Palestinian Zakah to Combat Poverty
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A cohort of Palestinian intellectuals proposed setting up a central Zakah fund to channel the alms into productive projects
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will take a trip to the West Bank to show support for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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Three of every four Palestinians live in poverty and their economy still depends on donors, despite 4.5 percent economic growth last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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Seeing a rare and probably fleeting opportunity to influence the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the Bush administration is preparing financial assistance to help Palestinians
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President Bush on Monday honored the celebration of Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday that commemorates religious freedom and the successful fight against oppression.
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Hope for progress toward peace in the region is tempered by a Palestinian power vacuum. By Ben Lynfield | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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For the first time in four years, the donor nations that sustain the Palestinian economy have reason for optimism. For now, however, that optimism won't mean more money for the Palestinians.
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The Agence France-Presse article on Palestinian poverty (Sept 7, 04) makes a mockery of journalistic ethics. The article movingly describes the suffering of the Palestinian people.
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Peace appeals are heard as Palestinian leaders join festivities in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.
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Gift a goat to help lift more families out of poverty forever.
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The State Department is considering supporting the Palestinian Authority in its quest to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments won by American victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel, according to Palestinian officials and defense lawyers involved in the cases.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Pilgrims gathered in Bethlehem on Monday for a Christmas mass promoted by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Western powers as a chance to highlight the benefits of peacemaking.
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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The president of the World Bank pushed Tuesday for Palestinian economic reforms and the lifting of Israeli travel restrictions in the West Bank in exchange for an additional $500 million in desperately needed aid to the Palestinians.
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WEST BANK, Oct. 4 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pledged Wednesday to "redouble" U.S. efforts to alleviate the economic plight of Palestinians facing escalating tensions and the threat of a humanitarian crisis. But U.S. officials cautioned not to expect any significant breakthroughs as...
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Iran has pledged $250 million in aid the cash-strapped Hamas-led Palestinian government, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Monday.