‘Democratic’ Fatah pressures employees to vote for its lists in West Bank

[ PIC 01/10/2012 – 07:29 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Many sources reported that the civilian and military employees at PA were ordered to support Fatah movement’s lists in the upcoming municipal elections. The sources told PIC’s correspondent that this generalization is contrary to the claims of the Ramallah authority that it is impartial and […]

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Dismissed employees warn Fayyad’s government of staging an open sit-in

[ PIC 25/09/2012 – 11:55 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A number of employees, dismissed from their jobs on political grounds, staged yesterday a sit-in in front of Council of Ministers of Ramallah government to demand the implementation of Supreme Court’s decision to let them immediately return to their jobs. Among the participants in the sit-in […]

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Thousands of workers to lose their jobs due to power outage

[ PIC 06/03/2012 – 11:10 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The general syndicate of workshop owners in Gaza Strip has warned that thousands of workers would lose their jobs in the event the electricity crisis persisted in the enclave. Chief of the syndicate Sami Al-Amasi said in a statement on Monday that more than 7000 workers […]

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US Congress members take junket to Israel: who wins and who loses?

By Reverend Carolyn Boyd * | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | Sept 8, 2011 “What if we stopped the three billion dollars in aid we give to Israel annually and used the savings to create a national jobs-deficit reduction programme?… This is the time to reallocate financial resources to American families and communities and to […]

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ei: Blockade denying Gaza youth education, employment

Report, The Electronic Intifada, 17 March 2011 Undergraduate students at Islamic University in Gaza City. (Erica Silverman/IRIN) RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IRIN) – The next generation in the Gaza Strip may be less educated, less professional and perhaps more radical because an Israeli blockade has restricted educational and employment opportunities, say UN and other sources. […]

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ei: New Gaza factory, jobs destroyed in Israeli attack

Rami Almeghari, The Electronic Intifada, 10 February 2011 What remains of a plastics factory after it was bombed by Israel earlier this week. (Rami Almeghari) “I still cannot believe my eyes as I see the machines of our new factory, scattered to all corners,” said Rabah al-Hatto as he surveyed the rubble of his recently-established […]

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Two Palestinian workers injured in IOF shooting

[ 23/01/2011 – 11:10 AM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Two Palestinian workers were shot and wounded at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in south of Palestine occupied in 1948 on Sunday morning. Medical sources in Dhaheria town, Al-Khalil district, said that Husam Al-Qaimeri, 25, with hit with a bullet in his foot while […]

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