The Effect of foreign Banks upon the Activities of Palestinian National Banks

The Effect of foreign Banks upon the Activities of Palestinian National Banks

Tareq Al-Haj, Ghassan Da'as

*tareqalhaj@yahoo.com، ‏**gdaas@yahoo.com

Received : 04-02-2003 , Accepted : 17-02-2004

Language: Arabic

Abstract

The main aim of the research is to investigate the effect of foreign banks upon the Palestinian national banks through six dimensions, besides, investigating the differences through these dimensions. To do so, 50questionnaires were distributed through branches of national and foreign banks, 48 questionnaires were analyzed using (Repeat MANOVA). The result of analysis emphasize the high mean the increasing of banking awareness, where as the least mean the support of Palestinian Monetary Authority for the Palestinian national banks. Upon that it will be recommended of some points that will help Palestinian national banks to be competitive against the foreign ones.

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Issues of the Arab – Zionist Struggle‏ ‏Radical Trends in Israel \ Zionism‎

Issues of the Arab – Zionist Struggle‏ ‏Radical Trends in Israel \ Zionism‎

Fawwaz Sharkawi

fsharkawi@mail.iugaza.edu

Received : 25-06-2003 , Accepted : 02-12-2003

Language: Arabic

Abstract

Radical trends were absorbed by Zionism/ Israel which reflected on its practical behavior and thought contents. The study will concentrate only on three trends: At first comes violence which was adopted to face internal conditions and external obstacles Justified by words of the Holly Book, interpretations of the religious men and political leaders. Practically, violence is connected with aggression, military action and security issue. Regional expansion is the second trend, and it is connected by borders. Thus several expressions were laid as: the land of Promise, historical borders, borders of the state, and unlimited borders. Its main effort is to assimilate between people and territory. Dependence and mutual dependence on super power states is the third radical trend. Hence it follows their evolutions over decades. The main aim of this study is to examine and clarify the contents and behavior of Zionism / Israel, and how it can function mutually by struggle parties. The study used descriptive, historical, analytical and comparative research methods to obtain its gains.

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A Municipal Management and Decentralization Policy ‎Analysis‏ ‏in the Palestinian Territories

A Municipal Management and Decentralization Policy ‎Analysis‏ ‏in the Palestinian Territories

M. Hisham Jabr

Jabr@najah.edu

Chairman of Finance and Banking Department, Faculty of Economics & ‎Administrative Sciences, An‏-‏Najah National University Nablus, Palestine.‎

Received : 01-09-2003 , Accepted : 25-04-2004

Language: English

Abstract

This study aims at assessing the performance of local government in Palestine in regard to fiscal and administrative decentralization. Data was gathered from the Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Finance and a questionnaire was sent to 12 municipalities' key officials. It was found that the government is organized into the central government headed by the president, the cabinet, the governorates, mayors and village councils. The main functions of the local governments are to provide the necessary needed services. It was found that there is a degree of decentralization in providing the intended services as the functions of each level is clearly defined by the law, even though there is an overlapping amongst these functions due to the current situation instability The study explains several aspects including organization of the local government, decision making process, functional responsibilities, partnership among local government and the performance of these partnerships, employment, training programs, the most urgent issues regarding decentralization process, local government finances, financial standing of municipalities, relationship between central and local governments, and decentralization reforms under preparation, The study ends up with conclusions and recommendations.

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Relationship of Relative Strength, Weight and Level of Skill ‎Performance in Gymnastics of physical Education Major

Relationship of Relative Strength, Weight and Level of Skill ‎Performance in Gymnastics of physical Education Major

Imad Abdel-Haq, Irina Lebedeva

prof_imad@yahoo.com

Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

Received : 30-09-2003 , Accepted : 25-04-2004

Language: Arabic

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of relative strength weight and skill performance in Gymnastics of physical Education Major. The sample of the study consisted of (25) students, (15) male, and (10) Female, whom they were finished Gymnastics (1) and (2). The results revealed a significant positive correlation among relative strength, weight and performance, where (R2) (0.726) the contribution of relative strength in predicting performance was (44.5%), and (28.5%) for weigh. Based on the study findings the researcher recommended to use light weigh exercise, and follow up the students’ body weight.

