Palestine

Bahrain: The head of FIFA promised Wednesday to build more football pitches in the Palestinian territories as he joined a US-led economic workshop in Bahrain on drawing investment. Gianni Infantino, president of world football's governing body, took part in …

Oman will open an embassy in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the sultanate's foreign ministry said. The decision announced on Wednesday was made "in continuation of the sultanate's support for the Palestinian people" it said. "A delegation from the…

Oman said Wednesday that it has decided to open an embassy in the Palestinian territories in support of the Palestinian people, in a first for a Gulf Arab state. The announcement coincides with a US-led economic workshop in Bahrain to unveil a Middle East pe…

DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman said on Wednesday it is planning to open a new diplomatic mission in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and that a delegation from its foreign ministry will be going to Ramallah for that purpose. “In line with the Sultanate’s support for …

After a long wait, the Trump team led by Jared Kushner just released its blueprint for how to grow the Palestinian economy, and a glitzy workshop is being held Tuesday and Wednesday in Bahrain. As the U.S government official who from 2013-2017 was responsibl…

Senior adviser to the US president discusses Trump's plan for economic growth and peace in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump's "deal of the century" - his administration's proposal for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - kicked into gear in M…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday it was important “to pursue peace efforts to realize the vision of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.” Guterres was speaki…

Palestinians Resist Kushner's Middle East Workshop as Business Leaders Gather in Bahrain - Democracy Now!

There are at least three things that Jared Kushner, David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt all have in common. One is that they are all Orthodox Jews, and another is that prior to their appointment as officials in the Trump administration, all three men had no p…

We Palestinians thought we had it bad the past 25 years since the signing of the Oslo Accords under the reign of American and Israeli technocrats and "security experts". And with good reason. This revolving door of Foggy Bottom "doves", Arlington spooks and …