Quartet

Obfuscation never helped anyone: the Palestinian fiscal crisis

Submitted by Charlotte Silver on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 17:01

Wednesday’s annual donor meeting in Brussels will blame everyone but Israel for the fiscal crisis in the Palestinian territories, but it’s no secret why the Palestinian economy is faltering.

Palestinians brace for US aid cut following PA statehood bid

Gaza City
5 October 2011

As reports come in that the US may be preparing to cut a substantial portion of the aid it gives to the Palestinian Authority because of its bid for statehood, people in the occupied West Bank and Gaza are bracing for possible consequences.

The (unplanned) victory of the UN statehood bid

Jonathan Cook
Nazareth
27 September 2011

There was one significant victory at the United Nations for Mahmoud Abbas, even if it was not the one he sought.

The case for UN recognition of Palestine

Victor Kattan
13 June 2011

Victor Kattan argues that UN membership for a State of Palestine would be a strategic asset to the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, although there are risks involved.

Report on The Electronic Intifada boosted campaign to nix AUB speech by Wolfensohn

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 20:27

The Daily Star in Beirut reports on 12 June:

James Wolfensohn, former World Bank president, has pulled out of the commencement due to honor him at the American University of Beirut following a petition from students and faculty members over his links to an Israeli think tank and businesses.

What happened to Palestinian "reconciliation"?

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 07:52

Weeks after a Palestinian “reconciliation” accord was signed in Cairo with much fanfare, little appears to have happened. What is going on?

Quartet ex-envoy's investment helps Israel greenwash settlements

Ali Abunimah
6 May 2010

Former World Bank president and Middle East Quartet envoy James D. Wolfensohn is an investor in an Israeli company that is developing transport infrastructure for Jewish-only settlements built in the occupied West Bank in violation of international law, an investigation by The Electronic Intifada reveals.
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