Middle East

The Central Bank of Israel has warned that the religious Jews and Israel's Arab citizens are the only two groups in society which have got poorer under successive Netanyahu...

A report from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has shown that around half of the Palestinian population is under 18 years old, equating to 2.04 million young...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Gifted and talented children were among hundreds of young people who have taken part in the annual Festival of Childhood in Gaza City. The event was organised...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian fishermen have taken part in a nautical protest against the restrictions placed on them by Israel. Hundreds of fishermen and activists took part in the demonstration...

Israeli forces detained four more Palestinians in the occupied West Banks cities of Hebron and Bethlehem in pre-dawn raids on Monday. Local sources said that a large number of...

A statement from the Fatah Revolutionary Council has attacked the government of Salam Fayyad for pursuing policies which are "improvised and confused on issues of finance and the economy"....

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that the Israeli army has decided to stop using artillery shells containing the incendiary material white phosphorus following a wave of international...

A senior member of the Fatah Central Committee has told Al-Ayam newspaper that his movement is in touch with Egypt and Hamas "to agree on dates for further consultations...

Israel has handed evacuation orders to 100 Palestinian families in the northern Jordan Valley so that its troops can carry out military exercises. The families were ordered to leave...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was understandably eager to swiftly and privately sign the famous Jerusalem agreement, over a month ago, which gave the Jordanian monarch religious authority over the...

The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, Zuhair Salem, asserted that a number of domestic and international reports have reliably confirmed that the Syrian regime's forces used chemical...

In the first bill to be proposed in support of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, a Member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home Party –...

Palestinian Christians in the village of Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank have written an open letter to Pope Francis in protest at the Israeli decision to build...

The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has ordered the release of 103 Egyptian prisoners who are serving sentences for various crimes. According to...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS One Palestinian has been killed by a missile fired from an Israeli drone in the Gaza Strip. The attack took place while the victim was riding his...

Experts in Israel have concluded that Hamas has been able to preserve its power base and authority in the Gaza Strip despite Israel's blockade and military offensives. This conclusion...

Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has announced that he is to visit the Gaza Strip on May 8 with a delegation of...

Jewish settlers have set fire to several cars belonging to the United Nations and Palestinian-owned gardens in Jerusalem during their celebrations of the so-called Lag B'Omer Festival, during which...

With regards to the debate on whether chemical weapons were used in Syria, "Maariv" wrote on its website that there are differences in opinion within Israeli intelligence agencies regarding...

The Iraqi authorities have suspended the broadcast licences of Al-Jazeera and nine other TV channels. Al-Jazeera has been told to stop all its operations and activities in the country....

Israeli Economics and Trade Minister, Naftali Bennett, supported by Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, has suggested a draft law that obliges the government to put any political agreements with the...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has accused the current incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu of exaggerating the Iranian nuclear threat, called for a two-state solution with the Palestinians and predicted...

Hundreds of Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians across the occupied West Bank following the Tuesday morning stabbing of a settler by a local man. Salam al-Zaghal, 24, stabbed his...

Despite the construction of a new security wall along the Israel-Egypt border, African migrants continue to cross into Israel illegally, Israeli media has said. A statement issued on Monday...

More than half of current Jordanian MPs, who are seen to be carrying out a wave of long-awaited reforms, are facing corruption and criminal charges, the Jordanian daily newspaper...

An air bridge between Saudi Arabia and Egypt's El-Arish International Airport started on Monday to transfer medical supplies provided by the Kingdom to the Gaza Strip. The first flight...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has described the Arab Peace Initiative as "historic". Speaking to Israel's Channel Ten news programme he urged the Knesset not to miss out...

Israeli occupation forces have carried out a limited incursion around Beit Hanoun crossing in the north of the Gaza Strip. Witnesses said that six Israeli tanks and two armoured...

In a sign that Israel will keep its large illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, Arab foreign ministers have said that they are ready to endorse a new...

A senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has restated the group's refusal to concede or swap any part of historic Palestine, or recognise the Israeli occupation. Salah...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed its concern that an agreement over land swaps with Israel will lead the Palestinian Authority and Arab world even deeper into the...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Labour Day in the Gaza Strip is unlike in any other place in the world as workers here continue to work today. Yes, they continue to work...