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Fast Forward Massive U.S. Cuts To Palestinian Aid Affecting Food Supply, Sewage
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Reports of rollbacks in Palestinian aid projects are emerging as massive cuts in U.S. aid to the Palestinians kick in. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that up to 90,000 Palestinians will not get food aid in programs that are administered by nongovernmental organizations funded by U.S. assistance. NPR reported last week that…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Jailed For Selling Land To Jews Transferred To U.S.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian-American man sentenced by a Palestinian Authority court to life in prison for selling land in eastern Jerusalem to a Jewish Israeli was transferred to the United States. Issam Akel, of Bethlehem, was handed over to American authorities in the aftermath of a secret deal signed between the P.A. and U.S. officials,…
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Opinion Palestinians Are Right To Outlaw Selling Land To Settlers
I spent the summer of 2017 living in the heavily occupied West Bank city of Hebron. On July 24, I witnessed the takeover of a Palestinian property in the center of the old city by around 100 settlers. I watched as members of the Abu Rajab family, still living on one of the floors of…
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Opinion We Palestinians Are Caught Between A Government That Tortures Us – And Israel
My first time visiting a Hamas operated police station prison was unforgettable. A rusty blue-colored gate led to a narrow corridor that bifurcated into two depressing, colorless rooms. Inside, tens of people were sitting in the corners of each room on a cold floor or a few rotting mattresses. It was the middle of winter,…
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Fast Forward Rights Group Accuses Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Of Systematic Torture
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Security forces of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Gaza’s rival Hamas group routinely arrest and torture critics and opponents to try to stifle dissent, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Officials of the PA and Hamas denied the allegations of systematic abuse, made by the New York-based rights group,…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Members Of Congress Push Bill To Aid Palestinian Investment
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of lawmakers in Congress introduced a bill that would invest in businesses in the Palestinian areas — a bid to replace some of the massive cuts in assistance imposed recently by the Trump administration. Under the measure, the United States would contribute $50 million a year to investments in…
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Fast Forward EU Freezes $17M In Palestinian Aid Over Textbook Incitement Against Israel
(JTA) — A European Parliament committee voted to freeze more than $17 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority over incitement against Israel in its textbooks. The Budgetary Committee’s bill is an amendment to the European Union’s draft budget, which will go to a plenary vote in late October. If the budget passes, the EU will withhold…
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Fast Forward New Palestinian Textbooks ‘Indoctrinate For Death And Martyrdom’: Report
Textbooks created as part of the Palestinian Authority’s new K-12 educational curriculum “are teaching Palestinian children that there can be no compromise” and “indoctrinat[e] for death and martyrdom,” according to an analysis by a watchdog group. The report, by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education, analyzed K-12 textbooks that were…
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