Reports

The United Nations agency for sustainable housing and urban development is training nearly two dozen newly elected Palestinian mayors in a pioneering workshop that starts on Saturday to improve their leadership and management skills, the agency said today. A previous…

RAMALLAH, West Bank - The U.S. government Wednesday injected an additional $4.95 million into an emergency program designed to assist an estimated 20,000 Palestinian women working in micro-enterprise activities. The new funding is part of a $41 million quick impact initiative…

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this morning (Wednesday, May 18, 2005), chaired a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on the Implementation of the Disengagement Plan. Industry, Trade, and Labor Minister Ehud Olmert reported that officials from…

Gaza (dpa) - Armed members of the Islamic militant group Hamas opened fire on Wednesday at Palestinian security officers west of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis, a Palestinian Interior Ministry statement said. The statement said officers of…

A wooden boat is like a fish: if it lies too long on the beach, it dies. Mohammad Mohamed Al-Zeq lovingly but sadly strokes his fishing boat. For four whole years it has been lying with its belly in…

Ref: 62/2005 PCHR is watching, with concern, the developments that have followed the second phase of elections of Palestinian local councils which were held two weeks ago, especially in Rafah, which were concluded by a court ruling that was issued…

Amman (dpa) - Countries playing host and donating to Palestinian refugees opened a two-day meeting Wednesday to address challenges facing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), including a budget deficit for fiscal 2005, amounting to 27 million dollars. Addressing…

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Intensified Attacks in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) Four Palestinians, including a woman, were killed by IOF. One of the victims was killed by IOF at a military checkpoint in the West Bank. A number…

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today (Tuesday), 17 May 2005, toured the western Negev area and visited sites designated for receiving residents from the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Sharon, who was accompanied by Housing and Construction…

Damascus - To the rhythm of Palestinian songs, a troupe of young UNRWA pupils leaped onto the stage for a traditional folklore dance, performing to a packed audience of senior diplomats, United Nations officials and representatives of the Syrian…