Middle East

Moshe Ya'alon, Israel's Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs, has criticised the country's Deputy Prime Minister for "not understanding the conflict with the Palestinians". Ehud Barak, who...

The Minister of Prisoners' Affairs in the Palestinian Authority, Issa Qaraqe, has revealed that the Palestinian prisoners still in Israeli prisons are threatening a new hunger strike if the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The government in Gaza has agreed that the Central Election Commission can start to update the electoral register in the beleaguered territory. It is estimated by the...

A report issued by an Israeli NGO has revealed a rise in the number of Palestinians in Jerusalem who are living below the poverty line. This is attributed to...

According to senior Egyptian sources, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has confirmed that an agreement has been signed between the leadership of the prisoners' hunger strike and the Israeli...

Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the elected Palestinian government in Gaza, has called on the international community to read Israel's report on the Mavi Marmara attack carefully before prosecuting...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have called on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to seek new funding sources....

The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia has accused the Syrian regime of "manoeuvring and stalling" over the plan put forward by UN and Arab envoy Kofi Annan. Prince Saud...

Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to "act independently" if negotiations between the West and Iran fail. The newspaper quoted Netanyahu as...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank held its 37th graduation ceremony at the weekend; the programme of events was spread over two days. Post-graduate students were...

The Office for Refugees' Affairs of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has reaffirmed the organisation's belief that the principles of the Palestinian people are a "single, linked unit" which...

A former senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Dr. Kamal Helbawy, has claimed that consensus on the members of the assembly charged with drafting Egypt's new constitution...

Israel's Prime Minister has vowed to continue the construction of Jewish settlements in all occupied Palestinian territory. Benjamin Netanyahu was responding to the angry reactions of settlers and far-right...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Israeli naval vessels have again attacked Gaza fishermen going about their lawful business at sea; no causalities have been reported in the latest incident. A statement from...

The Fifth Conference on the Development of the Negev and Galilee has been told that there are plans for 10 new settlements in the Negev Desert. This comes at...

The Secretary General of the Arab League, Dr. Nabil Al-Arabi, arrived in Sudan on Sunday for discussions with President Omar Al-Bashir and senior Sudanese officials. The agenda will cover...

Israel destroyed dozens of EU-funded development projects across the occupied West Bank in 2011. The details of the extent of Israeli destruction have been given in a report issued...

Hebrew media sources have revealed moves in the Israeli parliament (Knesset) to enact a law which will ban student activities and events which are "incompatible with the Jewish character...

The International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip has said that it has not received any information from the Israeli authorities regarding visit schedules for Gazan...

Tunisia's Al-Nahda (Renaissance) Party has announced that its 9th conference will be held on 12th-15th July in Tunis. It will be the movement's first conference since the revolution which...

Prisoners' support groups have said that the families of around 100 prisoners from Gaza in Israeli jails will be able to visit their loved ones from next month. Visits...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Schoolgirls from the Muhammad Tufaha School in Nablus have held a craft exhibition under the title "Flowers of Spring", which featured their work from across the academic...

The political adviser to the Tunisian Prime Minister has stressed that the strategy of the government is to support all political work within the country's legal framework. Lotfi Zitoun...

A senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has denied reports that preparations are being made in Washington for a meeting between the organisation and Israeli members of parliament. Ibrahim...

Media sources are reporting that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his country's demands for an end to the political crisis between Israel and Turkey. "Restoring good...

The Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights has revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities have renewed, without charge or trial, the administrative detention of an elderly MP in the Palestinian...

Child detainees in Israeli jails have accused the prison authorities of implementing a "starvation policy" against them as the number of meals they receive daily has been reduced to...

A group of illegal Jewish settlers, accompanied by an Israeli government minister and a number of members of the Knesset (Israeli parliament), broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque...

The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to provide clear answers to the issues which are disrupting the peace...

The Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Sheikh Hammam Said, has equated the current flow of solidarity humanitarian convoys to the Gaza Strip with Jewish migration to Palestine...

A spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Amr Rushdie, has said that around 100,000 Egyptian expatriates have already cast their votes in the presidential election run-off. Minister Plenipotentiary Rushdie...

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered on Thursday morning in the Port of Gaza to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Israeli naval attack against the Freedom Flotilla led by the...