Salam Fayyad
France says ready to host Mideast peace conference
Jun 02, 2011 11:37 EDT
France is ready to host a Middle East peace conference before the end of July to help relaunch stalled negotiations, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday.
Juppe in Jerusalem to 'explore' peace talks
Jun 01, 2011 16:05 EDT
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe arrived in Jerusalem late Wednesday on an "exploratory mission" aimed at reviving the stalled talks between Israel and the Palestinians through a peace conference in Paris.
Promised donor aid not arriving: Palestinian PM
May 31, 2011 12:44 EDT
The Palestinian Authority is facing a financial crisis because funds pledged by donor nations are not arriving on time, Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad said Tuesday.
Palestinian PM Fayyad hospitalised in US: office
May 23, 2011 21:35 EDT
Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad was recovering from a procedure in hospital Tuesday after suffering heart trouble during a private US visit, his office said.
Palestinians' Fayyad had heart attack in U.S.
May 23, 2011 20:47 EDT
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad suffered a heart attack while visiting the United States, and a hospital spokeswoman said he was in good condition on Monday.
Palestinians' Fayyad had heart attack in U.S.
May 23, 2011 20:47 EDT
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad suffered a heart attack while visiting the United States, and a hospital spokeswoman said he was in good condition on Monday.
Israel unblocks frozen Palestinian Authority funds
May 16, 2011 13:00 EDT
Israel on Monday transferred 100 million dollars of Palestinian tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, unblocking a freeze on the funds imposed after a unity deal between Fatah and Hamas.
Palestinian unity govt within a week: Fatah
May 12, 2011 14:05 EDT
A senior Palestinian official said on Thursday he hopes a Palestinian unity government will be formed within a week under an April 27 reconciliation accord.
Palestinian PM urges Arab donors to meet wage bill
May 11, 2011 14:32 EDT
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority appealed to Arab countries Wednesday to pay the salaries of 155,000 government workers after Israel decided to suspend the transfer of tax funds to the PA.
First Palestinian corporate bonds issued
May 10, 2011 12:42 EDT
Palestinian investment firm PADICO announced on Tuesday the Palestinian territories' first issue of corporate bonds, worth $70 million (49 million euros).
Give unity deal a chance, Palestinian PM urges
May 10, 2011 12:35 EDT
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian unity is crucial to peace with Israel and the pact between the secular Fatah and Islamist Hamas movements must be given a chance, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Friday.
France ups Palestinian aid as Israel holds tax funds
May 09, 2011 13:12 EDT
France on Monday announced it would donate 10 million euros ($14.3 million) to the Palestinian Authority after Israel froze tax revenue transfers following a Palestinian unity agreement.
Palestinian Authority can't pay salaries in May
May 09, 2011 08:29 EDT
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority said Monday it had not been able to pay salaries for the first time since 2007 because of Israel's decision to halt the transfer of funds it collects on its behalf.
Palestinian leaders hail end to four-year rift
May 04, 2011 15:20 EDT
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Wednesday pledged to end years of bitter rivalry at a ceremony in Cairo in a deal slammed by Israel as a "victory for terrorism."
Bin Laden's ancestral homeland hails his death
May 02, 2011 16:49 EDT
Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland Yemen and his birthplace Saudi Arabia on Monday both hailed his death while his acolytes called it a "catastrophe" and vowed to keep up jihad, or holy war.
Fatah, Hamas prepare to bury the hatchet in Cairo
May 02, 2011 16:26 EDT
Palestinian factions will sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on Tuesday intended to repair ties between Hamas and Fatah and end a bitter divide between the West Bank and Gaza.
A million cheers as John Paul II declared 'blessed'
May 02, 2011 12:24 EDT
Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the status of "blessed" on his predecessor John Paul II in front of a million people in a ceremony that puts the late pope one step away from sainthood.
Abbas government welcomes bin Laden death, Hamas deplores
May 02, 2011 11:23 EDT
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas condemned on Monday the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden as the assassination of an Arab holy warrior, differing sharply with the Palestinian Authority, the Islamist group's partner in a new unity deal.
Gaza Hamas leader condemns bin Laden killing
May 02, 2011 10:13 EDT
Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, on Monday condemned the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a US raid in Pakistan.
A million cheers as John Paul II declared 'blessed'
May 01, 2011 21:51 EDT
Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the status of "blessed" on his predecessor John Paul II in front of a million people in a ceremony that puts the late pope one step away from sainthood.
