Ramallah

Palestinian Authority silent as Israel consolidates fuel monopoly

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
11 May 2012

Israel’s monopoly over distribution of fuel to the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip has yet to be challenged by the Palestinian Authority.

Interview: "counterrevolution" threatens mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners

Asa Winstanley
Ramallah
17 April 2012

The Palestinian Authority announced that Palestinian Prisoners’ Day would mark the start of a massive new wave of hunger strikes. But factionalism threatens the success of this movement, says Addameer’s Mourad Jadallah in an interview with The Electronic Intifada.

Court victory for Raed Salah deals blow to UK "anti-terror" policy

Asa Winstanley
Ramallah
9 April 2012

Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah’s court victory in his deportation case has implications for both the UK government’s relationships with pro-Israel groups and its anti-terrorism legislation.

Israel causes $66 million worth of damage to EU-funded aid projects

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
4 April 2012

A new report by the European Commission indicates that 82 humanitarian aid projects that it funded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were destroyed or damaged by Israeli military attacks between 2001-2011.

Palestinian Authority jails journalist for publishing exposé on foreign ministry

Asa Winstanley
Ramallah
30 March 2012

The Palestinian Authority imprisoned journalist Yousef al-Shayab Wednesday because of something he wrote, and because he insists on protecting his sources, say his colleagues

Imperfect revolution: Palestine's 15 March movement one year on

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
23 March 2012

One year after the 15 March movement’s call for national unity, what has the youth-led mobilization achieved?

Radio station aims to empower Palestinian women

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Ramallah
23 February 2012

Nisaa FM is an almost entirely female-run Palestinian radio station based in Ramallah and the only radio station in the Middle East devoted solely to women’s issues.

Stealing Palestine's resources is illegal, despite Israeli court ruling

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
7 February 2012

Israel’s illegal acts of resource pillaging in the occupied West Bank are “benefitting” the Palestinian population, according to the Israeli high court.

No miracle yesterday in Nabi Saleh: Mustafa Tamimi murdered

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
10 December 2011

Linah Alsaafin witnessed the murder of Mustafa Tamimi at the hands of the Israeli army who had invaded Nabi Saleh village.

Israel chokes Palestinian trade, says UN study

Ramallah
7 September 2011

West Bank trade remains largely isolated from global markets due to restrictions imposed on the movement of goods, according to a July 2011 study by the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

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