Ghassan Khatib News
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The Palestinian Authority should cut spending and step up efforts to boost domestic tax collection as donor countries fail to meet their commitments, the International Monetary Fund said.
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The Palestinian Authority’s “substantial progress” in a two-year campaign to build institutions of statehood is threatened by delays in foreign aid and Israeli security restrictions, the World Bank said.
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak halted a planned transfer of the remains of 84 Palestinians while the government tried to confirm whether they’d been involved in terrorist attacks and debates whether it could hurt efforts to free a captive soldier.
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The Palestinian Authority Cabinet resigned today and President Mahmoud Abbas called on the prime minister to form a more inclusive government in advance of elections, spokesman Ghassan Khatib said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today presented the terms of a U.S. proposal for renewing peace talks with the Palestinians to his Cabinet, which includes a 90-day freeze on West Bank settlement building.
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Israel plans to expand the Kerem Shalom crossing to almost triple its capacity to handle goods entering the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon .
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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad underwent an operation in Texas today after suffering a heart attack, his spokesman Jamal Zakout said.
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Palestinian inspectors were on the hunt for goods in West Bank stores made in Israeli settlements, and metal scouring pads with no labeled place of origin caught their attention.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh denounced the U.S. killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden , while a Palestinian Authority spokesman said his death will be “good for peace.”
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Israel approved construction of several hundred homes in Jewish settlements after the killing of five members of an Israeli family living in the West Bank.
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