EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThis morning (19.07.2010) Israeli Occupation Forces began the demolition of 65 houses and tents; home to fifteen Palestinian families and approximately 110 individuals who work within the agricultural...
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News Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minster Danny Ayalon praised the US and European Union responses to Tel Aviv’s demands to prevent the Libyan aid ship, Hope, from reaching the shores of...
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News A member of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has claimed that the latest Gaza-bound aid ship that set sail from Greece over the weekend is definitely heading for the beleaguered...
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News EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe Gaza Strip, which is an estimated 360 square kilometres, is home to over one and a half million Palestinians. On one side of its 40km length, it...
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News Palestinian sources in the occupied West Bank have reported that the Israeli occupation forces have issued eviction notices to ten Palestinian families in Farseya district of El-Maleh, in the...
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News Following the Israeli interior minister’s decision to expel three Jerusalemite MPs from the city, the International Campaign for the Release of the Abducted Members of the Palestinian Parliament has...
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News The West Bank The Zionist settlers across the West Bank constitute a major threat to the Palestinian territories, particularly with regard to the dangers posed by the industrial waste...
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News EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Young Palestinians gathered together at the port of Gaza to paint a mural in memory of the Freedom Flotilla and the on going struggle to break the...
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News Israeli sources have suggested that the country’s Prime Minister might launch another military action in order to regain public confidence and defuse the “great pressure” he is under at...
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News EXCLUSIVE PICTURESA number of parliamentarians from the West Bank have held a vigil in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) compound in Ramallah in solidarity...
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News Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation is well-known in political and military circles. The struggle includes efforts to win the battle of wills and minds with the intelligence services...
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News Israeli President, Shimon Peres, has linked the lifting of the siege on Gaza, with both the release of Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, captured by Hamas in 2006 and ‘the...
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News The head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars has praised the statements of the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University in support of the struggles for freedom and social...
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News Yesterday evening, the Miles of Smiles Convoy 7 consisting of 113 activists from various European countries successfully reached the Gaza Strip. The convoy’s entry into the beleaguered sector was...
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News The former head of Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, has refuted the accusations that he violated the country’s confidentiality rules when he attacked the government’s policy for dealing with the...
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News The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has condemned strongly the Israeli government’s decision to accelerate the construction of hundreds of illegal settlement units in...
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News EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Islamic deputies from the districts of Ramallah and Nablus have held ceremonies in honour of the Palestinian prisoners released in the recent prisoners exchange deal between Hamas...
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News An aircraft provided by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has been put at the disposal of ex-prisoners from Gaza in order to fly them to the kingdom to perform...
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News The President of the European Parliament has said that the rise of a successful Islamic democracy is possible in Tunisia. Reports in the official Tunisian media on Tuesday quoted...
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News The London-based Economist magazine on Oct 22nd 2011 issued an apology to Mr Rachid Ghanouchi for ascribing false statements to him. The apology read: “IN OUR briefing last week...
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News The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, the oldest university in the world, has warned against the “state of hatred and hopelessness created by American bias towards Israel. Speaking to the...
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News Radio reports in Israel have claimed that the indications from the government are that the country’s embassy in Cairo will remain closed for the time being, perhaps for a...
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News Fatah has condemned Israel’s detention of Hassan Youssef, the Hamas leader and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member who was arrested at his home in Ramallah on Tuesday. A spokesman...
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News The head of the PLO’s Jerusalem Department has said that the Israeli security forces don’t realise the seriousness of destroying the historic Mughrabi Bridge in the Old City. Ahmed...
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News A group of Israeli settlers have set fire to an Arab restaurant in central Jaffa. Eyewitnesses to the arson attack said that the settlers sprayed racist and anti-Arab graffiti...
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News The Palestinian Authority’s application for full membership of UNESCO has been agreed by the UN body at a meeting in its Paris headquarters. With 107 member states voting in...
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News The Prime Minister of Jordan has criticised the decision to expel the Hamas leadership and political bureau from Amman several years ago. Awn Al Khasawneh told the audience at...
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News Ennahda party congratulates the Tunisian people who realised a new epic achievement though the great turnout to vote which amazed the world, after having sparked the greatest revolution in...
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News A political source in Libya has revealed that an extensive dialogue process is taking place with tribal leaders in support of national reconciliation. The anonymous source claims that the...
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News The Mufti of Egypt has condemned the “regular and continuous abusive practices” of the Israeli occupation authorities “which violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque” in occupied Jerusalem. The mosque...
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News H.E. Fayez Al-Tarawneh, has been unanimously elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean at the end of the VI PAM Plenary Session held in Palermo, Italy, on...
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News The Secretary-General of the Algerian National Liberation Front has called upon the people and government of France to acknowledge their “crimes against the Algerians”. Abdelaziz Belkhadem called the crimes...
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