Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that Hamas has a right not to recognise Israel, and that it is a Palestinian group, not a terrorist one. In an interview...

Saudi King Abdullah bin-Abdulaziz sacked on Friday the State Minister and member of ministerial council Prince Abdulaziz bin-Fahad based on the latter’s demand. Official Saudi news agency (WAS) reported...

Head of Hamas political bureau Khaled Meshaal said that both Fatah and Hamas have “genuine will” to move forward in a new phase of unity and forget the era...

Head of Hamas political bureau Khalid Meshaal and the Palestinian ambassador in Tunisia expressed their thanks to the head of the Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahdah Rashid al-Ghannouchi for his...

Israeli cabinet decided on Friday to halt peace talks with the Palestinians because of Fatah-Hamas unity and agreement to form a technocrat government backed by Hamas. In a statement...

Saudi court sentenced on Friday a woman for 180 lashes and 8 months in prison for on charges of driving a car and attacking security officers. SABQ online newspaper...

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society in Bahrain said that 400 prisoners in Jo Prison in the south of the country continue their hunger strike for the second day protesting “excessive...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes part in propaganda campaign to defame the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday. After...

Palestinian Prime Minister in Ramallah Rami al-Hamadallah offered on Friday his resignation to the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas. The resignation came several days after the two main...

Representatives of orthodox national institutions in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories have rejected the recruitment of Christians in the Israeli army yesterday. At a meeting in Jerusalem the foundations...

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the Palestinian reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas signed on Wednesday in the Gaza Strip. The Anadulo news agency quoted informed sources...

China yesterday welcomed the Palestinian reconciliation agreement signed between Fatah and Hamas to end the division and form a national consensus government, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. China’s...

The UAE is trying hard to put pressure on Britain to ban Islamic institutions in London, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, the director of Al-Hiwar TV channel Azzam Tamimi said...

The International Palestine Conference on media and communications was held in Istanbul on April 23-24, 2014, and was attended by over 400 international media personalities and organisations. The conference...

Deputy Comptroller General of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan Zaki Bani Irsheid has criticised the British Ambassador to Jordan Peter Millett who said that his government welcomes intelligence from...

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waged an international media campaign to press the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to retreat from the reconciliation agreement signed between Fatah and Hamas. Netanyahu...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated on Thursday that if elections were to be held in the Palestinian territories, as Fatah and Hamas have agreed, it is clear that...

Israeli anger over the Palestinian reconciliation agreement proves that the Palestinians are on the right track, the media adviser to the Hamas led government Taher Al-Nunu said. Al-Nunu said...

A senior US administration official said on Thursday that the United States would have to reconsider its aid to the Palestinians if the Fatah-led Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) forms...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry yesterday accused the United Nations envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi of obstructing the Geneva II peace talks between the regime and opposition forces. Syria’s state...

Israeli officials have strongly rejected the Palestinian reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has to choose between...

The Lebanese Parliament failed on Wednesday to elect a new president to succeed the current president, Michel Sleiman, whose term ends on 25 May. The first round of voting...

Qatar has resolved its differences with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE and it is up to its fellow Gulf countries to send their ambassadors back to Doha, Qatar’s...

The Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas defended the reconciliation agreement signed with Hamas saying the agreement does not contradict peace talks with Israel. The agreement drew sharp criticism from...

The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported on Wednesday that the French government has halted the transfer of donations worth €3,000 to an Israeli association operating in the Gilo settlement...

Egypt has proven its support for US and Israeli interests in the Middle East so it is qualified to receive US military support, American media reported the US administration...

The United Nations Security Council yesterday called for an investigation into reports that chlorine gas was used to bomb Syrian towns, leaving many dead and wounded. Nigeria’s Ambassador to...

The head of the anti-corruption agency at the Palestinian Authority Rafik Al-Natsha demanded Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris to reveal the destiny of $1.4 billion he seized from the...

Spokesperson of the US Department of State Jen Psaki said on Wednesday that the Obama administration is “disappointed” by the reconciliation pact between Fatah and Hamas, the two main...

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is to immediately start discussions on the formation of a national unity government and will be convening the first meeting in the Gaza...

Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohamed Hamid denied on Wednesday that Egypt had resumed its gas supplies to his country. Egyptian gas supplies to Jordan stopped in...

Moscow praised the agreement reached by Fatah and Hamas to form a unity government and conduct legislative and presidential elections in Palestine. According to a statement by the Russian...