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The family of an Egyptian doctor who hid Jews in Germany during the Second World War has refused a posthumous award from Israel. Relatives of Mohamed Helmy, who died...

A report issued by the Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights in collaboration with Europeans for Al-Quds has revealed that one-third of all Palestinian homes in occupied Jerusalem are at...

Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has said that statements made by Israeli former minister of foreign affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, "constitute a dangerous incitement against the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud...

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has participated in a propaganda film to promote the Jewish relationship with the city of Jerusalem. The film shows the gradual wearing away...

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who was also once Chairman of the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Defence in the Knesset, has renewed his attacks against Palestinians, claiming...

The famous Israeli analyst of Arab affairs, Ehud Yaari, is urging Israel to take advantage of the historical situation that the Arab region is going through to "defeat" Hamas...

The Yedioth Ahronoth website reported on Sunday morning that the Israeli right-wing is introducing a series of laws during the Knesset's winter session primarily aiming to limit the power...

PHOTOS To mark the second anniversary of the prisoners swap reached between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation in 2011, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh delivered a speech...

The Gulf State of Qatar has successfully mediated the release of nine Lebanese kidnapped in Syria, Al-Jazeera Satellite TV reported on Saturday. According to Al-Jazeera, the Qatari Foreign Minister,...

An official Palestinian report has revealed that the Israeli occupation forces arrested 33 Palestinian minors during the first half of this month. The report, issued by the ministry of...

PHOTOS On Monday morning at dawn, Israeli settlers stole ripe olives from Palestinian farms in different areas of the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli forces detained a Palestinian citizen...

Israel's security body is to present its direct evaluation of the cuts to the military budget in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, estimating that the cuts...

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is preparing to appeal against the Knesset if a vote goes against her on a bill which would ban Israel from relinquishing control over parts...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said that Israel's demands in East Jerusalem have turned the conflict into a "religious struggle" in a region already overburdened with such sensitivities....

Israeli President Shimon Peres defended on Monday his country's ambiguous policy regarding its nuclear weapons, saying that they are central to deterrence, as well as keeping peace in the...

While more than 250,000 Israelis are suffering from psychological disorders, only 130,000 are being treated by institutions, data published by the Israeli Ministry of Health revealed on Monday. As...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Monday that he could run for president in the elections slated to take place in 2014, and reiterated that the conditions to make...

American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks, purported to be targeting Al-Qaeda operatives, have killed dozens of civilians in Yemen, Human Rights Watch (HRW) revealed on Tuesday. In a detailed...

US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Qatar has agreed to erase $150 million from the Palestinian Authority's debt following talks with his Qatari counterpart Khalid Al-Attiyah in...

Several members of the US Congress sent a message to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to publicly address the human rights violations in Egypt, AP reported on...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Palestinian citizens expelled from the occupied Palestinian city of Bethlehem 12 years ago held a press conference in front of the house of the Palestinian Authority (PA)...

Imad Deeman, the leader of the Al-Tawhid Brigade and a member of the Al-Tawhid Shura Council, said in an exclusive interview to Masar Press that: "A committee representing the...

On Tuesday dozens of Israeli soldiers with sniffer dogs crossed the electronic fence of the Israel-Lebanon border and stationed themselves in a disputed area opposite the Lebanese neighbourhood of...

A source has revealed that Saudi intelligence services chief, Prince Bandar bin Abdul-Aziz has told European diplomats that his country would restrict relations with the United States in protest...

The head of the deposed Palestinian government, Ismail Haniyeh, asserted on Monday that "there will be no Palestinian state in Gaza and there will be no state without Gaza…that...

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip criticised the UN position towards the tunnel that was discovered last week between Gaza and Israel....

On the eve of his meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encouraged more settlement in the occupied Palestinian...

For the first time in 34 years, Israel has given permission for Egyptian fighter-bombers to fly over the Gaza Strip twice within a week, Israeli TV Channel 2 has...

After more than ten days, dozens of the bodies of the Palestinian and Syrian refugees who drowned when their boat sank early last week remain in the wreckage off...

The head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Ahmed Al-Jarba, announced on Tuesday that "the Syrian people have become bored with the pledges of certain countries" and that right...

Mahmoud Abbas has urged the European Union to enforce its regulations against Israeli companies based in the illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Palestinian president made his...

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has said that Saudi Arabia and Israel share a position on Iran but cooperation between the two countries is difficult due to the continued Palestine-Israel...