UNCTAD: The Economic Reality in the OPT is Bleaker than Ever

Sky-high unemployment, declining per capita income, contracting agricultural productivity and worsening socioeconomic conditions characterize a bleak assessment of the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), according to the new annual report by UNCTAD (the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) on its assistance to the Palestinian people. The report warns that evaporating donor…

Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton, and Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu

MK Touma-Sliman on Closing of PLO’s DC Office: “Trump Wants to Force Palestinians to Surrender”

The Palestinian Authority was defiant on Monday, September 10, despite the continuing spate of US imperialistic threats and measures, the latest being the closing of the offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Washington DC. In his first major public address since becoming National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump, John Bolton officially announced…