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Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, on Tuesday praised the efforts of the Palestinian factions towards "real internal reconciliation." Haniyeh reiterated that with reconciliation, he hoped for that...

Media reports claim that Israel and Jordan are against the project to build a bridge between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Israel is taking the issue so seriously that it...

Coptic intellectual Dr Rafiq Habib said on Monday that the Islamic forces could not be undermined as they are have leaders with massive deep-rooted popularity in Egyptian society. They...

Jordan's Islamic Endowments Minister Abdul-Salam Abadi has accused Israel of planning to partition the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the country's Al-Ghad newspaper reported on Wednesday. The move, claimed Abadi,...

Official figures show that unemployment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories during the first nine months of 2012 rose by just over 2 points to reach 23 per cent. A...

The Gulf Cooperation Council has stressed that it remains committed to Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territories it has occupied since 1967. Without this, says the GCC, a comprehensive,...

A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has denied reports of disagreements over security agencies during the reconciliation talks with Fatah. Sami Abu Zuhri dismissed the claims as...

Khaled Meshaal and Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to activate the 2011 Cairo reconciliation agreement. The head of Hamas's political bureau met the Palestinian Authority president in the presence of Colonel...

The former head of Israel's internal security agency has described the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Ehud Barack as "opportunists" in a lengthy interview with...

Israeli forces swept several West Bank cities on Thursday morning, detaining a former prisoner and a minor. Ten others were injured when the Israelis fired tear gas and live...

Israeli Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar lashed out on Saturday at Britain's Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, over his criticism of Israel's illegal settlements, the website Times of...

An Israeli official from Jerusalem told Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Tuesday that "the Netanyahu government is leading Israel towards a disaster". The official spoke on condition of anonymity. He...

An Israeli research report about the successes and failures of both sides in the recent Israeli offensive against Gaza has concluded that a long-term calm in the region has...

Syrian Observers for Human Rights have confirmed that the bodies of two senior Hamas members have been found in Husseiniyeh Palestinian refugee camp. In a statement to the local...

Israeli occupation forces have made several raids across the West Bank and detained at least 13 Palestinian civilians. Local sources confirmed that houses in Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem and...

The Israeli Maariv newspaper has reported that four prominent Likud Party candidates are demanding the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank. The demands were made in...

A Christian church and cemetery were attacked by extremist Jews on Thursday night in Bar'am village in High Galilee, close to the Lebanese border, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported...

The Egyptian Minister of Defence has banned private ownership of land along the border between Sinai and Israel in order to boost security in the region. General Abdel Fattah...

The Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza and the Egyptian Arab Contractors' Company have signed a cooperation agreement for the Gaza reconstruction project funded by a Qatar government...

The head of the Government Employees' Union, Bassam Zakarneh, has announced that a two-day strike will be held on Wednesday and Thursday this week. The strike, and demonstrations in...

An MP in the centre grouping in the Coalition of Iraqis, pharmacist Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Omar, has concluded that the popular opposition demonstrations against the Al-Maliki government will widen...

The biggest ever international air force exercise is taking place in Israel, the country's Channel 2 TV has reported. The countries taking part, it is claimed, are ready to...

Israel's Haaretz newspaper said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation authorities have renewed restrictions on the free movement of foreign nationals residing in the occupied West Bank. They have...

Hundreds of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian city of Al-Lid took to the streets on Friday in protest at Israel's Judaisation policies. The protests began after the Friday prayers...

The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria has rejected any suggestion or initiatives which might see the current regime stay in power until 2014. The rejection came in a statement in...

The Tunisian government has called for comprehensive talks to solve the crisis in Mali. Stressing that it supports Mali's security and national unity, it has condemned all threats to...

UN secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has repeated his call for Israeli officials to stop construction works in the E1 areas of the occupied West Bank, the Washington Post has...

Knesset member Taleb El-Sana' has condemned Israel's demolition of Palestinian houses in Beir Al-Saba', and described the actions as "Nazism". In a press release, El-Sana' described how the Israeli...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that his country is to build an electrified fence on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The aim, he claims, is to prevent...

Israeli naval vessels opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the northern Gaza coast early on Thursday. Witnesses said that the fishermen did not exceed the six-mile limit imposed...

Official statistics issued by the Palestinian Ministry for Detainees and ex-Detainees have revealed that almost 4,000 Palestinian men, women and children have been detained by the Israelis in 2012....

Tunisia's Prime Minister, Hamadi Al-Jebali, has started a short official visit to Turkey during which the two countries are expected to sign an agreement on strategic cooperation. The visit...