Middle East

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has condemned the killing of a Palestinian prisoner while in Israeli custody. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu described Arafat Garadat's death at the...

Israeli media reports claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written to the President of the Palestinian Authority calling on him "to take the necessary measures to calm down...

A Palestinian campaigner for prisoners' rights in Israeli jails, Abdul-Nasser Ferwaneh, ruled out on Sunday the possibility that the detainee, Arafat Jaradat, passed away on Saturday because of a...

A Palestinian child was killed and dozens of people were injured on Monday, two seriously, as Palestinian protests over the plight of prisoners in Israeli jails continued. Uday Sarhan,...

Human rights organisations have revealed that Israel has breached its ceasefire agreement with the Palestinians on more than 800 occasions since it was signed last November. In stark contrast,...

Israel has carried out a "successful" test of its Hetz-3 missile interceptor system. The test was conducted from a location in central Israel. Hetz (Arrow) 3 is designed to...

Egypt's Foreign Minister, Mohamed Kamel Amr, on Monday condemned Israeli policies concerning Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody. These policies resulted in the recent death of Palestinian prisoner, Arafat Jaradat,...

In answer to calls by religious leaders, around 40 Israeli settlers entered the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa on Monday protected by a large number of Israeli security forces. Three...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The death of Palestinian prisoner, Arafat Jaradat, in Israeli custody on Saturday has caused a wide-scale wave of protests and demonstrations across the Palestinian territories. Israel has...

A Palestinian newspaper has reported that the Palestinian Authority (PA) decided on Monday to take the Israeli occupation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against Palestinians in...

On Monday, official Israeli sources were reported as saying that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is in control of the on-going turmoil which erupted in the West Bank in the...

Al-Akhdar Al-Ibrahimi, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, has said that, "At the moment, a peaceful solution in Syria is not attainable, however, it is necessary." He...

Israel's interim Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday rejected an initiative by his Defence Minister, Ehud Barack, to apologise to Turkey over the killing of nine Turkish citizens aboard...

Egypt's Minister of Defence and Military Production and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, has asserted that the armed forces will continue to work...

The United Nations on Monday called for an independent inquiry into the deaths of Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli custody. It also warned that mounting tensions could...

UN Middle East Peace Envoy, Robert Serry, last week told Israeli newspaper Haartetz that the peace process in the region is in an "extremely grave condition" noting that talks...

Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi has invited most of the political powers and figures in Egypt to hold a national dialogue session on Tuesday to discuss guarantees of the integrity...

The Palestinian government in Gaza on Tuesday denied Israeli claims that a Palestinian rocket launched from Gaza had landed in the south of the occupied city of Asqlan. "It...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it is prepared to talk with anyone ready for dialogue, including the armed opposition. The ministry did not mention whether fighters would...

A Military court in Ofer prison has sentenced the prisoner Wael Arja, from the town of Halhul near Hebron, to life imprisonment twice in addition to another 58 years...

On Monday The Times of Israel newspaper published the results of a poll conducted by Ariel University, revealing "the overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews support Israel extending its sovereignty...

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the BBC that Israel has the right to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong hands in Syria. Netanyahu added that...

Talks between the International Monetary Fund and Egypt have ended without an agreement regarding a proposed loan of $4.8 billion to help Cairo deal with its severe economic crisis....

Former Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, has recommended that Israel destroy the West Bank Wall (Separation Wall) as it does nothing to protect Israel's security, but harms it on...

Israeli occupation forces have re-arrested the former hunger striker Thaer Halahla from his house in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Halahla was one of five Palestinians arrested during...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas described the victory of its students' arm (Islamic Bloc) at An-Najah National University in Nablus by 33 seats against 43 seats for the Fatah...

On Tuesday morning Israeli settlers blazed ten Palestinian cars in Dier Jareer neighbourhood in the east of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Local sources said that Israeli settlers...

Moroccan human rights organisations and associations have demanded the dismissal of the Israeli company, "G4S", from Morocco stating that they intend to call on representative institutions and official bodies...

The General Secretary of the Arab League, Nabeel Al-Arabi, called on Tuesday for an end to Israel's violations against Palestinian prisoners, labelling them "violations of all human rights principles...

Officials in Egypt are intensifying their efforts to obtain the release of Palestinian hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi. His protest at the conditions faced by Palestinian prisoners held by Israel...

Palestinian journalists have called for a ban on Israeli media personnel from entering the occupied West Bank. The move is seen as retaliation for the restrictions that they face...

The Palestinian issue has been present in the past nine Interfaith Dialogue Conferences hosted annually in Qatar, but was only really highlighted in the 10th conference held from April...