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UNRWA needs $100 million in urgent relief in the first quarter of this year to enable it to help repair homes destroyed during Israel's war on the Gaza Strip...

Israeli authorities have opened the gates of a dam near the Gaza Strip, which led to the flooding of several homes in the enclave, according to the strip's Civil...

Leading Fatah member Mohamed Shtayyeh warned Sunday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is "on the verge of collapse" due to its dire financial situation. "The PA's fiscal situation is...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Friday that Israel's inability to deal with Hamas left much speculation on how Israel could deal with Iran. Speaking to the Israeli...

Palestinian students from Gaza are still prevented by Israel from studying at West Bank universities, after an announcement this week to the contrary was retracted as a mistake. On...

Five Palestinian factions yesterday demanded the Palestinian unity government cancel the gas agreement signed with Israel early last month, the Anadolu Agency reported. A joint statement signed by the...

When Israeli settlers turned up at Rafat Sub Laban's family home last week it was not entirely unexpected. The settlers had arrived with a lawyer to demand the family...

A common pretext when human-rights-abusing regimes arrest and detain journalists is to accuse them of being spies for a hostile power. In many cases such accusations are baseless. For...

As political manoeuvring continues in the run up to the Israeli elections, Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to be planning to visit the settlements of Hebron and what Israel refers...

A former Netanyahu aide is the key figure behind an unprecedented government decision to allow an indigenous people from north-eastern India to immigrate to Israel and convert upon arrival....

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Thursday that the United States is "very concerned" about the continued viability of the Palestinian Authority if it does not receive funds...

The Shurat Hadin legal centre has announced its intention to prosecute the Head of Hamas's Political Bureau, Khaled Meshaal, as well as other Hamas officials on charges of obstructing...

After Israel's withdrawal of its settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip in 2005, the coastal enclave has functioned as the centre of Hamas's political activity. This became even...

Israel's relationship with the US is "in crisis", former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni warned yesterday. In an interview with on Israeli public radio, Livni attributed this crisis to the...

Israel's Institute for National Security Studies recently hosted its 8th annual international conference themed "Israel in a Turbulent Region". Subjects discussed ranged from BDS, Iran, the Oslo Accords as...

The world is changing rapidly around us, and this requires us to focus and deeply understand the course of events and the reasons behind them in order for us...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel would continue to "stand by Egypt in the war against terrorism, which poses a threat to the entire Middle East"....

Negotiations in Palestine have reached an impasse. This is due to the fact that there are currently two authorities fighting over who should hold the key to our people's...

The United States yesterday accused Israel of leaking a distorted image of the US negotiating position on Iran's nuclear programme and criticised what has been described as the "continued...

Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians from the towns of Beit Kahel, Bani Na'im and Dora on Tuesday evening and yesterday morning. The Prisoners Club said that one of the...

A group of Israeli settlers from the Asfar (Metzad) settlement, to the east of the town of Al Shuyoukh, uprooted 550 olive tree saplings on Tuesday night and ran...

Informed senior sources said that the PLO is to hold a meeting at the start of next month to make key decisions regarding the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s financial crisis...

Senior Islamic Jihad leader Khader Habib yesterday described the situation in the Gaza Strip as "tough" and said it is causing worries and concerns, Qudsnet said. Speaking exclusively to...

Tens of Palestinian journalists yesterday demanded the release of their peers who are being held in Israel. 15 Palestinian journalists held in Israeli jails In protests outside the prison...

Israeli analyst Zvi Bar'el has criticised Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion that European Jews should migrate to Israel to escape what the prime minister claims is a "growing wave of anti-Semitism"...

With an election looming, the last thing any politician wants is an expenses scandal. Yet that is exactly what has happened in Israel, where a damning report into Prime...

Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a decision by the country's electoral commission to bar Israeli-Arab lawmaker Haneen Zoabi from contesting parliamentary polls slated for March 17. Eight out of nine judges...

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that the first law he intends to propose in the next Knesset will be the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners and to prevent...

Jordan BDS campaigners have planned a 'Day of Action' for Friday February 20, in protest at the country's proposed gas deal with Israel. In September 2014, the Jordanian National...

Senior member of Hamas' political bureau Mousa Abu-Marzouk yesterday revealed that Quartet peace envoy Tony Blair is trying to blackmail Hamas in return for reconstructing the Gaza Strip. On...

Senior sources inside the presidential headquarters in Ramallah revealed on Tuesday a "wide range" of diplomatic moves aimed at saving the Palestinian Authority, Quds Net has reported. The measures...

A number of Palestinian officials, NGO representatives and activists yesterday announced their absolute refusal of the Palestinian-Israeli gas deal and the idea that Palestinians buy gas from Israel, Arabs48.com...