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A St Petersburg-based internet site has claimed that Russian mercenaries are fighting for the Assad regime in Syria under the name of "the Slavic Brigade". If true, this would...

In an interview with a correspondent from the Israeli Radio, Gal Berger, an advisor to the President of the Palestinian Authority, Nimer Hammad said that despite his pessimism regarding...

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has considered the visit of French President Francois Hollande to occupied Jerusalem "as encouragement to the occupation to continue its crimes of Judaisation and...

Haaretz newspaper has reported that many within Israel's Likud Party fear that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman seeks to gain control of the party from the inside by changing its...

During his visit to Washington on Thursday, Israel's Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett accused the Obama administration of "jeopardising" Israel's security in order to reach an agreement with Tehran...

The Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (Fourth Committee) of the General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted eight new resolutions concerning the plight of the Palestinians. The drafts...

Israel's President Shimon Peres has publicly expressed his frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to his recent disagreements with the US, particularly Secretary of State John Kerry, over...

Israeli settlers cut down dozens of olive trees and destroyed two rooms on Monday in Qusra Village southeast of Nablus city. Village eyewitnesses told Resala.net that dozens of settlers...

The commander of the northern region in the Israeli army, General Yair Golan, told Israeli Channel 7 news on Sunday that war with Lebanon has become closer than ever...

Israel has failed to undermine a deal between Iran and the world powers regarding its nuclear programme, a senior Israeli official told a local newspaper on Monday. Another official...

As a newly recognised non-member state, Palestine has cast a vote in the UN General Assembly for the first time since it was included in the international body last...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is set to head the cabinet next week during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's two day visit to Russia, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported...

The Israeli occupation renewed on Sunday the administrative detention of two Islamist Palestinian parliamentarians, Ahrar for Prisoners Studies has announced. The two parliamentarians, Ahrar reported, are the Secretary-General of...

The Jordanian government officially applied on Sunday for the Arab non-permanent UN Security Council seat that was rejected by Saudi Arabia last month, Jordan's state-run Petra news agency announced....

Israel has accelerated construction of the so-called National Park on the slopes of Mount Scopus in occupied Jerusalem along with new settlement construction approved by the city's Israeli-controlled Planning...

Nine Palestinian inmates at Israel's Ashkelon Prison were wounded on Monday night when security forces swept through their rooms before transferring them to cells, it has been revealed by...

Israel's Deputy Minister of Defence Danny Danon has accused the Palestinian Authority of funding terrorism and is calling on the international community to immediately cease its assistance until the...

Israeli warplanes carried out on Wednesday night a series of airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, leaving dozens of Palestinian children traumatised. Witnesses said that several sites throughout the Strip...

Exclusive Images The Palestinian transportation ministry installed on Monday 15 seaport lights along the Gaza coast used by fishermen. An Italian activist group called "Not to be forgotten" sponsored...

The head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, has asserted that the PA will continue with the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on schedule, despite the fact that Israel is expanding...

In today's edition, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed that six Western countries are attempting to fortify Israel's position within the UN Human Rights Council, in order to prevent its...

Nine Palestinian inmates at Israel's Ashkelon Prison were wounded on Monday night when security forces swept through their rooms before transferring them to cells, it has been revealed by...

The European Union and Russia have called for an end to support for armed groups in Syria, saying that they endanger regional stability. EU Foreign Ministers demanded on Monday...

Israeli police arrested Yona Metzger, a former chief rabbi of Israel, on Monday morning on suspicion of money laundering and taking bribes, according to police spokesperson Luba Alsemary. Alsemary...

The vast gas reserves discovered in waters claimed by Israel in recent years may transform the state into a major gas exporter. The government sees a promising future, whilst...

Palestine's Governmental Employees' Union has denounced a Palestinian Authority decision on the cost of living allowance, saying that the government has "declared war on the law". The PA cabinet...

Syria's permanent representative to the UN, Bashar Al-Ja'afari, has stated that his country refuses to recognise a resolution on human rights in Syria that Saudi Arabia submitted to the...

Turkey's Department of Defence has announced that between 613,000 and 715,000 landmines have been planted along the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkish Defence Minister Ismat Yilmaz told Jihan News Agency that:...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES James Rowley, the UN's Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs in the Palestinian Territories, visited Gaza this week and is warning that the Strip is currently facing an urgent...

The Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb in the occupied Negev region has been destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces for the 61st time. Local Palestinian sources said that bulldozers protected...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on Wednesday for Israel to find new allies in light of his country's "deteriorating" relations with the US, according to an Israeli newspaper....

Arab student groups at the Hebrew University demonstrated on Wednesday evening against the Prawer Plan, which is aimed at Judaising the Negev and expelling Arabs from their own villages....