Restraining orders should alarm settlers
Administrative orders are by definition undemocratic, but neither is the military administration of the W. Bank.
Administrative orders are by definition undemocratic, but neither is the military administration of the W. Bank.
In a tirade against the “Ashkenazi elite” today, Shlomo Maoz said Bank Leumi was “a bank for white people.”
On the last day of 2011, US President Barack Obama Saturday signed into law measures penalizing foreign financial institutions doing business with Iran’s central bank, Bank Markazi – the toughest sanctions yet for Iran’s program for developing a nuclear weapon. In recent weeks, Tehran has repeatedly warned that the signing of this measure would be deemed an act of war and elicit drastic steps including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
“We both missed the opportunity of a lifetime, but the one with a small bank account is trying to recoup from the one with a large bank account.”
The Obama administration is accusing the Lebanese Canadian Bank of laundering money for the terrorist group Hezbollah. It seems like the bank is doing business with an international Cocaine ring which is tied to the Shiite militant group. Acting as …
Lawmakers agree to add flexibility in treatment of institutions trading with Iran’s central bank, despite Obama’s misgivings.
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is urging US lawmakers to soften proposed sanctions targeting Iran’s central bank, Senator Mark Kirk said on Tuesday.
Kirk, a Republican, is the co-author along with Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of a proposal to penalize foreign financial institutions that do business with Iran’s central bank, the main conduit for its oil More >
Israel on Tuesday expelled a senior Hamas MP from Jerusalem to the West Bank city of Ramallah on the grounds of illegal residency.
The Bank of Israel cut its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months to cushion the economy from the impact of a European debt crisis that the central bank said is ‘
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Bank of Israel cut its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to 2.75% on Monday, as widely expected, citing a potentially greater impact on the local economy from the euro zone debt crisis and amid benign inflationary trends. The interest rate cut is the second such move by the central bank after it surprised markets with a quarter-point reduction in …
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) — The Bank of Israel on Monday after the market closes is expected to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to 2.75%, reports say. A survey of analysts by Bloomberg News found that 17 of 21 expect the quarter-point cut and four expect the central bank to stand pat. The Israeli business daily Globes reported that the rate-cut expectations reflect …

Ha'aretzStudy: Palestinians invest twice as much in Israel as they do in West Bank
Ha'aretz
Israeli-imposed bureaucracy and movement restrictions deter investment in West Bank companies; private Palestinian investment in West Bank $1.5 billion in 2011, compared to at least $2.5 billion in Israel. By Amira Hass Private Palestinian investment …
Five Members of US Congress Take Extreme Right-Wing Tour of West Bank SettlementsHuffington Post (blog)
In the West Bank, a contested heritageWashington Post
Fascism and racism shadows War on TerrorCanadian National Newspaper
Daily News Egypt
Israel’s self-victimizing right is misleading the people
Ha'aretz
This is exactly the paradox in which Israel has always conducted itself as a state, increasingly so since 1967. A strong, thriving, flourishing Israel is occupying the West Bank and Gaza in one format or another, oppressing the Palestinian people in …
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From Hebron to Ariel, US Republican lawmakers take rare drive across Green Line to see for themselves what life in W. Bank settlements is all about.
RAMALLAH : President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday urged Palestinians to participate in a non-violent resistance against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, the Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported on Thursday.