Sentence examples for palestinian elite from inspiring English sources

A different Palestinian elite is in charge.

They are frustrated by the Palestinian elite, who have led us to this point and sit disconnected from their people.

The barrier walls here are certainly intimidating, and Ramallah doesn't have the holy mystique of Bethlehem, but this city on the West Bank has become a destination for thousands of young North Americans, Europeans and offspring of the Palestinian elite.

Most important, opposition to Mr. Arafat is intensifying among the Palestinian elite, some of whom now accuse him of "militarizing" the intifada, a move that made possible the election of Ariel Sharon as Israel's prime minister.

But he also suggested that the military would put more pressure directly on Palestinian elites.

The peace efforts during Mr. Clinton's tenure forged an understanding among Israeli and Palestinian elites but not among the people, one official said with rare candor.

The investors assembled in their new hotel were a cross-section of the emerging Palestinian business elite, some of whom had traveled from Jordan, the United States and the Persian Gulf.

The Abbas-Fayyad state-building effort is still fragile, and it rests on a small team of technocrats, Palestinian business elites and a new professional security force.

In the early afternoon, a powerful explosion shook the headquarters of an elite Palestinian security force in Bethlehem.

Gaza has been twice bombarded by helicopter gunships firing missiles at buildings belonging to Force 17, an elite Palestinian unit that Israel says is involved in terrorism.

An Israeli Army statement said that a wing housing Force 17, an elite Palestinian unit, and the local offices of the General Intelligence branch had been destroyed.