Arab Bank

SAM BAHOUR, A TOWERING man who is barely contained by his American Levis, returned to his father’s hometown of El-Bireh in 1995, at the age of 29. He…

‘You are clearly not Jordanian. Where are you from?’ I had just boarded a bus in Irbid, heading south toward Amman. I was hot and tired and the…

A Jordan-based bank at the center of a multimillion dollar legal case says Israel has cleared it of involvement in terrorism. The Arab Bank on…

A group of Israelis who were wounded or lost relatives in the Second Lebanon War are suing five Lebanese banks that allegedly finance Hizbullah from…

Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Israel's second-biggest lender by assets, is severing ties with banks in the Gaza Strip in response to the Israeli government's…

It began with Imagine, John Lennon's immortal song. The audience loved it. Some joined in singing quietly, others hummed. If some had forgotten the…

Palestinian government employees loyal to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas stood in long lines outside banks in Hamas-ruled Gaza on Wednesday to collect…

Today Hamas consolidates its power in Gaza and plans its next moves in Judea and Samaria. Fatah - its main competitor - has collapsed. Fatah was…

Arab Bank Plc, Jordan's biggest lender, is demanding that Israel's Bank Hapoalim Ltd. and Israel Discount Bank Ltd. help cover any damages it may…

In a victory for more than 1,600 survivors and family members of those killed in Israel by terrorist acts, US District Judge Nina Gershon has issued…

Israelis and other foreign nationals can pursue claims in US courts accusing the Jordan-based Arab Bank of promoting Palestinian suicide attacks by…

Jordan will close the branches of Jordanian banks in the Palestinian territories should they be targeted by Hamas activists, a government spokesman…

The cash-starved Hamas government's promise to begin paying overdue salaries to civil servants generated widespread confusion throughout the West…

65 YEARS AGOOn June 4, 1941, The Palestine Post reported that Britain claimed it had completed the withdrawal of some 12,000 Allied defenders of…

Ramallah - At least 40,000 Palestinian Authority civil servants are expected to receive one month's salary on Monday, PA Finance Minister Omar Abdel…

The Palestinian Authority has used tens of millions of dollars it received from donors such as the European Union to finance terrorism, while Saudi…

The Palestinian economic crisis is shaping up to be more alarming than projected, and is liable to provoke a humanitarian crisis, increased violence…

Last month, King Abdullah II appointed his former minister of finance, Bassem Awadallah, as director of his office. Awadallah is considered one of…

In response to the US and EU decision to cut off financial aid to the Palestinian Authority, Hamas launched a fund-raising drive Thursday in the Arab…

Palestinian Finance Minister Omar Abdel Razek said in interviews published Sunday that the Hamas-led government's financial crisis is worse than he…