RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinians plan to go to the U.N. Security Council in an effort to secure international support for ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called again on Wednesday for a halt to Israeli settlement building before he would ...
Hanna Nasser, chairman of the Palestinian election commission, speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 12. 2009. Palestinian election officials have recommended calling off January's presidential election, a step that could result in embattled President ...
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West ...
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 10: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Fatah Central Committee on November 10, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas has threatened to resign from Palestine ...
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 10: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Quartet Envoy to the Middle East Tony Blair on November 10, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas has threatened to ...
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 10: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry on November 10, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas has threatened to resign from ...
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 10: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with U.S. Consul General Daniel Rubenstein on November 10, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas has threatened to resign from Palestine ...
In her sparsely furnished home in a village outside the West Bank town of Ramallah, Naama Asi embroiders dresses that fetch hundreds of dollars from Palestinians scattered around the world. The 48-year-old is not only able to support her ageing father and ...
A Palestinian protestor, wearing a plastic bag on his head, throws a tear gas canister back towards Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) ...
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 24: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Palestinian Central Council on October 24, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas has today stated that he ...
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 23: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L-back) meets with Palestinian leaders on October 23, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. The leaders discussed parliamentary elections in January. (Photo ...
