http://www.mail.com/people/15486-salam-fayyad.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/15486-salam-fayyad.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2075988-palestinians-chose-president-reality-tv.html BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians haven't elected a president since 2005, but now they are finally getting a chance to do so — virtually — thanks to a hit reality TV show. "The President" is broadcast weekly on Maan TV, a popular independent Palestinian TV station. It offers contestants a chance to address the Palestinian people on what they wo... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:02:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2075988-palestinians-chose-president-reality-tv.html 2013-05-10T20:02:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041204-maryland-governor-considering-white-house.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a rising star in Democratic politics, said Wednesday that he is considering making a run for the White House in 2016 and will likely make a decision later this year. O'Malley, in Jerusalem on a Mideast tour, said he was still undecided but intends to dedicate "reflection time" on whether to seek the Democrat... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:10:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041204-maryland-governor-considering-white-house.html 2013-04-24T12:10:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025112-outgoing-palestinian-premier-pleads-unity.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The outgoing Palestinian prime minister is urging for new elections and says it's the only way to heal a bitter rift between the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In a farewell speech broadcast on the local radio on Wednesday, Salam Fayyad says elections would reunite the Palestinians. The Hamas militant group controls the Gaza Strip, w... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:19:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025112-outgoing-palestinian-premier-pleads-unity.html 2013-04-17T09:19:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012416-palestinian-pm-offered-resignation-officials.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has offered to resign because of an increasingly bitter dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas over the extent of his authority, officials said Thursday. Abbas has not responded to Fayyad, who enjoys the support of the international community, particularly the United States. It's not clear i... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:08:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012416-palestinian-pm-offered-resignation-officials.html 2013-04-11T08:08:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1991290-palestinian-pm-hospitalized-with-abdominal-pain.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A government spokesman says Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has been hospitalized with an abdominal infection. Jamal Zakout says the 61-year-old Fayyad felt pain in his abdomen Monday while at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Zakout says Fayyad went to Ramallah Hospital for tests and was admitted, but it was... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:58:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1991290-palestinian-pm-hospitalized-with-abdominal-pain.html 2013-04-01T18:58:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977376-israel-to-resume-money-transfers-to-palestinians.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel said Monday it would resume regular monthly transfers of about $100 million in taxes and customs it collects for the Palestinian Authority, a step bound to ease but not end the protracted cash crisis of the self-rule government in the West Bank. Israel has repeatedly halted the money transfers over political disputes, mos... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:23:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977376-israel-to-resume-money-transfers-to-palestinians.html 2013-03-25T18:23:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969324-peace-possible-obama-insists-middle-east.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Insisting "peace is possible," President Barack Obama on Thursday prodded both Israelis and Palestinians to return to long-stalled negotiations with few, if any, pre-conditions, softening his earlier demands that Israel stop building settlements in disputed territory. The president made his appeal just hours after rockets fired from Hamas... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:41:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969324-peace-possible-obama-insists-middle-east.html 2013-03-21T21:41:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959406-obama-aim-mideast-troubles-boiling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama steps into the Middle East's political cauldron this coming week, he won't be seeking any grand resolution for the region's vexing problems. His goal will be trying to keep the troubles, from Iran's suspected pursuit of a nuclear weapon to the bitter discord between Israelis and Palestinians, from boiling over... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:52:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959406-obama-aim-mideast-troubles-boiling.html 2013-03-16T20:52:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1925054-palestinian-prime-minister-evacuated-protest.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was evacuated after inhaling tear gas on Friday during a demonstration in the West Bank against Israel's security barrier, and protesters clashed with Israeli troops at other rallies held to support Palestinian prisoners on hunger strikes. Fayyad was participating in a demonstration in the... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:21:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1925054-palestinian-prime-minister-evacuated-protest.html 2013-03-01T18:21:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1866616-israeli-palestinian-schoolbooks-flawed-study.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A new study weighed in on one of the hot-button subplots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Monday, saying schoolbooks of both sides largely present one-sided narratives but rarely resort to demonization. Palestinians embraced the findings as a rejection of Israeli claims that their schoolbooks incite hatred of Israel, while Israel's Edu... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1866616-israeli-palestinian-schoolbooks-flawed-study.html 2013-02-04T17:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823970-european-leaders-headlining-annual-forum-davos.html GENEVA (AP) — Promoting measures to get the global economy out of its crisis mode will be the focal point of next week's annual gathering of world leaders and power brokers in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, organizers said Wednesday. Four European leaders — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Ang... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823970-european-leaders-headlining-annual-forum-davos.html 2013-01-16T14:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817544-palestinian-premier-urges-arabs-to-pay-pledged-aid.html CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian prime minister warned Sunday that his government could fail to meet its obligations to its people because of a cash crunch, and urged Arab countries to deliver on promised aid. Salam Fayyad met with Arab League members to discuss ways to raise the $100 million they pledged earlier to his Palestinian Authority. Arab League chie... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817544-palestinian-premier-urges-arabs-to-pay-pledged-aid.html 2013-01-13T17:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1802510-ap-interview-palestinian-pm-warns-cash-crisis.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian self-rule government is in "extreme jeopardy" because of an unprecedented financial crisis, largely because Arab countries have failed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in promised aid, the Palestinian prime minister said Sunday. The cash crunch has gradually worsened in recent years, and the Palestinian Au... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1802510-ap-interview-palestinian-pm-warns-cash-crisis.html 2013-01-06T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754288-palestinian-president-appeals-urgent-arab-aid.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Palestinian president is urging Arab nations to provide major financial assistance to cover a new monthly $100 million budgetary shortfall after U.N. recognition of Palestinian claims to statehood — the result of a punitive Israeli measure. The appeal by Mahmoud Abbas reflects the severe financial fallout from last month's landmark ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754288-palestinian-president-appeals-urgent-arab-aid.html 2012-12-09T16:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747666-jordan-king-west-bank-to-support-palestinians.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a rare visit to the West Bank on Thursday in a show of support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' successful bid for U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state. The Jordanians spoke out sharply against Israel's latest plans to build thousands of new settler homes in response to the Palestinian m... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747666-jordan-king-west-bank-to-support-palestinians.html 2012-12-06T13:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1734852-us-struggles-to-israel-palestinians-to-talks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration sought Friday to direct Israel and the Palestinians back toward direct peace talks, even as the two sides and much of the world seemed to be ignoring the U.S. attempts at leadership on a Mideast peace strategy. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met senior Israeli and Palestinian officials Friday, with eac... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1734852-us-struggles-to-israel-palestinians-to-talks.html 2012-12-01T06:16:00Z