Palestine

Israel's military offensive on Gaza has devastated the small coastal enclave. During the lull of hostilities, part of a recently extended ceasefire, the damage is being assessed and calls...

Tunisian president Moncef Al-Marzouqi received on Friday a Hamas delegation, headed by Hamas official Ismail Ridwan, in Tunis. Ridwan updated the Tunisian President on the latest developments on the...

Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Friday evening on the houses and farmland of Palestinian residents in a city in the east of Gaza, Khan Younis. According to observers,...

A joint Palestinian medical task force said on Friday that a Turkish medical delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip to help treat Palestinian casualties caused by the Israeli war,...

A political Israeli source said on Friday that talks with the Palestinians in Cairo need much time if the parties are to agree to a bilateral ceasefire deal that...

Palestinian security forces kidnapped on Friday a Hamas member during a pro-Gaza rally organised in Ramallah, witnesses said, when tens of undercover Palestinian security staff infiltrated a demonstration organised...

"Imagine someone comes into your home, steals most of what is inside of it, and puts you into a corner. Every time that person looks at you after then,...

Most of the news reporting and analysis concerning what is happening in Gaza has left out two crucial issues: the human context and the long-term implications of Israel's war...

Thousands of settlers who live in settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip and their supporters held a protest against the results of the aggression on Gaza in the Yitzhak...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday evening that the Israeli army would not end the military aggression waged on the Gaza Strip, which Israel has dubbed as...

The Arab Higher Committee in Israel demanded the Israeli prosecution investigate Israeli lawmakers most notably Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on charges of racial incitement amounting to incitement to murder...

The Israeli parliament's Finance Committee approved the transfer of NIS 3.8 billion ($1.1 billion) to the Israeli Defence Ministry following calls over the past month for raising the defence...

The governmental committee charged with receiving delegates in Gaza denounced the Egyptian authorities for denying a Kuwaiti aid delegation entry into the Strip. The committee, affiliated with the Palestinian...

Following a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, President Nicolas Maduro announced plans to give orphaned Palestinian children a home in Venezuela. Venezuela has announced that it will...

Senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouq left Egypt Friday for Qatar following a five-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip with Israel, sources at Cairo International Airport said. Abu Marzouq...

It will be difficult for Israel to acknowledge the resistance's conditions and agree to them because that would mean admitting military defeat. Israel wants to evade Palestinian demands and...

Khalil Al-Haia, member of Hamas and the Palestinian delegation in Cairo, said Israel's manipulation of words has led to there being no agreement for a permanent ceasefire. Speaking at...

For the second day in a row, the Egyptian authorities have continued to prevent a number of wounded Palestinians from leaving the country via Cairo International Airport for treatment...

Israel has, predictably, voiced opposition to the proposed United Nations Human Rights Council's investigation into the atrocities committed in Gaza. Quoting Channel 2, the Times of Israel stated that...

Palestinian fishermen have lost their main source of income due to the Israeli restrictions on the fishing areas off the Gaza coast. The restrictions, put in place by Israel,...

Egypt announced yesterday the extension of the truce between the Palestinians and the Israelis by more 120 hours. In a statement, Egyptian the foreign ministry said: "It was agreed...

The Deputy Chief of Hamas' Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh stressed that there will be no permanent truce without ending Israel's siege on Gaza. In a statement broadcast by Al-Aqsa...

The Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Wednesday that they "strongly reject" Israel's flimsy accusations that "other countries" are supporting terrorism, referring in particular to...

If the Goldstone Report, the UN fact finding mission relating to the 2009 Israeli offensive on Gaza called "Operation Cast Lead", continued with its investigations, the massacres and war...

Almost a month after the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip began, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, broke his silence when he spoke at a press conference...

Qais Abdul Karim, member of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo, today announced the deadline for talks with Israel is the same as that for the 72-hour ceasefire which ends...

Fatah member Mohammad Shtayyeh said the names of Israeli soldiers with dual nationality should be compiled in order to prosecute those who committed war crimes against the Palestinians. Speaking...

While Cairo is witnessing talks about a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and in light of an international effort to reach a long-term truce between Hamas and Israel, Israeli...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon said that the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has not ended yet and strikes might resume because he cannot predict if a deal...

Members of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo said that no deal had been reached with the Israeli occupation during the marathon talks held on Tuesday, Anadolu news agency reported....

Senior Hamas official Mohamed Nazzal stressed that Israel has to pay a "high price" for any information about any soldier captured in the Gaza Strip. Speaking to the Palestinian...

The Canadian judge William Schabas, who was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to chair a committee to investigate Israel's violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian...