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Since the imposition of the blockade on the Gaza Strip eight years ago, Israel has prohibited the export of animal skins to the West Bank. Leather, and in particular...

Since the beginning of the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip which it called "Operation Protective Edge", Egypt has banned construction materials for Qatari projects from entering the Strip....

Eid al-Adha should be a time that for family and friends, yet many thousands of Palestinian children have been forced to pass through the 2014 festival, as every year,...

Eid Al-Adha is a few days away and the Palestinians in Gazastill live under siege after surviving a war that has killed thousands and destroyed homes. Palestinian families are...

Livestock markets across Palestine are in the midst of one of their busiest times of the year in the lead-up to the muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Following religious...

Palestinian tourist infrastructure is minimal, as is the number of international tourists aside from pilgrims and the 'conflict tourists' who break their holidays in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem for...

Al Jazeera this week revealed an explosive letter from the office of the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. In it, Fatou Bensouda recounted a meeting with Riad...

During the 50 day long Israeli bombardment and massacre of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip 2146 Palestinians were killed according to the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights, of...

The United States welcomed on Monday the arrival of the first Somali ambassador to Washington in more than 20 years. State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a statement...

In July 2004, the International Court of Justice published their advisory ruling on the Israeli Apartheid Wall judging it to be illegal and calling for its dismantling. More than...

Mohammed Al-Shaer, the director of Al-Mohararat agricultural region in Gaza, has said that the value of the losses caused by Israeli raids this week is estimated at $2.5 million....

Gazans welcomed the Islamic holy month Ramadan this year amid tough economic conditions, with 30 percent of the population without a daily income. The recently formed national unity government...

The 28th convoy for Miles of Smiles arrived on Sunday evening in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing, carrying humanitarian aid for the Palestinian residents of the besieged...

Two Palestinian citizens were killed on Friday afternoon when an Israeli aircraft targeted a civilian vehicle in the west of the Gaza Strip, witnesses and medical sources said. Several...

Over the two weeks, more than 550 Palestinians have been arrested according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society amidst the heaviest Israeli military operation in the West Bank since the...

Amidst the heaviest Israeli military invasion of the West Bank since the Second Intifada, another 2 Palestinians were killed over Sunday night. In Nablus' al-Ein refugee camp, 27 year...

Six Palestinians were injured following a series of raids by Israeli warplanes in the Gaza Strip early this morning. According to media sources, at least one rocket targeted a...

UN envoy Robert Serry met the ministers of the new Palestinian unity government in the Gaza Strip yesterday and pledged increased UN support and called for the Israeli blockade...

June 6th was marked around the world by activists protesting the 47th year of the Israeli 'occupation' of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Syrian...

On Monday evening at Senate House the Middle East Monitor welcomed Professor John Keane of the University of Sydney to London to give the inaugural Abdelwahab Elmessiri memorial lecture....

With Palestinian political prisoners now more than one month into an ongoing hunger strike, daily solidarity events and direct actions are being held across Palestine. The hunger strike began...

Arab Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi has called upon FIFA President Sepp Blatter to end the suffering of Palestinian athletes, especially footballers. Blatter, the head of FIFA, the governing body...

Since early May events have been taking place across all areas of historic Palestinian related to the Nakba. May 15th is annually marked as Nakba Day amongst Palestinians everywhere....

The Tunisian government has succeeded in regaining around $40 million from money smuggled out of the country by the former regime, and into Swiss banks reports have said. The...

A study published by the Israeli National Security Research Center concluded that Iran is the biggest beneficiary of Saudi's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and other Sunni Islamic movements...

On October 3rd Al Hiwar TV conducted an interview with a relative of Hamdi Hussein. Hussein was a sniper responsible for deaths in Rabba al Adawiya at the massacres...

An Iranian man has broken the world record for the number of years spent without bathing. He spent the last 60 years without a bath. The Iranian News Agency...