Middle East

Fatah's Central Committee member and Commissioner for International Relations, Nabil Sha'ath, yesterday confirmed that the Israelis failed to meet the minimum Palestinian demands in the recent talks held in...

A member of the General Secretariat of the International Union of Muslim Scholars has criticised the draft election law produced by Libya's National Transitional Council. Sheikh Ali Al Salabi...

The State of Israel killed 180 Palestinians in 2011, including 21 children. These shocking figures were given in a report issued by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation entitled, "A People...

Palestinian factions have agreed to re-establish the Palestina Liberation Organisation and have set up a committee, headed by Saleem Zanoun, to carry this through. The President of the Palestinian...

The Israeli occupation authorities have issued notice of their intention to demolish a renewable energy project which generates electricity and represents the only source of lighting for the houses...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs visited Gaza today (Wednesday 25 January), crossing from Israel at Beit Hanoun in Northern Gaza. Baroness Cathy Ashton's visit was...

The Kuwait Red Crescent Society has announced that it has sent a transport aircraft loaded with medical supplies to the Gaza Strip. KRCS Chairman Barjas Al-Barjas said that the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Wednesday, Islamist deputies in Ramallah met with the Archbishop of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Atallah Hanna, within the framework of an extensive solidarity campaign for...

Media sources in Palestine have claimed that violations against Palestinian journalists escalated in 2011. Such violations included attacks by Israeli security forces as well internal assaults on press freedom...

An Israeli tourism expert has warned of a "serious crisis" in the industry, with a marked decline in hotel occupancy. The chair of the Israel Hotel Managers' Association, Etty...

The Prime Minister of Gaza has said the he rejects any resolution of the Palestine issue which is made at the expense of the people of Jordan and the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Tuesday 31 January, the families of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel organised a protest outside the headquarters of the International Red Cross in Ramallah in solidarity...

Egypt has taken its first steps towards the transfer of power from military to civilian rule with the opening session of the newly-elected Parliament. The new intake elected the...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza has called for the start of in-depth dialogue between Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement. Ismail Haniyeh said that this would be "for...

A high-ranking human rights delegation from the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory began an official visit to Tunisia on Tuesday 10th January. They presented President Al Moncef Al Marzouki with...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian farmers in Gaza are in the midst of harvesting a successful production of citrus fruit. Palestinian officials toured the land, and were given a variety of the...

Tunisia's Minister of Transport, Abdel Karim Al-Harouni, has said that the new government which started work on Monday 26 December will work smoothly on spreading justice and freedom in...

A reliable source in Egypt claims that the elected Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, has left Gaza for a second international tour, starting with a visit to Doha to...

The health of some of the student hunger strikers at Bethlehem University in the occupied West Bank has deteriorated as they continue their protest against the university's "financial procedures"....

A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee, Nabil Shaath, has told the media that the meeting last Saturday between a delegation from his organisation and the Prime Minister of...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Cairo on Monday as part of a two-day official visit to Egypt and concluded his first Arab and international...

Elected Palestinian legislator Mustafa Barghouti has expressed his belief that the meeting held in Amman between Palestinians and Israelis will not have any benefits. The General Secretary of the...

Sources in Ramallah have revealed that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in his capacity as the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee, has dismissed Yasser Abed Rabbo...

A spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister has denied claims that Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to hand back control of the Jordan Valley to the Palestinians. A report in Israel's...

The Israeli occupation authorities have confiscated 350 acres of land in the occupied city of Jerusalem and the surrounding area in the past three weeks. Details of the land...

A Jerusalem-based body has condemned the Israeli Citizenship Law which has been announced by the authorities. The Islamic-Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites said that...

Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, flew to the Greek capital of Athens on Tuesday as part of an official visit to discuss bilateral security cooperation. Israel Radio reported that...

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command has criticized the meeting held in Amman on Tuesday between officials from the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Israeli unmanned drones launched a wave of attacks on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night. In the northern district of Jabaliya one civilian, Abdullah Al Talbani, was...

A spokesman for Tunisia's ruling Al-Nahda Party has denied that leader Rashid Ghannoushi gave an exclusive interview to Voice of Israel Radio during his visit to the Davos Economic...

Israeli forces arrested two more elected Palestinians parliamentarians earlier today (Monday) after breaking into the compound of the International Red Cross where the two men had been taking refuge....

Former Sudanese President Field Marshal Abdul Rahman Swar Al-Dahab has praised the popular revolutions in the Arab world, describing them as "an important Arab achievement which will bring the...