Posts Tagged: PA corruption
EU Pledges $435 Million to Ailing Palestinian Authority — With Conditions for Reform
The European Commission announced on Friday that it would provide 400 million euros ($435 million) in "short-term emergency financial support" to the ailing Palestinian Authority...
Palestinians Who Work in Israel Don’t Trust the Palestinian Authority
JNS.org - The Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have come to an agreement on Palestinians who have jobs in Israel. Instead of their employers...
Local Arab Leaders Are Failing the Younger Generation
JNS.org - The events of the past week in the West Bank could have easily led one to believe that, a decade after its onset,...
Corrupt PA Misuses Millions as Obama Claims They’re Penniless
The very day that the Obama Administration went to court to claim that the Palestinian Authority doesn't have enough money to compensate terror victims, new...
The Dire State of the Palestinian Economy
The Palestinian economy inside of Judea and Samaria is in official crisis mode. The long-term effects of the Arab Spring as well as rampant corruption have...
Chair of European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control Calls for Tying PA Aid to Human Rights, Economic Benchmarks
The Palestinian Authority is the only body receiving European Union funds regardless of its human-rights record or economic performance, according to the Chair of European...
Kerry Touts Possible $4 Billion Plan to Boost Palestinian Authority Economy
Politico - Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he believes a plan potentially worth $4 billion is emerging that could expand the ...
Mr. Obama Goes to Ramallah
President Obama's plans in the Middle East include three and a half hours in Ramallah to meet with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The ...
Censored by Facebook, Arab-Israeli Journalist Continues to Expose PA Corruption
In an environment where criticism of Israel is not only common, but encouraged, Arab-Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh is a lonely voice of dissent on...
Welcome to the “State of Palestine”?
Nationalism and peoplehood are just part of the ingredients of statehood, or rather state building. Pronouncing their existence does not actually connote that...
Facebook Closes Account of Journalist Who Posted Articles on PA Corruption
An Arab-Israeli reporter who posted articles about corruption in the Palestinian Authority to his Facebook account has had his account deactivated, for no other reason...
Rethinking Palestine 2012
In 2011, Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), failed to win U.N. acceptance of Palestine as an independent state. This year, he lowered...
