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GDP per capita in the Palestinian territories rose by 7% per year from 1968 to 1980 but slowed during the 1980s. Between 1970 and 1991 life expectancy rose from 56 to 66 years, infant mortality per 1,000 fell from 95 to 42, households with electricity rose from 30% to 85%, households with safe water rose from 15% to 90%, households with a refrigerator rose from 11% to 85%, and households with ...
The first head of the PBC was Fatah activist and Arafat loyalist Radwan Abu Ayyash, former head of the Arab Journalists' Association. [1] PBC had a terrestrial television network, comprising channel 5 in Naplose, channel 21 in Khan Younis, channel 21 in Jericho (very low power), channel 23 in Kasser-Elhakim, channel 25 in the capital Ramallah, channel 30 in Halhul, channel 31 in Jenin and ...
The coming to power of Adolf Hitler in Germany in 1933 led to a wave of emigration of German Jews, many of whom sought refuge in Palestine and joined settlers already there. [3] The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem , Mohammed Amin al-Husseini , collaborated closely with the Nazis in the 1930s and also lived in Germany.
Over 450,000 Israelis live in illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank, with another 220,000 in east Jerusalem, which was occupied by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967.
Watch live from the Israel-Palestine border on Monday, 13 November, as the World Health Organization (WHO) said Gaza's main hospital "is not functioning as a hospital anymore". Hospitals ...
Israeli prime minister says every Hamas member was a ‘dead man’ in a televised address
Examples of channels include Al-Aqsa TV, Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, Al-Qasid TV, Palestinian Satellite Channel, formerly Sanabel TV and Al-Quds TV. [ 2 ] References
October and November 2011: transfers suspended following Palestine's bid for full membership in the United Nations and admission to UNESCO. [31] [40] December 2012: transfers of $100 million suspended in response to Palestine securing an upgraded status in the UN pursuant to United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19. [30]