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  • Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) wear orange jumpsuits as the

    World Bank: Gaza economy is collapsing

    “The economic deterioration in both Gaza and West Bank can no longer be counteracted by foreign aid, which has been in steady decline."

  • ALI JAFAR takes a break at the SodaStream factory in Rahat last year

    Israel planning to increase work permits for Palestinians

    According to the World Bank, unemployment in the West Bank in 2016 stood at around 18%.

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    Protests over Jerusalem recognition continue in Bethlehem

    Widespread protests have also emerged in Muslim majority countries such as Turkey and Lebanon.

  • Suspects indicted in murder of Danny Gonen

    7 Palestinians indicted for terrorist attacks

    The main defendant in one attack is Ahmed Najar, a Hamas operative who was serving six life sentences when he was released as part of the Schalit deal.

    By YONAH JEREMY BOB

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    Inside the Palestinian 'watchmen' patrolling West Bank villages

    Carrying clubs and tools, some patrolmen have set up their own checkpoints where they question passersby and motorists.

    By REUTERS

  • A Palestinian boy places a Palestinian flag on a tent in the West Bank village of Sussiya

    ‘Don’t open up an international front over Sussiya demolitions’

    Residents of West Bank village to EU: Stop trade with Israel

    By HERB KEINON,TOVAH LAZAROFF

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    Palestinians to EU: Suspend trade agreements with Israel to protest demolition of homes

    European support for village of Sussiya must be backed with action, community spokesman writes in a letter to EU's Mogherini.

    By TOVAH LAZAROFF

  • A Palestinian protester wearing a mask featuring the Palestinian flag, uses a slingshot

    Soldier injured, Palestinian killed in overnight clash north of Bethlehem

    A mob of 70 to 100 Palestinians hurled rocks and firebombs at IDF soldiers who fired back "toward an instigator," source says.

    By YAAKOV LAPPIN

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    Ya'alon to freeze steps easing conditions for Palestinians amid security tensions

    Defense minister issues comments after Bayit Yehudi MK Struck asks, "What is the justification for [the relief package's] existence during a wave of terror?"

    By TOVAH LAZAROFF

  • Qalandiya check-point

    Left-wing screams apartheid over new security edict for Palestinian laborers

    Program would require Palestinian workers from the West Bank to head home at night through same IDF manned passageway through which they entered; new edict makes use of Israeli buses cumbersome.

    By TOVAH LAZAROFF,YAAKOV LAPPIN

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    Palestinians try to stop Israeli security barrier near West Bank monastery

    Bethlehem mayor will meet the Pope next month and ask him to intervene with Israel against building the barrier in area.

    By LINDA GRADSTEIN/THE MEDIA LINE

  • Selon un sondage mené cet été par le Centre palestinien d’opinion publique, Marouan Barghouti pourra

    Qui prendra la relève de Mahmoud Abbas ?

    Ils se prénomment Fadi, Ali ou Issa, et pourraient peut-être incarner demain le leadership palestinien. Pour autant, le prétendant numéro 1 reste le tristement célèbre Marouan Barghouti.

    By ANDREW FRIEDMAN

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    Honneur en berne

    A l’heure où les femmes palestiniennes cherchent à gagner leur indépendance économique et sociale, les crimes d’honneur se multiplient en Judée-Samarie

    By JIHAN ABDALLA

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