Palestinian government may soon pass transparency law - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab

Mar 3, 2014

From (R to L) Egyptian politician Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi, Egyptian politician Amr Moussa, Lebanese politician Bahia Hariri and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attend the opening of the Reform and Transitions to Democracy conference in Beirut January 15, 2012. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during the conference on Sunday to "stop killing your people" and the Syrian leader offered an amnesty for "crimes" co — From (R to L) Egyptian politician Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi, Egyptian politician Amr Moussa, Lebanese politician Bahia Hariri and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attend the opening of the Reform and Transitions to Democracy conference in Beirut, Jan. 15, 2012. — REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Palestinian Cabinet to consider new law providing greater access to government documents

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

Palestinian protesters hold signs that read in Arabic "Corruption is the reason for high cost of living" and "High prices and low wages are the policies of the government" during a protest against the high cost of living in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 11, 2012. Palestinain prime minister Salam Fayyad announced cuts to fuel prices and VAT after more than a week of protests across the West Bank over the spiralling cost of living. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MO

PA fails at curbing 'rampant' corruption

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

Palestinian journalists protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Gaza City 26 August 2007. Dozens of journalists staged a sit-in in Gaza today, protesting against pressure on the media by the Islamist Hamas movement that took over the territory in mid-June. More than 100 reporters gathered in front of the journalists union building in central Gaza City, two days after Hamas forces briefly detained four journalists and violently broke up a rally of the rival Fatah party. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo

Freedom of the press: Palestine's journalists call for action

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

The building of what used to be a Palestinian presidential palace is seen after it was turned into a national library, near the West Bank city of Ramallah August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC1955C29400

Palestinian National Library to collect Palestine's scattered archives

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics