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24/05/2012 - Report: Palestinian territories

Press freedom group condemns Palestinian TV raid

Reporters Sans Frontières has strongly condemned the arrest of a journalist and confiscation of equipment owned by a TV station carried out by the Israeli Defence Forces ...

17/05/2012 - Report: Palestinian territories

Palestinian cabinet reshuffle deepens Fatah-Hamas split

A surprise reshuffle of the Palestinian Authority has angered the Islamist movement Hamas. There are nine new ministers in the 24-member cabinet.

01/04/2012 - Report: Palestinian territories

Calls for release of Palestinian jailed over Paris corruption claims

Press freedom campaigners have condemned the jailing in Ramallah of journalist Yousef Al Shayeb. He is being sued for libel over an article alleging corruption at the diplomatic Palestinian ...

10/02/2012 - Palestine - Qatar

Abbas meets with Palestinian Leadership to solidify support

Following his appointment as Prime Minister of the Palestinian unity government, President Mahmoud Abbas met with the central committees of Fatah and the PLO on Thursday.

02/02/2012 - Israel - Report

High level visits to region ahead of Middle East peace talks

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, the head of the World Bank Group Robert Zoellick and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle all made separate visits to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian ...

24/11/2011 - Palestinian Territories

Abbas meets Hamas's Meshaal in Cairo for new Palestinian unity talks

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal started a meeting in Cario on Thursday, hoping to revive a Palestinian unity deal that was reached in May but has never been ...

19/11/2011 - Italy

Benetton kiss adverts appear in Italian papers - minus the Pope

Italian fashion company Benetton has launched its latest shock-tactics advertising campaign with photomontages of

31/10/2011 - Palestinian Territories - UN

Unesco makes Palestine full member

The UN’s cultural organisation, Unesco, has accepted Palestine as a full member.

18/10/2011 - France - Israel

Sarkozy welcomes release of Franco-Israeli Gilad Shalit

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has welcomed the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who also has French nationality through his grandmother.

14/10/2011 - France - Palestinian Territories - Israel

Help free Franco-Palestinian, Abbas tells Sarkozy after Shalit deal

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas called on France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy to work for the liberation of Franco-Palestinian prisoner in Israel after the agreement to exchange ...

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