July Ready sign for construction plans on the West Bank July 30 The Israeli security cabinet (ministers with a key role in security issues) approves building plans on the occupied West Bank: for the sake of unusualness, 700 homes for…
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April Palestinians catch hunger strikes April 17 More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners launch a hunger strike in protest of prison restrictions. The strike begins at the request of imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti and lasts for a month and ten…
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January The US and the EU condemn 450 new homes on the West Bank The US and the EU condemn Israel’s plans to start a tender process for the construction of 450 housing for Jewish settlers on the West Bank….
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April Tax money is an element of Israeli-Palestinian conflict April 22 The Arab League member states pledge $ 100 a month to the Palestinian Authority to cover budget gaps that arise since Israel stopped the transfer of tax money to…
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January Expansion of settlements January 23 The Israeli government provides green light for the construction of 2,500 new homes for settlers on the West Bank. According to the Ministry of Defense, most of the housing should be built within the…
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Israeli restrictions and Palestinian inequality work together to make the economic outlook bleak for the Palestinians. A boost following the peace agreements with Israel in the 1990s has been transformed into isolation and aid dependency. Almost the entire budget consists…
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January The Palestinian government resigns January 29th Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah submits his and the government’s resignation application. Hamas in the Gaza Strip criticizes the decision and sees it as a way to marginalize the Islamist movement. Two years after…
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October Controversy with Unesco October 26th Israel calls its ambassador to the UN agency Unesco and is considering breaking with the organization completely. This has happened since UNESCO adopted two resolutions that Israel believes are biased in favor of the…
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Official representatives of the Palestinian Authority have in recent years conducted a diplomatic campaign called Palestine in 194, with the aim of getting Palestine recognized as the 194th UN Member State. Since the 1940s there has also been a UN…
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September Islamic jihad changes leader September 27th Terror-stamped Islamic jihad has changed leaders. Ziad al-Nakhala, who was born in Gaza but has Syria as his base, replaces Ramadan Shalah who has led the organization for 20 years but is now…
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