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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in Nazareth yesterday in protest against recruiting Christian Arabs in the Israeli occupation forces. Reports said that about 300 Palestinians attended a...

As with all major religious festivals, Easter in celebrated enthusiastically in Palestine. For Palestinian Christians Easter is one of the main annual celebrations, whilst in cities such as Ramallah,...

Israel is to start inviting Arab Christians to enrol in the army "on a voluntary non-binding basis", the Israeli army recruitment department said yesterday. Over the last three years...

Tunisia's Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa said yesterday that his government will respect the Tunisian Parliament's decision to deny Israeli Jews entry to Tunisia "even if the decision will harm...

"Illegal use of excessive and lethal force by Israel raises dangerous concerns," a letter sent by Amnesty International to the Palestinian Authority (PA) said. Deputy Director of the organisation...

Jordan's Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday the Israeli ambassador in Amman, Daniel Nevo, to officially communicate the government's protest against Israeli violations of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, Jordanian...

Dissolving the Palestinian Authority (PA) would have "grave implications" and Palestinians would be the losers, spokesperson of the US Department of State Jen Psaki said on Monday. "That type...

The international spokesperson of Hamas Hossam Badran said that the visit by Moussa Abu Marzouk to Gaza "comes in the framework of efforts to end Palestinian division", Quds Net...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday launched an attack on the Palestinian Authority (PA) because it is holding unity talks with Hamas and may dissolve itself. During a speech...

The Arab Parliament called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories to achieve peace and stability in the region. Kuwait's chief delegate and parliamentary speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim...

Palestinian residents in Israel organised a large rally yesterday protesting against the fire in the Abu-Baker Mosque in the city of Um Al-Fahm. The mosque was set ablaze on...

Israel denied the Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, and member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation Mustafa Barghouti entry to the Gaza Strip through the Beit Hanoun-Erez crossing,...

A senior representative of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel has accused the Palestinian Authority of working to break the isolation of Israel internationally by...

Tension over Al-Aqsa Mosque is of great importance as the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks founder, Israeli analysts have claimed in Ha'aretz. As far as Hamas is concerned, the situation at...

The Palestinian Authority may dissolve itself if the stalled peace talks with Israel fail, a senior official told AFP on Sunday. The official, who spoke on the condition of...

The Israel Defence Forces detain nearly 22,000 deserters and "undisciplined soldiers" every year, Haaretz newspaper revealed on Sunday. The paper said that nearly 13,000 of the soldiers are detained...

Head of the political bureau of Hamas Khaled Meshaal said in a statement released by the Palestinian movement Saturday that his movement will do everything it could to free...

UN envoy for Middle East Peace Robert Serry said Saturday that Israeli police refused to grant him and other diplomats permission to reach the Church of the Holy Sepulchre...

Israeli army forces fired at a number of farmers near the borders with Lebanon but no casualties were reported, the Lebanese army said Saturday evening. In a statement, the...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he might withdraw from the political arena and "hand over the key to Israel to run Palestinian territories" should...