Middle East

The Israeli government has issued a statement warning Palestinians of the consequences of their efforts to extend a permanent appeal to the international community about Israel's occupation. Issued by...

The Israeli media has for the first time revealed the extent of the "brain drain" of scientists from the Jewish state. The online version of the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth...

A Syrian media source has reported that Damascus recently foiled an Israeli attempt to include the Tel El Qhadi site, located in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, on UNESCO's...

Security sources in Egypt have denied that the rockets fired towards Eilat in Southern Israel came from the Sinai Peninsula, saying that such an accusation was "illogical". The denial...

The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have taken a bizarre new twist with the claim that the Egyptian media has been banned from taking photographs of US Secretary of State Hillary...

Israeli President Shimon Peres stated the real conflict in the Middle East region is a conflict between the Arab world and Iran, not between the Palestinian and Israeli people. Speaking...

Media reports in Israel have revealed plans for a new scheme to link a number of illegal settlements in the West Bank with the city of Petah Tikva in...

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Heritage and Endowments has revealed a new Israeli plan that aims to surround Al-Aqsa Mosque with underground tunnels. In a written statement issued on 16th...

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, has stressed Iran's full backing and support for both the Lebanese and Syrian governments in the face of Israeli threats.  In a joint...

Israel's Prime Minister has told a meeting of his party's ministers that direct negotiations with the Palestinian Authority will start in mid-August. Benjamin Netanyahu also claimed that his government...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Sunday (19.09.2010), country wide sit-in protests were organised under the auspices of the Palestinian Prisoners Forum, to demonstrate against repressive Israeli practices against Palestinian detainees in...

The spokesperson of Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stressed the need to achieve internationalisation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has demanded that Israel join the treaty...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that his government is still trying to reach an agreement with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) which will include the release of...

In a statement issued on 16th August, the Arab League claimed that Israel's "racist" laws divide Palestinian families. The League's General Secretariat has renewed its rejection of Israel's policy...

The female Palestinian prisoners of Al-Damon prison have called on the International Red Cross to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to close the "the worst jail ever," as...

By Hasan Mawasi and Jamal Jamal Jerusalem-Gaza A Hebrew-language newspaper has claimed that the Israeli Defence Forces have completed their preparations for another attack on Gaza. Yedioth Ahronoth reports...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESPalestine is rich in ancient relics and important archaeological artefacts; some pre-date the Christian era, others go back as far as the Stone Age. But as with everything...

A Palestinian human rights worker has reported that Israeli forces continue to prevent, Umm Ibrahim, an elderly woman in her 70s, from visiting her son after 14 years on...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has told Israel Radio that he is "not optimistic" about the results of the direct negotiations and rules out a peace deal within one...

The Change and Reform bloc of parliamentarians, which represents Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council, is holding the Palestinian Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas responsible for any consequences resulting...

U.S and Israeli sources have both confirmed that the consolidation of military cooperation between the two states in recent months has been to provide the Israeli army with a...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Friday, 30 July, a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian fields in the town of Burin in the West Bank. They set the fields on fire...

The Director-General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) has said that the most serious challenges and threats to Islamic heritage are "occupation and wars". Dr. Abdul...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESEfforts by the Palestinian population of Gaza to rebuild their homes and infrastructure have been severely hampered by Israel's continued blockade and denial of material. These recent photos...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Following an 'Iftar' or end of fast meal during the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, announced that the Palestinian government in Gaza had allocated...

The Israeli Internal Security Minister has expressed his concern about the possibility of an escalation of resentment among Israel's Palestinian citizens that may erupt at any moment. Yitzhak Aharonovitch...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESVice-President of the Palestinian Energy Authority in the Gaza Strip, Mr Kanan Obeid, confirmed that the only electricity plant in the sector grounded to a halt today because...

The branch office of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Gaza was damaged during Israel's attack on the territory on 31 July. Offices belonging to a number of...

It has been confirmed by Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Samira Halayka that the Palestinian Authority arrested her husband Mohamed Zeitoun on September 14 in the Al-Sheyoukh district of...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has emphasized that the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, "has no right to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinian people, or to...

The Israeli human rights organisation, B'Tselem, has expressed its objections to Israeli Security Minister, Ehud Barak's appointment of General Yoav Gallant to the position of Chief of Staff in...

For the third time in less than a month, Israeli occupation forces have handed house demolition orders to all the inhabitants of the village of Farseya in occupied Palestine....