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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas receives US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt in Ramallah in May. (AFP)

Erakat Discusses Resumption of Palestinian Peace Process with Greenblatt in Washington

by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 2, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Secretary of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Saeb Erakat held talks in Washington on Saturday with US envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt. The discussions focused on efforts to resume the Israeli-Palestinian peace process as part of the...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt in the West Bank in March 2017. (AFP)

Palestinians Predict Long Talks with US before Launching Peace Negotiations

by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 27, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Secretary of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Saeb Erakat revealed that Palestinian and US officials agreed to resume talks “soon.” He said in a written statement that the discussions between the two sides will take a long time before the political...

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A Palestinian protester hurls stones towards Israeli troops during clashes at the Israeli Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus, October 16, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Talat

69 Checkpoints in West Bank Hurdle Movement of Palestinians

by Kifah Ziboun | Aug 10, 2016 | Middle East

Hawara checkpoint (Nablus)-At Hawara checkpoint, an Israeli soldier ordered a long line of vehicles to go back from where they came from, without bothering himself to give us a justification for his attitude. Subsequently, hundreds of Palestinians were stranded and...