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Russia's permanent delegate at the United Nations has called the continued construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories "the biggest obstacle to the two-state solution". Vitaly...

European NGOs are looking into the human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates, especially the withdrawal of citizenship from UAE nationals and reported punitive measures taken against would-be...

A Turkish official has hinted that Ankara could take more punitive measures against Israel if Tel Aviv continues to reject Turkish conditions for ending the diplomatic crisis between the...

Reports in Turkey say that debris from the wreck of an Israeli Air Force reconnaissance drone has been found in the Turkish town of Karatas. An inquiry has been...

The British Muslim Initiative (BMI) has called on the Home Secretary to resign following the Upper Immigration Tribunal's upholding of Sheikh Raed Salah's appeal against a deportation order. Even...

The Turkish Red Crescent has announced its readiness to resume work on renovating the water supply networks in the Gaza Strip. The besieged territory suffers from a severe potable...

The European Union has confirmed its intention to work with the new government in Tunisia following the elections for the National Constituent Assembly. The Islamist Al-Nahda (Renaissance) Party won...

Following the success of Sheikh Raed Salah's appeal against a deportation order, the Palestinian Ambassador to London, Professor Manuel Hassassian, has offered his thanks to those who have  supported...

The Turkish Foreign Minister has warned Israel not to use Kurdish separatists in an effort to weaken Turkey. Ahmet Davutoglu said that Turkey "will respond to Israel or any...

The Foreign Secretary has welcomed the parliamentary elections in Morocco and said that Britain's Coalition is looking forward to working with the newly-elected government. Describing the elections as an...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A press conference was held at the Palestine Gallery in Euston today by the organisations which have supported the Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah in his ten-month...

Turkey has rejected US mediation to resolve the diplomatic crisis between Ankara and Tel Aviv, following Israel's refusal to apologise for killing nine Turkish activists during its assault on...

Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt said that construction is obstructive to efforts to bring a lasting peace to the Middle East conflict and threatens the future of...

Watching, reading or listening to a BBC report on Israel's occupation of Palestine is like stepping through the Zionist looking-glass and witnessing not the reality of the situation, but...

The Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats has told a fringe meeting at the party's conference that they are fully supportive of the Palestinian application for recognition of an...

Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after proposals in the Israeli Knesset to pass legislation that would restrict foreign funding to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Speaking today the Foreign Secretary...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Following a fraught 10 month legal battle against the British Home Secretary, Sheikh Raed Salah's friends, supporters and campaigners bid him a fond farewell during a congratulatory...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Monday 18th July, Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, was released on conditional bail after winning his appeal last week. He...

Turkey's Foreign Minister has walked out of a conference on anti-terrorism at the UN headquarters in New York moments before a speech by Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister. It was...

Students at Britain's University of York have rejected a proposal to twin the institution with the Hebrew University in occupied Jerusalem. The vote on the issue was carried out...

The Times newspaper has named Tayab Ali, of ITN Solicitors their lawyer of the week. Mr Ali headed the legal team along with barristers Raza Hussian QC and Duran...

Turkey's Minister for Transportation, Binali Yildirim, has laid the foundation stone for an airport to be built on an artificial island in the Black Sea between the Turkish provinces...

Sources in Israel have revealed that Turkey's Prime Minister has rejected an American proposal for solving the diplomatic crisis between Tel Aviv and Ankara. The initiative produced by the...

The Special Representative of the European Union for the Southern Mediterranean has said that the EU is monitoring political developments in Tunisia closely and believes that the situation is...

A number of British NGOs have called on supporters to join them outside Downing Street on Saturday 27th April, in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who are...

Amnesty International has demanded that the Israeli authorities release the Palestinians held under administrative detention or grant them swift and fair trials. In a report released today (6th June),...

Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yesterday accused the Syrian regime of turning Syria to a "terrorist state" on account of the widespread massacres being perpetrated by state forces...

The Turkish foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador to Ankara, Francis Ricciardone, to explain his criticism of the country's Judiciary. The Turkish newspaper, Zaman, said Ricciardone was asked...

The Turkish government has prevented Israel's representatives from attending the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum in Istanbul. The move was hailed by Izzat Al-Resheq, a member of the Hamas political bureau....

Israel has threatened to use its considerable influence over US foreign policy to block Egypt's purchase of two submarines from Germany. According to German press reports, Israel intends to...

The Palestinian West Bank is today controlled by Israel through a complex web of illegal settlements, with their associated infrastructure of separate roads, security buffer zones, checkpoints and the...

Britain's Foreign Secretary has expressed his belief that whoever wins the presidential election in Egypt should do so through a credible, free and fair process, which reflects fully the...