Wed, 2019-06-26 23:58 MANAMA: Jared Kushner’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan, unveiled this week at a conference in Bahrain, sets ambitious goals, including doubling Palestine’s gross domestic product and reducing its high unemployment rate to under 10 percent. Unemployment is at … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-06-26 23:38 BEIRUT: A survey on child labor among Syrian refugees in Lebanon has revealed that 4,592 of the 6,972 children in the study work — and many have been injured while on the job. The children, aged four … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-06-26 01:38 AMMAN: Palestinian officials, activists and the public at large stood unusually united on Tuesday in their opposition to the US-led, economic-based Israeli-Palestinian peace effort. They launched a wide-ranging public and media blitz in protest against the … read more
Wed, 2019-06-26 01:20 MANAMA: Business leaders from the US and the Middle East reacted with guarded enthusiasm to the Peace to Prosperity plan presented by White House special adviser Jared Kushner to an audience of global decision-makers in Bahrain’s capital … read more
Wed, 2019-06-26 01:04 The economic conference in Bahrain follows a history of peace efforts that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence. Here is a list of the main plans and initiatives undertaken by the parties themselves and … read more