Leaked documents expose Jordanian king’s luxury homes in US, Britain The news came as King Abdullah II was meeting with the World Bank in a bid for aid for Jordan, which is suffering an economic crisis. Oct. 6, 2021
Trump should let the Quartet die with James Wolfensohn A review of the Quartet’s website is instructive in examining just what’s wrong with the body. Its failures—and they are plentiful—stem from its entire approach to Israel. Moshe Phillips Dec. 4, 2020
Former World Bank president James Wolfensohn dies at 86 He told his life story in the 2010 memoir “A Global Life, My Journey Among Rich and Poor from Sydney to Wall Street to the World Bank.” Nov. 27, 2020
World Bank grants Palestinians $30 million in welfare aid The funds are earmarked for job creation and other welfare projects seeking to help the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. July 28, 2020
World Bank said Palestinian economy could contract by 11 percent The poverty rate in the West Bank is likely to rise to 30 percent, and in the Gaza Strip, 64 percent. June 1, 2020
UK to release ‘pay to slay’ audits after Freedom of Information request After a fight to keep them secret, the British government will comply with an order from its Information Commissioner to disclose reports regarding grant money allegedly used to pay salaries to terrorists. Oct. 3, 2019
The World Bank is ignoring the elephant in the room In its recent report on the P.A. financial crisis, the World Bank shamefully absolves the P.A. of fiscal responsibility. Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch Oct. 2, 2019
Tlaib’s Palestinian village and family are thriving Even the World Bank said in 2014 that the village where Rashida Tlaib's family resides is one of the richest in the Palestinian Authority. But she insists that things are terrible there. Akiva Bigman Aug. 23, 2019
Israel joins World Bank to increase cybersecurity in developing countries For the first time, the Jewish state will join hands with the development community in promoting a strategic sector, sitting around the table with Japan, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and Norway. June 17, 2019
