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Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who represents Israel in the current negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, has suggested that the resignation of the Palestinian negotiation team constitutes a violation...
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Israeli settlers attacked and burned a house in Sinjil, a village to the north of Ramallah in the West Bank, during the early morning hours on Thursday. Five children...
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Kuwaiti MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei, who denounced the Egyptian coup and the Gulf States, including Kuwait, for supporting it, is now being investigated on charges of inciting riots. Al-Tabtabaei posted...
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The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his rejection of the proposed deal between Iran and a number of Western states. "There are not just two possibilities on the...
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The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has said that the resignation of the Palestinian negotiating team "is senseless as long as negotiations with Israel continue." The Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...
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Palestinian negotiator Mohammad Shtayyeh said that the Palestinian negotiating team has rejected a new interim agreement that Israel proposed during their recent talks. Following his meeting with Belgian Foreign...
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A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria has confirmed that it has received an offer from the government in Iran over regime change. Omar Al-Mushawah confirmed statements attributed...
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Three more Palestinian children have been arrested by the Israeli army during raids on their homes in Hebron. Palestinian sources named the children as Fahad Amin al-Bakri, 11 years...
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President Mahmoud Abbas disclosed on Tuesday evening that he has told Western countries what he calls "the truth of the matter" in the region, including that what occurred last...
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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...
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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...
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip has accused Arab and European intelligence agencies of being behind the formation of the so-called "Tamarod (rebellion) movement" in the territory....
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Jordan's head of the Development and Free Zones Commission, Maha Khatib, has denied the existence of any agreement or plans to establish a joint industrial zone with Israel. Khatib...
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EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Palestinian refugees fleeing from the conflict in Syria are being welcomed warmly in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has pledged to offer a complete package...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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