RAMALLAH: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Tuesday warned that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is facing a very acute financial crisis that would prevent it from fulfilling its obligations. He made the remarks at the start of an emergency meeting of the PA’s cabinet held in the West Bank city of Ramallah to discuss the … Read more
RAMALLAH: The European Union (EU) has provided US $18.8 million to the Palestinian authority to help it pay October’s salaries and pensions for staff in the health and education sector, according to a statement on Wednesday. The money was already transferred to the Palestinian ministry of finance, the EU office in Palestine said in the … Read more
Egypt, a close ally of the UAE, welcomed the agreement to restore UAE-Israeli relations. Reacting on Twitter, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that the UAE-Israel peace agreement is a positive development, which is welcome. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”israel-and-uae-agree-to-normalize-relations”] The Egyptian president said that the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Israel are closely watching … Read more
