A new Palestinian prime minister was appointed Sunday: Rami Hamdallah, a 54-year-old linguistics professor and president of An-Najah National University. Given the severe economic crisis in the Palestinian Authority, is he on a suicide mission?
The West Bank’s first international marathon took place on Sunday in Bethlehem. Read one Israeli-Canadian runner’s account of the experience.
For the first time, the Dutch government has called for retail chains in the Netherlands to state the origin of products from West Bank settlements, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
This makes the Netherlands, one of Israel’s greatest friends in Europe, the second country in the EU, after Britain, to recommend such labeling. Read more.
Israel stressed Monday that it will not cancel its plans to build 3,000 new homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Most of the Jewish public in Israel supports the establishment of an apartheid regime in Israel if it formally annexes the West Bank, a survey shows.
The survey, conducted by Dialog and is based on a sample of 503 interviewees, exposes anti-Arab, ultra-nationalist views espoused by a majority of Israeli Jews.
The survey shows that a large majority of 69 percent objects to giving 2.5 million Palestinians the right to vote if Israel annexes the West Bank. Read more.
Israel’s security establishment and emergency services have been put on high alert Tuesday ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
A comprehensive closure of West Bank border crossings went into effect on Monday night, and will continue until midnight on Wednesday. Read more.
Palestinian demonstrators fed up with high prices and unpaid salaries in the West Bank violently clashed with police on Monday, in the largest show of popular discontent with the Palestinian Authority in its 18-year existence. Read more.
The Presbyterian Church in the U.S. has voted to boycott Israeli settlement goods on Friday.
The church decided to boycott goods made in the territories, such as Ahava Dead Sea products and Hadiklaim dates.
The church voted to endorse a “choice of conscience” option for individual pension holders who want to avoid investing in three U.S. companies that do business with Israel – Caterpillar, Motorola, and Hewlett Packard. Read more.
