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A report by UNESCO has documented the "material, human and educational damage" sustained by Gaza's higher education institutions (HEIs) during Israel's assault last summer. The UN agency's conclusion: that...

Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has released a report which questions the legality of Israel's policy of targeting dozens of Palestinian homes during last summer's war in Gaza –...

Iran has officially informed the United States that Israel crossed a "red line" with the airstrike which killed an Iranian general in Syria last week, Iran's news agency reported...

The Palestinian foreign ministry yesterday called for international action to impose sanctions on Israel over its settlement activities in the occupied West bank, PLS 48 reported. In a statement,...

Cooperation between the Israeli and Egyptian military and intelligence apparatuses exceeds all expectations, Israel's Channel 10 stressed on Monday, noting that Cairo agrees with Tel Aviv's requests pertaining to...

The Israeli army has confirmed that Wednesday's attack by Hezbollah on Israeli military vehicles in Lebanon's Shebaa Farms region had caused "several casualties." "In attack against vehicles near Har...

Israeli authorities used details of students' religious and ethnic backgrounds to decide how much funding each pupil would receive, a report by Child Safety Council has said. 14,500 shekels...

The world has long been hearing about the so-called "Axis of Resistance", made up of Iran, Syria and Lebanon's Hezbollah against the encroaching, ever present and menacing Zionist aggressor,...

Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party on Monday held a series of rallies across the West Bank to support Abbas' moves to resubmit a draft resolution to the United Nations Security...

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) held a meeting in Gaza city yesterday (26 January) to present its special report and short documentary film on the...

Last summer the United States thwarted the sale of used Cobra helicopters by Israel to Nigeria, Israeli media has reported. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the US blocked the deal...

One of the repercussions, probably intended, of Operation Protective Edge last summer was to destroy Gaza's autonomy in a manner that would entail a compromise between resistance to the...

A group of 63, cross-party MEPs have urged EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The Agreement is the main treaty between the EU...

Osama Hamdan, Hamas's foreign relations chief, said the movement's position on the Syrian issue has not changed and that relations with Hezbollah will continue as long as they serve...

Israeli authorities yesterday prevented the Palestinian Minister for Housing and Public Work Mofeed Al-Hasayna from leaving the Gaza Strip, the Anadolu Agency reported. Al-Hasayna was heading to the occupied...

Jordanian King Abdullah II said yesterday that the solution of the Palestinian cause would lead to the resolution of all problems and clashes in the Middle East, the Anadolu...

"There are aspects to Israeli policy and behaviour that do immense damage in the eyes of the international community" One of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church...

An Israeli analyst has warned that the stability of Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi's regime is under threat following the death of Saudi's King Abdullah. In an article published...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has suspended cash assistance for tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for repairs to damaged or destroyed homes,...

The Israeli government has approved the expansion of Efrat settlement near Bethlehem, a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz today revealed. PM Netanyahu had previously shelved a plan to build...

Israel requested information regarding missing Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip to mark the beginning of a new prisoner swap deal with Hamas, one of the movement's senior leaders...

In a desperate attempt to overcome his party's plight in opinion polls; Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman chose incitement against Arab citizens to boost his chances at the next...

Jihadist groups in the region and the global movement for the campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel are the main "strategic threats" facing Israel in 2015, a...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday pledged to exert all efforts to undermine Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions, Falesteen newspaper reported. In a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said: "As prime minister...

Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende said yesterday that the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks could resume after the Israeli general election scheduled in March. In exclusive comments made to the Anadolu...

One cannot understand the recent incidents in which Palestinian Jerusalemites attacked and killed Jewish Israelis without taking into account the current and historical political contexts. Nor will simply judging...

Labour leader Ed Miliband has promised to be as good a friend to Israel as David Cameron, should he be elected in May. In an interview published in Jewish News this week, the...

A social media campaign has been launched by a young Palestinian and his fiancé to bring their situation to public notice. "Deliver the bride to the groom, President Abbas"...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday accepted an invitation by US House Speaker John Boehner to address the Congress in March, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement issued...

Fatah spokesperson Osama Al-Qawasmi said that "Former PLC member and Fatah official, Mohammed Dahlan, is one of Israel's tools used to pressure Mahmoud Abbas in light of the serious...

About a year ago, on 13 December 2013, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced the cancellation of the "Prawer Plan" after the plan provoked the Arab population...

Israel's occupation authorities have renewed the administrative detention of a Palestinian MP for the fifth time just 1 day before he was due to be released. The Ahrar Centre...