Middle East News – Nakheel’s creditors dash to minimise damage
Nakheel’s creditors dash to minimise damage
Creditors of Nakheel, the property development company at the heart of Dubai’s debt crisis, were scrambling to identify potential collateral to claim from the debt-ridden emirate
Israeli settlement plan denounced
The US and UN criticise Israel’s approval of 900 extra housing units at a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem.
Global Insight: Dubai’s neighbours are wary
Until the UAE sorts out Dubai World, Abu Dhabi and much of the rest of the region will try to limit the tremors unleashed by the crisis and hope that investors will not confuse Dubai with the generally healthier state of other Gulf economies
Dubai gambles with its financial reputation
The government’s decision to postpone debt repayments could make the emirate’s rivals more attractive, persuading international companies to decamp to Doha or Abu Dhabi, writes Jim Krane
PM concedes a little in key speech
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu may have mentioned the words “Palestinian state”, but his speech gave little else to encourage those who dream of peace, the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen says.
Palestinians ’should delay polls’
Elections due in January 2010 should be postponed, the Palestinian Authority’s electoral commission recommends.
Q&A: Israeli Arabs
The BBC News website looks at the complex position of the 20% of Israeli’s population that are of Palestinian Arab descent.
Ex-Israel minister in peace push
A former Israeli minister unveils a peace plan offering a Palestinian state with temporary borders and talks with Hamas.
Israel allows Eid cows into Gaza
Israel eases its blockade of Gaza to allow in thousands of cattle ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha.
Sharing the land
Why Mid-East peace has remained elusive
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