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Monetary Affairs 1. Summary One result of the Oslo Accords was to assign responsibility for monetary and financial issues in the oPt to the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA). The PMA is an independent institution created to serve a broad range of centr ...

Position Paper: The Economic Costs of the Israeli Occupation Having successfully completed its two-year state-building plan, the Palestinian National Authority continues to confront the enormous challenges posed by the ongoing Israeli occupation while con ...

Israel’s Violations of the Oslo Agreements Preface The PLO made a historic compromise in 1988, recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over 78 percent of historic Palestine with the understanding that the Palestinians would be able to live in freedom on the rema ...

Palestine’s Application for UN Membership The right to self determination of the Palestinian people, like that of all people, is an inalienable right that is not up for negotiations. The establishment of a sovereign and viable Palestinian is a debt owed b ...

Israel’s Roads and Tunnels Plan FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: 1. What is Israel’s Roads and Tunnels Plan? Israel is currently building two separate transportation networks in the occupied West Bank: one for Palestinians, the other for Israeli settlers. “The ...

Israel’s Wall “Ariel Sharon keeps goats and sheep. He puts a fence around them and closes them in with a gate. He decides if they come in or go out. This is now what he is doing to us.” – Palestinian from Sur Bahir Frequently Asked Questions 1. What’s wro ...

Israel’s Wall and the International Court of Justice “The Court has reached the conclusion that the construction of the wall by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is contrary to international law…” 1 1. WHAT DID THE COURT RULE? On the Wall: The ...

Camp David Peace Proposal of July 2000 1. Why did the Palestinians reject the Camp David Peace Proposal? For a true and lasting peace between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, there must be two viable and independent states living as equal neighbors. I ...

Palestinian Refugees “No settlement can be just and complete if recognition is not accorded to the right of the Arab refugee to return to the home from which he has been dislodged…It would be an offence against the principles of elemental justice if these ...

The Arab Peace Initiative, Frequently Ask Questions 1. What is the Arab Peace Initiative? The Arab Peace Initiative (API) is a proposal introduced by then Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah at the Arab League Summit in Beirut in March 2002. The initiative was ad ...