Palestinians have a new government but no one is cheering
OSAMA AL-SHARIF April 02, 2024 A new Palestinian government was sworn in earlier this week in Ramallah, a few weeks after the resignation of former Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, who […]
Israeli raid in West Bank kills four — Palestinian ministry
23 wounded in raid in northern West Bank, five of them seriously By AFP – Mar 16,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli raid […]
‘It’s all empty promises’: Palestinians feel betrayed by US, warn there’s only so much they can bear
By Vasco Cotovio, Nic Robertson, Kareem Khadder and Richard Harlow, CNN Updated 10:05 AM EST, Wed February 1, 2023 CNN hears what Palestinians think of Blinken’s visit 04:39 – Source: CNN Ramallah, West BankCNN — Abu A’asem […]
Emergence of new conflicts cannot erase the old ones
OSAMA AL-SHARIF March 29, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/bzggr It has been an extraordinary week of regional summits and high-level meetings that spell out an evolving “new Middle East,” to borrow […]
Adding momentum to Palestinian cause
Mar 29,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Monday once again demonstrated that amid ever changing global shifts, […]
World must not be hoodwinked by Israel’s latest lie
DAOUD KUTTAB October 26, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/2q5fr The gap between Israel’s justifications for its continued illegal occupation and colonial settlement enterprise and reality has just grown wider. Friday’s declaration […]
Bereaved families plead for reconciliation at joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial
Source: Times of Israel Organizers say nearly 200,000 watch controversial online event broadcast from Tel Aviv and Ramallah featuring grieving family members from both sides of the conflict By Jacob […]
Trump unveils US-Israeli plan amid Palestinian rejections
Palestinians have said long-delayed proposal, which is referred to as the Middle East peace plan, was dead on arrival. Trump’s US-Israeli plan announcement: Why now? US President Donald […]
‘The true-state solution’
Jan 05,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Fares Braizat This title is not mine. It is by Daniel J. Arbess, who published a piece in the Wall Street Journal on January 2, […]
Israel locks down Ramallah after two soldiers shot dead
Netanyahu vows to ‘legalise’ thousands of housing units considered unlawful even by Israel By AFP – Dec 14,2018 -JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — A Palestinian shot dead two Israeli […]
No More Two-state Solution? In Dramatic Meeting, Palestinians Set to Announce New Strategy
Palestinian factions to gather in Ramallah to determine how to press ahead in wake of Trump’s Jerusalem declaration Jack Khoury Jan 14, 2018 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to indicate what course the Palestinians will take – a continuation of the diplomatic process or demanding the implementation a […]
Jordan: The meaning of King’s Ramallah visit
Aug 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The visit of His Majesty King Abdullah to Ramallah, the temporary seat of the Palestinian Authority, two days ago, is by no means an ordinary step. Coming at this critical moment, the visit sends a very important message of support to all […]
11 million Palestinians scattered around world
RAMALLAH — There are some 11 million Palestinians scattered around the world, including more than five million refugees living throughout the Middle East. Their plight has made headlines in Syria, where the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA says as many as 100,000 Palestinians may have fled the Yarmouk refugee […]
Arafat poisoning probe: Body to be exhumed in November
RAMALLAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 31 October 2012 Criminal investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat’s remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official said yesterday. The official said the team from France would arrive sometime between Nov. 24 and Nov. 26 in […]