News

The Israeli government decided formally on Wednesday to stop transferring tax revenues collected by Israeli custom officers on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. The move is a punishment for...

A member of the General Secretariat of the World Federation for Human Rights, Dr. Ali Mohamed Alsalabi, has warned of plots against the popular Arab uprisings which toppled despots...

The German government has agreed to sell its Egyptian counterpart two Type-209 submarines in the face of Israeli opposition to the deal. The sale is expected to net Germany...

The International Monetary Fund announced on Monday that they are close to coming to an agreement with Tunisia on a plan for "preventative" help amounting to $1.78 billion. The...

Palestinian sources said on Monday that the Israeli occupation authorities detained 124 Palestinians, including 23 minors, from across the occupied West Bank last week. A statement issued by the...

Palestinian human rights sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that the city's Magistrates' Court has released lawyer Shereen El-Issawi on bail, only to place her under house arrest. She...

Israeli gunboats continue to harass and fire at Palestinian fishermen, despite the ceasefire which brought an end to Israel's offensive against the Gaza Strip last month. In the latest...

More than 70 Jewish settlers broke into the sacred courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday morning, performing Talmudic rituals and writing racist phrases on the walls before they left....

Reports from Israel claim that opposition leader Shaul Mofaz has expressed regret over the fact that Israel did not assassinate Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal during his first visit to...

Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced bullishly that a Palestinian state will not exist before the Palestinians recognise Israel as a Jewish state. In yet another shift of...

The Palestinian government in Ramallah has described the latest incursions by dozens of Jewish settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque as "another example of extremism and organised state terrorism". The settlers...

Participants in the 2010 Freedom Flotilla attacked by Israeli have rejected an offer of compensation for their personal belongings. Israeli commandos boarded the flagship of the Flotilla in international...

The Annual Report of a major Israeli NGO claims that 69 per cent of Israelis believe that poverty is the most urgent problem facing the state and it is...

A number of Palestinians suffered from the suffocating effects of tear gas on Wednesday when Israeli forces swept into several towns around Hebron and fired gas canisters at local...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A massive rally has been held in Gaza City to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of Hamas and the start of the first Intifada (Palestinian...

Hamas has announced that its political bureau chief, Khaled Meshaal, and a number of the movement's leaders abroad, would participate in events of its twenty-fifth anniversary scheduled for the...

The Israeli government has given the green light for 346 new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank, news agencies have reported. A statement from the Israeli Ministry...

The South African ambassador to Palestine visited Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza on Tuesday. His Excellency Professor M. W. Makalima congratulated Mr. Haniyeh on the Palestinians' victory in...

The Head of the Gaza Border Agency, Maher Abu-Sabha, has refused entry to the EU Mission charged with monitoring the border with Egypt at Rafah. The Mission was planning...

Israeli settlers have attacked a Red Cross bus carrying relatives of Palestinian prisoners from Bethlehem being held in Israel's jails. The bus was attacked by the settlers in Beit...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES In a historic visit to the Gaza Strip, the head of Hamas' Political Bureau, Khaled Meshaal, entered through the Rafah border crossing to participate in Hamas' 25th...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES An Indonesian delegation consisting of 45 parliamentarians, journalists and civil society leaders arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, 29 November. The delegation entered through the Rafah...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Supported by several Arab and European organisations, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing has revealed that it has made a number of improvements to the facilities...

Palestinian researcher Abdul-Naser Ferwaneh has revealed that Israel is holding 4,600 Palestinians spread across 17 of its prisons. The specialist in prisoners' affairs said that 83 per cent of...

The Palestinian government in Gaza has condemned the Syrian army's attack on Al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus. A spokesman called on all sides of the...

Mahmoud Abbas has suggested that Palestine could approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the issue of Israel's plans to build 3,000 settlement housing units in the occupied West...

Jordan's King Abdullah II arrived in Ramallah on Thursday for an official visit to Ramallah. His is the first visit of an Arab leader since Palestine gained non-member observer...

Israeli Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, announced on Sunday that this month, the Israeli government would not be transferring tax revenues it collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority to...

The Israeli occupation authorities have issued eviction and demolition notices on an apartment block in Jerusalem in which the city's Grand Sheikh lives. Sixteen apartments and their owners will...

Several Israeli diplomats have expressed their concerns about the increasing worldwide criticism of Israel, a local radio station claimed on Wednesday. The report attributed the rising tide of comments against...

Israel has complained to the United States about what it alleges is "weak" security coordination with the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. This vulnerability is, claim the Israelis,...

Fatah and Hamas continue to take practical steps on the ground to create a climate for the implementation of the national reconciliation agreement to bring an end to the...