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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS The repercussions of the revolution in Syria have overshadowed the lives of thousands of Palestinians living in refugee camps in the conflict torn country. Many of these...

Israel has condemned the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for interviewing the deputy chairman of a Turkish welfare organisation. Hussein Oruc's NGO, known by its acronym IHH,...

Major General Abdul Hamid Omran, President Morsi's strategic expert, has said that the government should not wait until June 30th when matters will potentially be chaotic, but to take...

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority is "doing its best" to block a third Intifada (uprising), said a senior PA and Fatah official on Thursday. Nabil Shaath added that the PA...

The chief of Israel's military intelligence, General Aviv Kochav, has said that the chaos in the Arab world favours Israel and is something that he believes should continue. Speaking...

PICTURES Unknown vandals have desecrated the Orthodox Christian Cemetery in the occupied city of Jaffa. Several broken tombstones and others covered in racist graffiti were discovered on Thursday morning....

As US Secretary of State John Kerry increases his efforts to revive the moribund peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the Israeli government is pushing ahead with the...

The Israel police service has revealed that the Jewish settlers' "Price Tag" group carried out 165 attacks against Palestinian properties inside Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories in a...

A senior Muslim Brotherhood official in Syria has warned that the Geneva conference aims to "extract concessions" from the rebels and "legitimise the Assad regime". Zuhair Salem called on...

The commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Hugo Delort-Laval, has blamed Israel for breaching the ceasefire between the two countries on more occasions than its northern...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced on Sunday a record budget deficit of 65 per cent. In a press...

The UN Security Council (UNSC) agreed unanimously on Thursday to lift sanctions imposed on Iraq two decades ago following its invasion of Kuwait under former dictator Saddam Hussein. The...

Israeli media has reported that Israeli Likud Knesset member Tzachi Hanegbi said on Friday that the military coup carried out by the Egyptian army in Egypt was good news...

Israeli military analyst Roni Daniel revealed on Sunday that the Egyptian General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi informed Israel of his efforts to remove President Mohammed Morsi three days before the...

An Israeli Magistrate Court on Monday extended the detention of chief guard of al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Najeh Bkeerat, for the second time. The court said that more time is...

Jewish settlers have damaged a number of cars in a Palestinian village to the west of Jerusalem and scrawled racist graffiti on houses. The tyres of 28 vehicles were...

President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to drop his insistence on preconditions for talks with the Israelis even though chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday that the leadership of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he will not ratify any agreement with the Palestinians before it has been subject to a public referendum. He announced this...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS A campaign against drugs was launched by Gaza's interior ministry last month targeting tramadol tablets which are widely used by youth in the Sector. Tramadol is a...

Informed sources in Egypt have revealed that former Fatah thug Mohamed Dahlan is plotting a major conflict between Gaza and the Egyptian army. The Dubai-based Dahlan is being backed...

South Africa's Ambassador to Israel, Ismail Coovadia, has rejected a 'gift' from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 'gift' came in the form of a certificate [click to...

Israel has amended the path of its "apartheid" Separation Wall near the West Bank village of Rantis in order to include an area where it is believed oil may...

In a televised speech on Al Jazeera Satellite Channel on Tuesday, the Emir of Qatar announced that he has transferred power to his 33 year old son, Shaikh Tamim...

Sixty Israeli soldiers have entered Al-Aqsa Mosque wearing their uniforms in what is being seen as an attempt to strengthen a Jewish presence in the sacred Islamic site. According...

On July 7, London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat quoted its correspondent from Ramallah as saying that the head of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, Avigdor Lieberman, who is...

The Kuwaiti lawyer Abdallah Ibrahim Al Kandary has filed an administrative lawsuit with an urgent request to stop the implementation of the Cabinet Council's decision to grant Egypt $4...

PICTURES Long queues of vehicles are lining the streets in front of gas stations up and down the Gaza Strip in the latest gasoline crisis to have hit the...

Palestine's Islamic Resistance Movement has welcomed a report by the UN Rights of the Child Committee which reveals details of Israel's systematic criminal acts against Palestinian children. In a...

The Knesset, Israel's parliament, has approved a "racist" bill which will lead to the eviction of "illegal" Palestinian Bedouin communities from the Negev Desert occupied in 1948 by Israel,...

The latest shuttle diplomacy by US Secretary of State John Kerry has not produced any breakthrough in the push to resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, a...

Tel Aviv has confirmed continued security and military coordination-particularly regarding the Sinai Peninsula and tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip – with the Egyptian army represented by Defence...

The Israeli Ambassador Yaakov Amitai arrived in Cairo from Tel Aviv via Jordan on Tuesday on his first visit after the June 30 events and after an 18-day absence....