Palestine

The Jordanian authorities denied entry to thousands of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria during 2013, Human Rights Watch has alleged. Most were either Palestinian or Iraqi, single, military-age...

Israel's chief negotiator has said that the aim of the peace talks is to serve Israel's interests, not the Palestinians' or America's. "The peace negotiations with the Palestinians do...

The Chairman of the Palestine Committee in the Jordanian Parliament, Yahya al-Saud MP has urged the Jordanian government to reveal the details of the peace plan proposed by U.S....

Over 2000 BBC viewers and listeners have contacted the BBC to urge it not to award G4S with a security contract worth £80 million. G4S services Israeli prisons to...

British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will both visit the Middle East region in February to pressure Israel and the Palestinians to move forward with...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has refuted claims of a possible reconciliation with former Fatah member Mohamed Dahlan and urged the Palestinian public not to believe everything they hear...

In August 2013, the occupation forces carried out one of their regular demolition raids on the historic Jerusalem village of Silwan. During the raid they demolished Khalid Zueer's house...

Israeli media reported on Monday that senior Israeli officials are severely critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion to accept for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank...

Fatah veterans in Amman have refused to comply with an order from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to close the PLO office in the Jordanian capital. The Palestine Affairs office...

Palestine's Islamic Resistance Movement has warned of the dangers embedded in the framework agreement proposed by US Secretary of State John Kerry. Hamas said that no force on earth...

The secretary of the PLO Executive Committee has revealed the details of John Kerry's plan for the Israel-Palestine negotiations. Yasser Abed Rabbo spoke to London's Al-Hayat newspaper. According to...

Israel's chief negotiator, Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni, has slammed the Palestinian Authority's President Mahmoud Abbas' uncompromising positions in the negotiations. She said if Abbas insisted on his "unacceptable...

The UN officer for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in the occupied territories (OCHA) said on Friday that the Israeli occupation's targeting of Palestinian children is increasing; 15 have...

On Saturday deputy PLC speaker Ahmed Bahar refused the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas' invitation to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a speech at the...

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not uproot any Israeli settlements in the Jordan Valley in the...

Israeli forces killed 20 year old Bilal Samir today Friday in the Jabaliya area, north of the Gaza Strip. The victim was part of a peaceful demonstration by young...

Israel Minister of Housing and Construction Uri Ariel issued a statement on Friday indicating that he is in favour of constructing what he calls the "Third Temple" in place...

An Israeli plan to lease a UNESCO World Heritage Site so that a 200-room hotel can be built on it has been thwarted by legal action initiated by the...

The Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, called upon the international community to hold Israel accountable for its violations and crimes and to save...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that the return of Palestinian refugees to "the Palestinian state" would constitute "a security threat to Israel". He rejected absolutely any right...

Mohamed Shtayyeh, a member of Fatah's Executive Committee, has predicted that the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli peace talks being brokered by the US will fail and instead the Palestinian Authority (PA)...

The Palestinian general security services in the West Bank detained on Wednesday Palestinian resident Abdul-Halim Ghannam, apparently because he named his baby after the ousted Egyptian president, Mohammed Morsi....

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has denied claims that Iranian explosives experts have arrived in the Gaza Strip. In a statement issued by the movement, spokesman Dr Sami Abu...

Israeli President Shimon Peres has privately said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence on Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is "unnecessary". Peres's private remarks were...

The Palestinian Medical Association said on Wednesday that its members will go on strike in protest at the Ministry of Health's decision to put the association on trial in...

The Palestinian Authority Cabinet condemned on Tuesday Israel's daily threats against the Gaza Strip, warning that Israel's racist violations will undermine the peace process. The cabinet, led by Palestinian...

Illegal Jewish settlers have uprooted more than 800 olive saplings on land belonging to the village of Sinjel near Ramallah. Mayor Ayoub Swedan told Palestine's official Wafa news agency...

Israeli drones killed on Wednesday at dawn two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, claiming that they had been behind the latest rocket attacks against Israeli settlements and cities in...

The Islamic Action Front (IAF) in Jordan condemned on Monday the increasing Israeli aggressions against the Gaza Strip, as well as the Egyptian media propaganda campaign against the Islamic...

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday the Australian Representative to the Palestinian Authority, Thomas Wilson, to express its surprise and dismay at the statements made by Australian Foreign...

Members of US Secretary of State John Kerry's team have started communicating with the Palestinian and Israeli sides to check on the possibility of extending the ongoing negotiations until...

The Israeli occupation army is living in a state of anxiety due to the potential for a military escalation with the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Monday. Radio...