITSKY)
February 12, 2018, 12:43 am
Abbas heads to Moscow in bid to sideline US from peace process
PA head expected to ask Putin to help craft international multilateral mechanism, but envoy admits Washington still has some role to play
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian children hold bread patties during a protest against aid cuts, outside the United Nations' offices in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2018. (SAID KHATIB/AFP)
February 10, 2018, 12:56 am
UN agency for Palestinian refugees fundraises after US cuts
President Trump said last month that the Palestinians must return to peace talks in order to receive American aid money
By Edith M. Lederer
Sari Taha, program manager for Rawabi's collaborative workspace 'Connect,' lectures visitors. (Courtesy)
February 4, 2018, 5:21 pm
With all his chips in, Palestinian businessman aims to build ‘Silicon Rawabi’
Companies that have moved to new West Bank city tech hub so far are almost exclusively owned or funded by its builder, Bashar Masri
By Dov Lieber
Palestinian farmers tend their land in a buffer zone on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip for the first time since 2006, January 29, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
January 30, 2018, 3:46 am
Gazans farm along Israeli border for first time since 2006
International Committee of the Red Cross initiative will allow some 280 Palestinians to cultivate land in once-closed buffer zone
By AFP and TOI staff
In this January 10, 2018, photo, Palestinian cellphone provider Wataniya CEO Durgham Maraee speaks with the Associated Press at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
January 15, 2018, 9:20 am
Palestinian companies to offer 3G in West Bank after Israel lifts ban
Launch of improved coverage expected within weeks; providers were denied option for years due to security concerns
By Agencies and TOI staff
US President Donald Trump sits in the driver's seat of a semitrailer as he welcomes truckers and CEOs to the White House in Washington, DC, to discuss healthcare, March 23, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)
January 7, 2018, 9:15 am
A song of genius and fire
Israelis don't shy away from adding their own sounds in reaction to the 'Fire and Fury' book and Trump's, like, really smart tweets
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative: Gallows (CristiNistor/iStock)
January 4, 2018, 4:16 pm
In putting terrorists to death, coalition seen trying to save own skin
As measure moves forward, press plays up warnings of unintended consequences, though some wonder if anyone will actually see gallows
By Joshua Davidovich
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked arrives for the weekly government meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 4, 2018, 11:55 am
Justice minister wants High Court to stop ruling on Palestinian land claims
Legislation being drafted by Ayelet Shaked would transfer jurisdiction on West Bank land disputes to Jerusalem District Court
By Tamar Pileggi
US President Donald Trump exits Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
January 4, 2018, 9:58 am
America is no longer a doormat
Donald Trump has reestablished the US as a moral, pragmatic leader on the world stage
By Dov Hikind
University students attend a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2017. (AP Photo)
January 2, 2018, 2:40 pm
Imagining Iran’s day after, before the revolution really begins
Optimistic protesters and their backers make it into Israeli tabloids, but one pundit notes that they have yet to really be tested
By Joshua Davidovich
Chef Rachael Ray on stage at the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival on October 15, 2016. (Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for NYCWFF, via JTA)
December 28, 2017, 5:50 am
Rachael Ray cooks Israeli food, stirs up some controversy
Palestinians accuse chef of cultural erasure; Israelis accuse her critics of ignoring Jews of Middle Eastern descent
By Ben Sales
A Palestinian policeman stands guard at the Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity as people gather for Christmas Eve celebrations in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, December 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Musa Al Shaer)
December 25, 2017, 1:15 am
Amid Jerusalem move tension, faithful few flock to Bethlehem for damp Christmas
Crowds thin as temperatures dip but tourists still come to visit site where Christians believe Jesus was born
By JALAL HASSAN and IMAD ISSEID
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a press conference with the French president, following a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on December 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Francois Mori)
December 24, 2017, 1:12 am
Abbas breaks with US over Jerusalem — but for how long?
The Palestinians stand to lose a lot if their leader continues to take a hard line with the only peace broker acceptable to Israel
By Joe Dyke
Nariman Tamimi holds a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli security forces following a march against land confiscation on April 15, 2016, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
December 21, 2017, 4:32 pm
Two Palestinian women in court over Israeli soldier slap video
Nariman Tamimi, 43, and Nour Naji Tamimi, 21, remanded for alleged assault intended to provoke troops
By AFP
Palestinian envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour at the UN Security Council, December 8, 2017 (United Nations)
December 13, 2017, 10:54 pm
Palestinians push for UN resolution rapping Jerusalem decision
PA ambassador says Egypt-sponsored text, to face almost certain US veto, would demand Trump's capital declaration be scrapped
By AFP and TOI staff
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