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February 27, 2014

PLO denies Egyptian pressure on Abbas to resume negotiations

An official denial has been issued quashing “malicious rumours” that Egypt is putting pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume negotiations with the Israelis. In a written statement,...

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February 27, 2014

Call for release of journalist Ali Jaradat from Israeli detention

A public campaign has been launched for the release from Israeli detention of the writer and journalist Ali Jaradat, 57, who was abducted from his home in Ramallah almost...

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February 27, 2014

Israelis impose “financial punishments” on Palestinians

A human rights organisation has claimed that Israeli prison staff are imposing financial punishments on Palestinian prisoners. In a statement, the Prisoners’ Centre for Studies said that guards and...

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February 27, 2014

“Israel-Egypt cooperation includes steel wall and targeting Hamas”

The director of an Israeli research centre has said that the steel wall currently being built by Egypt along its border with the Gaza Strip is an example of...

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February 27, 2014

Relations between Israeli PM and Jordanian King “almost broken”

Reports from Israel suggest that relations between Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu have reached a new low. According to Ha’aretz newspaper, high-level officials on both...

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February 27, 2014

Palestinian PM to attend key Israeli conference

According to the organisers, the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has been invited to attend the Herzliya Conference in Israel from the 31 January to the...

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February 27, 2014

Arab Parliamentary Union to visit the Gaza Strip

A delegation from the Arab Parliamentary Union (APU) is to visit the Gaza Strip which the government in Gaza believes will “indicate the depth of genuine Arab solidarity with...

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February 27, 2014

Israeli minister claims relations with Turkey “will not be normal again”

The Israeli Minister of Trade and Industry has said that he doesn’t expect diplomatic relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv to return to “normal”. Among other issues, Benjamin Ben...

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February 27, 2014

Rajoub: “US Threatened Fateh of Boycott Should It Reconcile With Hamas”

Deputy-head of the Central Committee of Fateh movement, Jibril Rajoub, stated that the movement and its presidents, Mahmoud Abbas, were threatened on boycott by the United States should they...

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February 27, 2014

Arab League calls for international pressure on Israel for Sheikh Raed Salah’s release

The Arab League has called upon the international community, international organizations and human rights bodies to put pressure on Israel to release Sheikh Raed Salah from prison. Sheikh Raed...

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