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February 14, 2014

Researchers say US role in Middle East has faded under Obama

Palestinian researchers have concluded that US policy in the Middle East has faded in importance under Barack Obama due to the “heavy and unbearable” burden he inherited from his...

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February 14, 2014

Draft bill paves way for annexation of West Bank

Israel’s Likud Party, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has proposed a basic law with constitutional status which, if passed by the Knesset, would lead to the annexation of...

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February 14, 2014

Mass graves of Palestinians discovered

Mass graves have been discovered in the historical cemetery of Al-Kazakhana in Jaffa, Al-Aqsa Foundation for Islamic Endowments and Heritage announced on Monday. The graves contain the remains of...

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February 14, 2014

Data shows that Palestinians now own just 8 per cent of historic Palestine

New data published by the Lands Research Centre (LRC) shows that Palestinians own only eight per cent of historic Palestine. The LRC is affiliated to the Arabic Studies Association...

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February 14, 2014

Fatah veteran dies after lengthy illness

Veteran Fatah politician Abdul Aziz Shahin, known by his kunya of Abu Ali, has passed away, aged 80. He died on Tuesday morning after spending weeks in Al-Shifa Hospital...

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February 14, 2014

Yesh Atid threatens to dissolve Israeli government

The Yesh Atid Party in Israel has said that the coalition government is in danger following a freeze in the debate over the recruitment of religious students into the...

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February 14, 2014

Number of Jewish settlers makes two-state solution “almost impossible”

An Israeli TV station has said that the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank makes a two-state solution unrealistic and almost impossible to achieve. Israel’s Channel...

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February 14, 2014

Meshaal: Hamas left Damascus after failing to persuade government to adopt non-military approach

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has told Britain’s Channel 4 News that the Islamic Resistance Movement decided to leave its base in Damascus after failing to persuade the Syrian government...

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February 14, 2014

Huge natural gas field discovered in Lebanese waters

Lebanon’s Energy Minister has announced the discovery of a huge natural gas field in his country’s territorial waters. Gebran Bassil said that the field contains an estimated 30 trillion...

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February 14, 2014

Lebanon to complain to UN over Israeli violations of its airspace

The Lebanese President, Michel Suleiman, on Sunday asked his Foreign Minister, Adnan Mansour, to file an urgent complaint with the United Nations over recent Israeli violations of Lebanon’s airspace....

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