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The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has condemned the Israeli occupation authority's approval of 130 new housing units in the settlement of Gilo...

A senior member of the PLO Executive Committee has said that withdrawing recognition of Israel is a "valid option" in the event of the collapse of other possibilities. Dr....

A senior official has confirmed that the Islamic Resistance Movement's political chief will meet the Jordanian monarch to discuss relations between the state and Hamas. Osama Hamdan, who is...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Parliamentarians from the Change and Reform bloc have held a vigil on front of the parliament building in Ramallah in solidarity with the Speaker, Dr Aziz Dweik,...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Sunday, January 15th, the Central West Bank Municipality of al-Bireh in conjunction with the Centre for Happy Childhood observed the anniversary of Palestinian Martyr's Day which...

Jordanian sources have reported that the Jordanian judiciary has ordered the seizure of all movable and immovable properties of the former Fatah leader, Mohammed Dahlan. In its Monday ...

A delegation of international medical specialists has arrived in the Gaza Strip after crossing via the Rafah border post, which links Gaza with Egypt. The delegation is associated with...

The head of the Algerian Society for Peace has praised Turkey's prime minister for his criticism of what Recep Tayyip Erdogan called French "genocide" in Algeria. Mr Erdogan was...

The former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Gaza's Hamas-led government has claimed that some European countries are preparing to begin direct talks with the Islamic Resistance Movement. Dr....

Israeli occupation authorities have confiscated more land belonging to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The latest land grab has taken place in the village of Alkahs, to the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESYesterday night, the Miles of Smiles Convoy 8 arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Land Border Crossing with Egypt. The Convoy consisted of 48 solidarity activists...

Mustafa Barghouti, the coordinator of the Freedom Committee for Palestinian reconciliation, has said that next week will witness an "actual application" of the agreement by the Palestinian factions. In...

Data issued by the Statistics Department of the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners show that 4,500 Palestinians, including six women, are being held in Israeli jails at...

Ismail Haniyeh, the elected Prime Minister of the Palestinian government in Gaza, has left the territory for a tour of Arab capitals and Turkey. This is his second such...

A three-week long round of meetings in the Jordanian capital, Amman, between the Palestinian and Israeli negotiators; Saeb Erekat and Isaac Molkho, has ended without having led to a...

Israeli sources have revealed that the United States has called upon the King of Jordan to appoint a new ambassador in Tel Aviv. According to a radio report on...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Officials from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Fatah met yesterday, January 14, in Gaza at the residence of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Attending the meeting on...

Israel's occupation authorities have destroyed agricultural land and uprooted trees in Al-Khodar, south of Bethlehem on the occupied West Bank. A warning of the destruction was given to the...

The Director of Property Management at Israel's Foreign Ministry is preparing a draft bill which, if passed into law, will see the Zionist state sending claims for compensation for...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A Russian delegation headed by Shamil Sultanov began a three-day visit to the Gaza Strip on 25 December. The purpose is to examine the health sector in...

The speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Dr Saad El Katatni, has declined an invitation to visit Tel Aviv from his Israeli counterpart; Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin. On Thursday, January...

A delegation of senior members of the Islamic Resistance Movement, led by Khaled Meshaal, has held talks in Cairo with the Swiss envoy to the Middle East peace process,...

MPs from the Hamas Movement's Change and Reform Block have set out from Gaza on an official visit, the first of its kind, to Switzerland since the Movement's victory...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Members of the Eastern Catholic Church began their Christmas celebrations in the Gaza Strip today with traditional prayers in church services. The Protestant community also observed mass...

The Jerusalem-based Human Rights Centre has warned that Israel's municipality has already started to apply its policy of isolating Palestinian districts from the rest of the city. In fact,...

Dozens of Jewish settlers have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a marked escalation of their attacks on Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. The Palestinians call the attacks "provocative". Eyewitnesses...

Thousands of Egyptians from all political trends gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Wednesday on the first anniversary of the 25 January Revolution which ousted Hosni Mubarak. The...

Official Israeli sources have announced that the natural gas supply from Egypt has been restored. A report on Israel Radio said that the supply has been partially restored just...

On Thursday, the Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party, Dr. Mohamed Morsi, met with former US President, Jimmy Carter. During the meeting, Carter addressed Egypt's parliamentary elections as...

The Moroccan group Initiative for Support and Victory has organised an arts festival in the capital Rabat to commemorate the third anniversary of Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" against the...

Israel's Prime Minister has said that America's withdrawal from Iraq has placed a new challenge in front of his country. Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset that there is now...

The Israeli occupation authorities have demolished three farm buildings and six wells in Ezna to the west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. According to the Mayor of...