Senior Syrian opposition member Kamal Al-Labwani is in Israel to take part in a conference to combat terrorism. In the first visit by a Syrian politician to Israel, Al-Labwani...
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...
Palestine's many experiences with Israel, especially that of resistance and the steadfastness of our people, not least in facing up to "Operation Protective Edge", highlight the failure of the...
The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B'Tselem said Thursday that it does not hold out hope that an army investigation into the Gaza hostilities...
The Palestinian unity government has invited more than 80 countries to attend the Gaza reconstruction conference scheduled to be held in Cairo on October 12, Deputy Palestinian Prime Minister...
A monthly report on Israel's foreign trade, issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics Israel (CBS), on Thursday, said that the deficit in the Israeli trade balance during the...
Deputy Head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, called on the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday evening, to sign the Rome Statute and join the ICC...

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September 12, 2014 Jawad Boulus
A senior member of the PLO Executive Committee, Ahmed Qurei, received the Spanish consul general in Jerusalem in his office recently. The meeting coincided with the opening of the...
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has called for the accession to the International Criminal Court and Rome Statute to be hastened and urged Palestinian President...
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has called for the accession to the International Criminal Court and Rome Statute to be hastened and urged Palestinian President...
Head of Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs in Ramallah, Issa Qaraqe, said Thursday, that a Palestinian prisoner had died due to severe torture in an Israeli jail. Qaraqe said...
The United States and Israel agreed about the importance of strengthening the Palestinian Authority during meetings regarding the strategy to be used by the two countries held in Washington....

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September 11, 2014 |
Ramona Wadi Returning to pre-war conditions in Gaza might prove counterproductive, according to the EU's ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen. Citing the possibility of recurring violence without venturing into or mentioning...

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September 11, 2014 |
Ben White During the brutal attack on the Gaza Strip, one of the Israeli military's propaganda claims was that Hamas fighters were "shooting from within homes". The army even dropped leaflets...
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) – in which it accuses Israel of committing war crimes during its recently-ended military onslaught on the Gaza Strip – has...

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A curious piece of theatre took place outside the Chief Prosecutor's Office in the International Criminal Court in The Hague on August 5. This was 28 days into Israel's...
Israeli police are investigating allegations that close aides of the former Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and Major General Yoav Galant revealed military secrets to people who were not...

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September 11, 2014 |
Jessica Purkiss In 2009, Palestinian leaders attempted to bring Israel's actions during "Operation Cast Lead" to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Although the bid was refused by the then prosecutor Luis...
The Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is going on a tour to thank several countries that supported Israel in its war on the Gaza Strip, while work is underway...
Israeli army bulldozers on Thursday staged a limited incursion into the southern Gaza Strip for the second time since a ceasefire between Palestinian resistance factions and Israel. Seven bulldozers...
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine will be holding an extraordinary session in Brussels on 24-25 September focusing on Israel's most recent military operation in Gaza, the so-called "Operation Protective...
The EU warned yesterday that violence in the Gaza Strip might be renewed and announced it is ready to take part in the reconstruction of the Strip if its...
The Israeli President Reuven Rivlin accused the foreign ministry of sabotaging Israel's relations with New Zealand as an important friendly nation. New Zealand's new ambassador to Israel is supposed...

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In the aftermath of Operation Protective Edge, Israel's 51 day military assault, the Palestinians in Gaza are faced with the huge task of reconstruction. Most of the shattered civilian...
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) yesterday called to hold Israel accountable for its war in the Gaza Strip and to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement, the Anadolu news...
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) passed a statement on Gaza at its annual congress Wednesday, urging the UK government to impose an Israel arms embargo and calling for the...
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas said yesterday evening that "Gaza is the symbol of legitimacy, and all those who incite against them and their heroic people have no legitimacy."...
Ismail Haniyeh, vice president of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, said he refuses to link the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip with disarming the Palestinian...
The ambassadors of Britain, France, Italy and Spain, and the deputy ambassador of Germany met on Monday with the Israel National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen at the prime minister's...
A Palestinian prisoner who had been held in the Israeli prison Eshel has died in the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. The Israel Prison Service raised the alert level...
The people of Arrabeh Al-Battouf , in the Upper Galilee, and Wadi Hasin neighbourhood, in the eastern part of Hebron, await the results of the local planning session, expected...

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September 9, 2014 Lamis Andoni
We do not want to underestimate or diminish the danger of Islamic State (IS) and extremism, but for the Arab League not to issue a statement to confront Israel,...