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art condition. His two sons have been detained and are imprisoned. The arrests staved-off plans for a massive demonstration that was to be held in Cairo on Friday, the chief demand being the prosecution of the three Mubaraks. NEW FROM THE MEDIA LINE VIDEO: ISRAEL'S OPTIONS IN THE FACE OF ESCALATING

ning state: The declaration was made by the session's chairman, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gare Stor. In response, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said it amounts to "a birth certificate for the reality of Palestinian statehood." With peace talks with Israel deadlocked, the Palestinians have

ars and generations to come. EFTA00687117 Nabil Fahmy is the dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo. He served as Egypt's ambassador to the United States from 1999-2008, and as envoy to Japan between 1997 and 1999. Ankle 4. Guardian Iraq makes

of the Palestinians' reliance on foreign funds argue that the freeze highlights how fragile the Palestinian economy remains, despite Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's much-touted state-building efforts. They also emphasize donor money's negative effects on private Palestinian businesses -- NGOs pay higher wages

and the United States ($1 billion in debt relief negotiations). Saudi Arabia, where President Morsi made his first trip abroad, had a delegation in Cairo the week of September 10th discussing a $1.5 billion aid package. Investments and the investment climate were on the agenda as well that week with a

undercurrent of religious extremism. EFTA00657247 Palestinians: Efforts to reduce the deficit with financial austerity are landing Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in trouble on the streets of the West Bank, with demonstrations against the Palestinian Authority in various cities in protest over general economi

or. (Ma'an News) Hamas/Fatah: Hamas is not aware of any arrangements for party chief Khalid Mash'al to meet Fatah-leader President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo, according to a senior Hamas official. Abbas and Mash'al had been scheduled to meet in Cairo on Tuesday to finalize the formation of a unity govern

formation of a unity government. In a statement released by Hamas on Monday, a spokesman said that the organization was still opposed to accepting Salam Fayyad as head of the unity government. His continued appointment has become a sticking point between the Palestinian factions. But the Hamas official said

rael has continued to build in the West Bank. Television footage of Abbas and Hamas politburo head Khaled Meshal clasping each other's shoulders in Cairo in May was accordingly greeted with hope, but also much wariness, in Ramallah. "They are like two prisoners fighting over scraps of bread, instead

June. But Fatah leader and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas's insistence that it should be headed by his current prime minister, Salam Fayyad, infuriated Hamas. The Islamists loathe Fayyad, who has overseen a four-year crackdown on their membership in the West Bank in cooperation with Isr

ttle Gideon Rachman April 25 2011 -- All sorts of contending forces rub shoulders in Egypt these days. Last week, I found myself in the lobby of a Cairo hotel, chatting to a square-bearded, pot-bellied, fundamentalist preacher who is eager to see all women in Egypt wear the niqab — the all-encompas

er will be brought to a vote at the UN General Assembly. Many observers in the West seem to regard this campaign, masterminded by Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad, respectively the Palestinian Authority's president and prime minister, as an innovative breakthrough, a reversal of the strategy of their unwhole

an Spectator Elections on the Nile George H. Wittman 5.18.12 -- The Egyptian military and organized Islamic political groups came out of the 2011 Cairo Spring as the real power brokers of the country. Gone are the student and youth crowds that dominated Tahrir Square, along with the women of all a

t have allowed West Bank business enterprises to flourish and local economies to boom. These successes have facilitated Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's efforts to reconstruct government and local institutions. Perhaps the greatest mark of its success is that, even as the political impasse betwee

o fears that the generals might use the election as an opportunity to put one over their most powerful challenger — rumors have abounded lately in Cairo about the possibility of a presidential run by Omar Suleiman, Mubarak's former intelligence chief and figurative "Hand of the King." Alternately, th

many tens of thousands of people depend on the Palestinian Authority for their livelihoods. I am able to appreciate all that you and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad have EFTA00686689 accomplished -- establishing Palestinian institutions, growing an economy in impossible conditions, and fostering security in t

and the United States ($1 billion in debt relief negotiations). Saudi Arabia, where President Morsi made his first trip abroad, had a delegation in Cairo the week of September 10th discussing a $1.5 billion aid package. Investments and the investment climate were on the agenda as well that week with a

tivity, and an undercurrent of religious extremism. Palestinians: Efforts to reduce the deficit with financial austerity are landing Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in trouble on the streets of the West Bank, with demonstrations against the Palestinian Authority in various cities in protest over general economic

WHEN THESE LEADERS fell, the Western media joyously proclaimed the end of an era. When the demonstrations began in late January in Tahrir Square in Cairo, exhilaration grew by the hour not only among the participants but also among the journalists who had hastened to Egypt from all parts of the globe

le. The Abbas-Hamas deal jeopardizes important gains in the West Bank of the past four years: the exemplary economic stewardship of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who oversaw 9 percent annual growth at a time of global economic recession; and the security cooperation between Israel and the PA, which has led