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File: US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 16, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Pool/Flash90)
July 11, 2017, 3:13 pm
US ambassador to join meeting with Palestinian negotiators
In policy change, David Friedman reportedly to accompany envoy Greenblatt to Jerusalem talks on restarting peace process
By Stuart Winer
US President Donald Trump, left, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
June 8, 2017, 2:09 pm
Abbas said ready to drop settlement freeze precondition for talks
Top economic adviser says PA president also willing to back off of war crimes prosecutions and reduce pressure at UN to give US a chance to restart negotiations
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
A Palestinian young man carries bricks amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, March 4 2015. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
March 31, 2015, 4:27 pm
Palestinian official in charge of rebuilding Gaza resigns
PA spokesman says Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa stepping down for personal reasons
By AP
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for a cornerstone-laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2012. AP/Mohammed Salem.
March 25, 2015, 9:54 am
Qatar trying to broker long-term Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Senior envoy has spoken to officials in Gaza and Ramallah about a five-year proposal that would do away with the blockade
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah waves to citizens during his visit to Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, October 9, 2014. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
December 22, 2014, 9:29 pm
PA forms committee to take over Gaza crossings
Move is part of effort to accelerate reconstruction of war-battered territory, so far hindered by Fatah-Hamas division
By TOI staff and AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with his new unity government in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 2, 2014 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
October 6, 2014, 1:29 pm
Palestinian unity government to meet in Gaza
Key step toward PA taking control of Strip will come just days ahead of international donor conference on reconstruction
By AP
A Palestinian woman holds the hand of a child as they head home with some of their belongings on August 27, 2014, in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood. (photo credit: AFP/Robert Schmidt)
September 9, 2014, 7:49 pm
Officials call for money to rebuild Gaza, but say donors wary of Hamas rule
Making appeal for $550 million to rehabilitate Strip, top PA official warns specter of new war may scare off potential benefactors
By AFP, AP and TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, and negotiator Saeb Erekat, left, attend the Arab foreign ministers' meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, on April 9, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
April 10, 2014, 10:18 am
Peace talks can continue past April 29, says Abbas
Palestinian leader appears to pull back from looming crisis; Israeli official says prisoners can be released if PA halts international drive
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an oil rig (photo credit: Dwight Burdette/Wikimedia Commons/File)
March 19, 2014, 2:23 am
Palestinians plan to drill for oil in West Bank
The project, which does not yet have Jerusalem’s approval, covers more than 400 square kilometers, most under Israeli control
By Josef Federman
Mohammed Mustaf, a new Palestinian deputy prime minister for economic affairs, in Ramallah on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
June 12, 2013, 9:27 pm
New PA economics minister says outlook bleak for West Bank
Mohammad Mustafa predicts $150 million shortage for June operating costs and government payroll
By Karin Laub
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Ramallah on Sunday, April 7, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Mohamed Torokman)
May 27, 2013, 9:45 pm
Palestinians reject Kerry’s new focus on boosting their economy
Day after secretary unveils $4-billion investment plan, Abbas adviser says PA won’t make political compromises for financial benefits
By Michal Shmulovich and Raphael Ahren
Egyptian riot police detain a protester during clashes outside the presidential palace in Cairo, April 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Tallal)
April 28, 2013, 11:17 pm
Egypt police demand more rights
Low-ranking officers want better conditions, pay, and treatment
Former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (left) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
April 14, 2013, 8:04 pm
As Fayyad resigns, Palestinian politics face the unknown
Abbas yet to decide whether to appoint a new technocrat as PM or head an interim government himself
By Elhanan Miller
Former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad in June 2011 (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
April 11, 2013, 4:24 pm
Fayyad resignation underscores deep schisms with Fatah
Palestinian Authority prime minister says he has had enough, following fallout with PA President Abbas
By Elhanan Miller
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Executive Committee of the PLO in Ramallah, in January (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
March 20, 2013, 7:00 pm
‘Palestinian president mulls sacking his PM’
Tensions between Abbas and Fayyad mounted recently over resignation of finance minister; economist said to be considered for role
By TOI staff
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