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The Properties of the Sarsaq Family in Palestine 1869-1948‎

The Properties of the Sarsaq Family in Palestine 1869-1948‎

Amin Abu-Baker

aabubaker@qou.edu

Al-Quds Open University, Nablus Educational Region, Nablus, Palestine

Received : 09-06-2003 , Accepted : 25-04-2004

Language: Arabic

Abstract

This study deals with the properties of the Sarsaq family in Palestine during the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. Their properties, considered one of the properties formed by the Lebanese capitalists in Palestine during that period, came as a result of the capitalist framework of the family in the local and international commercial markets on the one hand, the financial crisis that the Ottoman Treasury from and the severe conditions of the Palestinian farmers on the other. Their properties spread in 60 locations and consisted of about 800000 dunums most fertilized lands. In addition, they indicated the destiny of the fertile lands during the first half of the Twentieth century when the Zionist penetration campaigns targeted by Zionism through its agencies and collaborators of traders and brokers those campaigns were accompanied by organized deportation campaigns supported by the police and the unjust regulations of the British Mandate that aimed at demolishing the homes and Villages of the Palestinian farmers and sabotaging their crops so as to make them leave their homeland and build Jewish settlements on their locations.

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The Ownership of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II in Palestine (1876-1937)

The Ownership of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II in Palestine (1876-1937)

Ameen Abu Bakr

aabubaker@qou.edu

Received : 17-06-2002 , Accepted : 09-02-2003

Language: Arabic

Abstract

This subject deals with the land ownership of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II in Palestine during the period from 1876 to 1937. These lands have been known by various titles including the lands of Jeftlek, the Sultanate, and the Hamidian. The areas of these lands which equal about 2.5 million dunums broke the record of all the ownership that Palestine has witnessed in the modern age. The subject has been approached in three main axes. The first dealt with the factors that influenced the ownership formation specifically the enforcement system that was put in effect due to the economical, social and political conditions of Palestine. The other factor was the development policy adopted by the Ottoman Empire during the age of organization and the resistance of the foreign interpenetration movement. The second axis dealt with the size of ownership and the extent of its spread in the three Palestinian districts: Acre, Nablus, and Jerusalem. It focused in Al-Hawla basin, the sources of the Jordan River, the plain of Bisan valley, al-Fara’ valley, the plain of Jericho, the hill of Irad, the side of Zerqa River, Rafah, and other locations. The third axis was dedicated to deal with the radical changes that overwhelmed the Jeftlek lands. It also concentrated on the process of solving the question of ownership and returning them to the state treasury. In addition it dealt with the attempts of the foreign interpenetration movement specifically the Zionist corporations after the expulsion of the Sultan by the Union and Development Society in 1909 until it was settled during the British Mandate in 1937.

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The Cynical Image in War Poetry with the Poets of the Zankia and Ayyoubean States

The Cynical Image in War Poetry with the Poets of the Zankia and Ayyoubean States

Nizar Libdi

dnizar@hotmail.com

Received : 20-01-2002 , Accepted : 09-02-2003

Language: Arabic

Abstract

This study examined patterns of the ironic pictures of the defeated enemy during the crusades. The researcher found, through reviewing these pictures, that poets followed various methods to shape-up these pictures. Perhaps the most vivid ones those building the picture upon the contradictions and outlining the antonyms, such as hope and frustration. This was also conducted by drawing natural views in inverted pictures or eccentric pictures that elicit laughter. In their building to the ironic pictures, poets may have relied on “hunting” the “improbabilities” regardless the way they were following. Most often, the picture came out expressing the feeling of the triumph exultation and the taste of malicious joy for that the enemy was defeated, although variant in their rhythm. Some had higher intonations than others, all depending on the technical capabilities of the poets, and the importance of the battle he is composing his poetry about.

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