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On 19 December, the Sudanese government decided to triple the price of bread, prompting a wave of anti-government protests which swiftly escalated into demonstrations calling an end to the...

A senior member of the Hamas Political Bureau said on Monday that “the worst is still to come” as far as the Gaza Strip is concerned. Mousa Abu Marzook’s...

Israel and its Western and Arab allies have for decades been claiming that, one day, the Palestinians will have a state of their own. The premise is based on...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II met the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last Tuesday and reiterated the importance of solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the basis of the two-state solution....

With accusations of antisemitism hitting the headlines on a regular basis involving high-profile figures such as Ken Livingstone or Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who can be unaware...

In the wake of the UN General Assembly rejection of the US-drafted resolution condemning the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement and some of the other Palestinian factions, the Israeli Ambassador...

A US-drafted resolution condemning the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and other Palestinian factions has failed to get the required majority for adoption by the UN General Assembly. This was...

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced suddenly on Tuesday morning the start of a massive military operation along the border with Lebanon. The reason, said the IDF, is to...

It seems that the latest weapon in the hands of the American forces that are pressing US President Donald Trump to take a position in line with American values...

A ceasefire brokered by four international mediators took effect in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon, ending two days of violence which started when Israel assassinated a senior Hamas...

Israeli, Fatah and Palestinian Authority officials have exchanged verbal blows over Qatar’s efforts to ease the crises in the Gaza Strip by paying $15m for the salaries of civil...

It has been 32 weeks since Palestinians in the Gaza Strip launched mass protests calling for the lifting of the Israeli siege and for their right to return to...

Is the search on for a country to give Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman refuge with international guarantees? That is the gist of a news report circulating in...

The Central Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), which is chaired by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas, announced on 30 October its decision to...

Despite Palestinian attempts to calm the Great March of Return, Israeli occupation snipers stationed along the eastern fence of the besieged Gaza Strip escalated their crackdown on the protesters...

The Palestinian resistance groups launched two rockets against Israel on Tuesday night to let the occupation authorities know that their firepower is more accurate and effective. The intention was...

The CEO and Executive Vice President of the World Jewish Congress submitted a petition to the Deputy Director of the UN Environment Programme last week signed by over 22,000...

Raya Al-Jadir speaks to Palestinian author and playwright Ahmed Masoud about his latest offering which takes readers on an imaginary story through Gaza

The claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he stood at the UN podium regarding what he considered Iran’s violation of the nuclear agreement with the global...

The disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after entering the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday afternoon has made international headlines. Although a Saudi official denied the...

An Israeli military court in Jaffa extended the detention of two Israeli army corporals on Friday over allegations that they stole money from Palestinian travellers and sexually abused women...

The 1993 Oslo Accords were only ever a “Declaration of Principles”; a timetable for the peace process which was supposed to be the starting point for reaching a “comprehensive...

The US State Department announced on Monday that it is closing the office of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Washington, claiming that it did not help to promote...

Israel’s objection against Iran’s military presence in Syria has resurfaced after a brief period of media silence, which seems to have given the Russians an opportunity to reach a...

After months of speculation about the contradictory remarks delivered by American officials and spokespersons about the White House’s intention to end the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...

The Palestinian presidency was not expected to refute the quote published by Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. The newspaper quoted President Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks during his meeting with a delegation...

Chief Israeli Military Advocate General Major General Sharon Afek has decided to close the case on the Israeli aggressive attacks carried out against a number of Palestinian neighbourhoods in...

It has been a few years since the Israeli prime minister chose to “speak directly” to Iranians. From speaking to BBC Persia in 2013 on how he wants the...

Lebanon is being held hostage to internal political conflicts to an unprecedented extent given the failure of Prime Minister Saad Hariri to form a new government that satisfies the...

To deter the ongoing Great March of Return protests that started on 30 March, Israel’s occupation army and Shin Bet intelligence agency prepared to assassinate senior Hamas leaders, Haaretz...

On Sunday 29 July, Israeli commandos boarded a boat taking part in a Freedom Flotilla which was taking humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip. The boat — Al-Awda...

Early this week the Israeli Knesset approved the first reading of what is known the Facebook Bill which stipulates that Israeli authorities are entitled to request internet giants like...