Ramallah Authority Refuses to Sell Fuel to Gaza power plant

Gaza | Al Ray Agencies | Oct 31, 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – An official source said on Wednesday, Ramallah authority told the Petroleum Authority in Gaza it’s refusal to sell fuel for Gaza power plant, at a price was purchased last week. The same source also said that the Petroleum Authority in Gaza paid for […]

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Human rights organization: PA’s apparatuses arrest and torture children

[ PIC 30/03/2013 – 10:05 AM ] LONDON, (PIC)– Arab Organization for Human Rights in UK said that PA’s Preventive Security Apparatus in the West Bank had stormed the village of Safa near al-Khalil on Thursday night and arrested youths, including children under 18. The organization said in a statement on Friday that large forces […]

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MAS: One third of the PA budget used to protect the security of #Israel | #DismantleThePA

[ PIC 07/01/2013 – 10:18 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A new study revealed that the Palestinian authority security apparatuses uses about one third of the general budget of the government in order to protect the security of Israel and its settlers and prevent the outbreak of a third intifada (uprising) in the West Bank. According […]

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Preventive security re-arrest Adnan Samara 12 hours after his release

[ PIC 14/09/2012 – 05:15 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– PA preventive security apparatus arrested two Hamas supporters in Tulkarem and Nablus and three liberated prisoners in Qalqilya. Preventive Security Apparatus in Tulkarem re-arrested liberated captive Adnan taysir Samara, 29, after less than 12 hour from releasing him from its prisons under the decision of the […]

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Israel ‘blackmailing’ Palestinian Water Authority

Maan News Agency | Sept 10, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel is using water agreements signed in the Oslo Accords to blackmail the Palestinian Water Authority and destroy the two-state solution, the head of the PWA said Monday. Israel has reduced the Joint Water Committee, set up to implement the Oslo Agreement on water, to […]

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Rights group: The Israeli army has no civil authority over Jerusalem

[ PIC 25/07/2012 – 02:48 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The association for civil rights in Israel said the civil administration of the Israeli army has no right to impose its civil authority over the neighborhoods of Jerusalem behind the segregation wall. This came following Israeli news reports saying that the Israeli municipal council in […]

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PA committed to “free speech”, in meanwhile: Female journalist in PA jail carried to hospital

[ PIC 04/04/2012 – 08:50 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinian journalist Esmat Abdulkhaleq, who has been held in PA custody for a week, was rushed to hospital after her health deteriorated. Nihad Abu Ghoushe, a member of the journalists syndicate, said on Tuesday that Esmat was returned to the preventive security jail after going to […]

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#Gaza Energy authority: Fuel shipment enough for one day

[ PIC 25/03/2012 – 10:55 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The energy and natural resources authority in Gaza has said that the fuel shipment delivered by Israel to the Strip would only suffice one day of work for the power station if operated in full capacity. Ahmed Abul Omarin, the director of information at the authority, […]

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Disbanding the Palestinian Authority Back on the Table

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Palestinian prisoners gesture as they enter Gaza via the Rafah crossing from Egypt 18 October 2011. (Photo: REUTERS – Andrew Winning) Fadi Abu-Saada |  November 2, 2011| Al Akhbar English Calls to disband the Palestinian Authority are gaining ground amid the projected failure of the […]

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Behind aid-cut to Palestinian Authority, more than meets the eye

Alex Kane | October 3, 2011 | Mondoweiss On the surface, reports over the weekend that Congress has blocked $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) indicate that long-standing threats from U.S. politicians over the PA’s United Nations bid have come to fruition.  But there’s much more than meets the eye on this […]

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Israeli finance minister calls for elimination of Palestinian Authority if it becomes “anti-Israel state”

Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:10 | MEMO Yuval Steinitz has called for the elimination of the Palestinian Authority if it turns into an anti-Israel state. Israel’s Minister of Finance has called for the elimination of the Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas in response to the bid for full membership of the United Nations before […]

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Saudi Arabia Donates $200 Million To P.A.

Tuesday September 20, 2011 01:24 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Amidst U.S. and Israeli threats to bankrupt and isolate the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank due to the UN state recognition bid this month, Saudi Arabia announced it is donating M $200 to the P.A. Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the […]

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Border Authority Prevents West Bank Patient From Traveling To Jordan

Palestinian deaths following infringement of right to medical treatment in the OPT, 2000 -2011 – Report  of B’tselem Monday September 05, 2011 11:34 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli Border Authorities at the Allenby Bridge, leading to Jordan, prevented on Sunday a seriously ill West Bank patient, a former political prisoner, from traveling […]

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The problem with Palestinian political leadership ~ by @benabyad

A legitimacy deficit, a lack of smart tactics and a focus on power for power’s sake are all barriers to Palestinian liberation Ben White |  guardian.co.uk | Thursday 1 September Palestinian women walk past a mural of militants in the West Bank town of Jenin. Photograph: Mohammed Ballas/AP For a few months now, discussion of […]

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Israeli Finance Minister Refuses To Transfer Money to P.A

Thursday September 01, 2011 01:35 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Israeli Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, refused a request from the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to transfer NIS 380 Million to the P.A so it can pay salaries as the Muslims celebrate the Al Fitr feast. Yuval Steinitz The Israeli Radio reported that, […]

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