Palestinian security officers demand pay
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Several thousand police officers fired into the air and smashed windows of the Palestinian parliament building Thursday, raising fears of new unrest in Gaza after the Hamas-led government said it still cannot pay most of its workers.
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Palestinian officials appealed Thursday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel's unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip be folded into a stalled international peace plan.
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TWO Palestinian security officers were killed yesterday and five others injured when militants opened fire as PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas arrived at a mourning ceremony for Yassir Arafat in Gaza, sparking fears that the succession race could descend into
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, under growing pressure to rein in militants, ordered his security forces Monday to prevent attacks on Israel and investigate a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians last week.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Prominent Palestinian  figures appealed on Sunday 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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Israeli border police scuffle with Israeli peace activists in a village near the West Bank town of Ramallah. Photo: AP. Paramilitary border police detained two Palestinians at a checkpoint and
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Palestinian police thwarted an attack Sunday on a security commander &amp;#151; the second ally of President Mahmoud Abbas targeted in two days &amp;#151; as the rivalry between his moderate Fatah Party and the Hamas militant group threatened to explode.
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All members of the Palestinian security services have been placed on a state of alert to prepare for a possible outbreak of unrest in the event of President Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Palestinian security sources say.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Sept. 16, 2004 - Gunmen briefly abducted a senior Palestinian security officer Thursday in the latest sign of growing anarchy in the Gaza Strip, and supporters of Yasser Arafat staged
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Thousands of angry civil servants turned up the pressure on the beleaguered Hamas government yesterday, marching to demand payment of overdue wages and winning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's blessing for a major strike next week.
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Police forces across Britain are being urged to reveal how much money is being paid to informers.
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JERUSALEM, Oct. 1 -- The Palestinian security service controlled by Hamas moved forcefully in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to disperse demonstrators loyal to the rival Fatah movement who were demanding months of back pay from a nearly bankrupt government. At least four civilians were killed, including...
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The top Palestinian decision-making body Sunday made its strongest appeal for militants to stop attacks since Yasser Arafat's death last November and replacement by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Long queues form at banks as Palestinian civil servants get their first wage packets in more than a year.
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Witnesses say a senior member of the Palestinian security services has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the Gaza Strip. The official is identified as Mohammad al-Batrawi, head of the financial surveillance
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Mahmoud Abbas, the new chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, last night appealed to Gaza&#39;s rival factions to unite behind the task of arranging orderly elections 24 hours after a shooting which claimed the life of one of his own bodyguards.
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The Palestinian leader orders his security forces to prevent militant attacks on Israelis, officials say.