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NEWS ABOUT: Salam Fayyad

Salam Fayyad stories: 9 news summaries
OPINION

Palestine Could Offer Bright Spot for Arab World

PM Fayyad's economy- first approach a good model: Friedman

Aug 5, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things are bad in the Arab world, but Thomas Friedman sees green shoots in an unlikely place: Palestine. “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the wider Middle East what off-Broadway is to Broadway,” he writes in the New York Times. “It is where all good and bad ideas... More »

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Palestine • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Yasir Arafat • Thomas Friedman • Arab • Arab-Israeli conflict

 Palestinian PM Steps Down to Pave Way for Power Share

Move aimed at easing Palestinian reconciliation

Mar 7, 09 7:02 AM CST
(AP) - Palestine’s prime minister submitted his resignation today, a move that could help pave the way for an elusive power-sharing deal between Fatah moderates and Hamas militants. Salam Fayyad's decision was meant to build confidence before Palestinian reconciliation talks resume Tuesday in Cairo. He was appointed by Western-backed Palestinian President... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Salam Fayyad • Palestinians • power sharing deal • transition

Israel Pledges to Pull 50
West Bank Roadblocks

Rice hails deal, but Palestine officials are skeptical

Mar 30, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pressured by Condoleezza Rice to kickstart flagging peace talks, Israel pledged to remove about 50 roadblocks from the West Bank—the first in a series of “concrete steps” to finalize a deal, Al Jazeera reports. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad hailed the news despite skepticism from other officials. “... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Condoleezza Rice • Ehud Barak • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Palestinians • roadblocks • Mideast peace talks

US 'Will Never Pressure Israel' on Security: VP

Hamas calls Cheney 'biased' during Jerusalem visit

Mar 22, 08 7:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US supports recent Israeli strikes on Palestine and "will never pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security," Dick Cheney said in Jerusalem today. On a trip to spur stalled peace talks, Cheney is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leaders this weekend. A... More »

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Israel • Dick Cheney • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Fawzi Barhoum

US Set to Deliver $150M in Aid
to Palestinians

First installment of $550M for strapped Palestinian Authority

Mar 19, 08 6:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US promised today to transfer $150 million in aid to the economically ailing Palestinian Authority, marking the first installment of $550 million the US pledged at a donors' conference in December, Reuters reports. The contribution will be the largest single donation since the Authority was launched in 1994, Prime... More »

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Palestinian Authority • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • refugee • United Nations Relief and Works Agency

E. Jerusalem Settlements Rile Palestinians

New Israeli housing
in future capital
creates controversy

Feb 12, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The contentious issue of post-Annapolis Israeli settlement has flared up again after the government began construction of hundreds of new homes in East Jerusalem, the putative capital of an independent Palestine. Although PM Ehud Olmert has frozen construction of new homes in the West Bank, the housing minister said today... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • Salam Fayyad • East Jerusalem

Bush: Iran a 'Threat to
World Peace'

President reiterates threat at beginning
of Mideast visit

Jan 9, 08 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush called Iran a "threat to world peace," and reaffirmed America's support for Israel today in the first visit to that country of his presidency. Bush's tough talk came in response to the harassment of US ships by Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz last weekend.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Iran • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Salam Fayyad • Strait of Hormuz • George W. Bush

Abbas Swears in New Gov't

Outlaws militant arm of Hamas

Jun 17, 07 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Abbas swore in his emergency government today, 3 days after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip. Salam Fayyad, a former World Bank economist, will head the new government, composed largely of independents. Unsurprisingly, Hamas says it will not recognize Abbas's regime, and declares the original unity government still... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Hezbollah • Fatah • Salam Fayyad

Abbas Names New PM,
Asks for Gov't

During eerie calm in Gaza, rivals claim post; Hamas extends amnesty

Jun 15, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has asked a former finance minister to form an emergency government, hours after the Hamas-Fatah coalition authority collapsed. Salam Fayyad, an independent legislator, will have to contend with Hamas' Ismail Hayineh, who still lays a claim to the PM's office. More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • amnesty • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Ismail Haniyeh

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