Asia Palestine The Palestinian economy is expected to return to pre-pandemic level only in late 2023, according to a report by the IMF technical team, which visited the country in late February and early March to assess the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Asia Palestine The Palestine Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is as eye-catching as it is innovative, offering visitors a tour that employs all five senses of Jerusalem, giving them an authentic street scene in the city
Asia Palestine Aqsa Week 2022 which starts today, an initiative by the British-based Friends of Al-Aqsa to shed light on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, has gone global for the second year running, with more than 50 countries set to participate
Asia Palestine The Pan African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) has accused the African Union (AU) of reneging on its founding values by supporting apartheid Israel's observer status
Asia Palestine Bulldozers from Israel destroyed residential structures and shacks belonging to Bedouins in Deir Nidham village, northwest of Ramallah; Israel confiscated at least 22% of the village's land for the nearby Neve Tzuf settlement
Asia Palestine The project aimed at strengthening the fiscal position of the Palestinian Authority by improving customs revenue collection and border management, a EU-Lithuania twinning, has ended
Asia Palestine The Islamic Development Bank will finance four projects in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem: infrastructure projects, including in refugee camps, the redesign of a maternity hospital and the restoration of buildings in the old city of Hebron
Asia Palestine After 141 days of hunger strike in Israeli jails, Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash reached an agreement with the Israeli occupation authorities guaranteeing his release on 26 February, considered as a "victory" against the Israeli occupation
Asia Palestine Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that Christmas is a "Palestinian message of hope that our people continue to embrace with love and aspirations towards achieving justice, freedom and peace"
Asia Palestine Palestinians of the West Bank went to the polls yesterday for municipal elections to choose representatives from 154 villages; there will not be consultations in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas refused to open the polls until national consultations are held
Asia Palestine The oldest complete waqfiyya inscription known in the Islamic world has now been deciphered: engraved on a soft limestone, the waqf entails the endowment of two farmsteads in 9th century Palestine, complete with quality animals needed to work the land
Asia Palestine The country expressed its appreciation for Belgium's decision to label products from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories
Asia Palestine October 2021 saw an increase in the number of violations against media freedom in the country, with the MADA Centre monitoring and documenting a total of 28 attacks, a 75% increase over the previous month's violations