Palestine

Now in the Washington, D.C. area, Kuttab is founder of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and also a co-founder of Nonviolence International, which just put out a 45-page...

Egypt said it holds the Israeli authorities responsible for any consequences that may result from the military operations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip following the disappearance...

Through its extensive military operations against Hamas, Israel aims to build a wedge between Fatah and the Islamic resistance movement after the two reconciled their differences and formed a...

The IDF's Twitter campaign continues to reinforce speculation as truth. As the missing teenage settlers become a propaganda tool for invoking violence against Palestinians and retribution against Hamas, another...

Hamas' Deputy Chairman Mousa Abu Marzouk left the Gaza Strip yesterday, via the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, a Hamas spokesman announced. "The Deputy Chairman of the Hamas political...

Palestinian administrative prisoners being held in Israeli jails continue their open hunger strike for the 56th day which has led to "deteriorating health conditions and threatens their lives", the...

The Israeli incitement campaign against Arab MK, Hanin Zoubi has escalated from threats, condemnations and intimidations to police complaints on charges of "incitement to violence and murder" after she...

Israeli forces carried out several airstrikes against a number of targets in the Gaza Strip damaging properties, one man was injured in the strikes. Sources said that the Israeli...

The Israeli army this morning has stormed the Birzeit University campus near Ramallah and arrested two students, the Anadolu news agency reported. Anadolu quoted eyewitnesses as saying: "The Israeli...

Official Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri denied yesterday that Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal issued directives to kidnap Israeli settlers. In a post on his Facebook page, Abu Zuhri described...

Standing in front of a map of what both no doubt hope will one day be Greater Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and Tony Blair have today given a practical demonstration...

Six new residential areas will be set up in the Negev, five for Jews and one for Arabs, a sub-committee of the Israeli National Council for Planning and Building...

Like a raging bull, the Israeli authorities are throwing their weight around the occupied Palestinian territories, launching air strikes on the Gaza Strip; besieging Hebron and carrying out raids...

According to Israeli sources, the District Planning and Construction Commission for Jerusalem today approved the construction of 172 new housing units in the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem....

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has called for international intervention to stop Israel's escalation against the Palestinians. "The Israeli military has committed crimes against Palestinian civilians under the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the international community to call on Mahmoud Abbas to dissolve the unity government backed by Hamas. Speaking at a press conference alongside...

Lebanese judges today sought the death penalty for two detainees, in two separate cases, a Palestinian and a Syrian – as well as four other Syrian fugitives – on...

Israeli occupation forces arrested 65 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank last night, 50 of whom were prisoners released in Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit's prisoners swap held between Hamas...

A senior aide to the Tunisian president yesterday condemned the harsh Israeli campaign against Palestinians, including the kidnapping of more than 20 members of parliament over the last few...

The UAE Red Crescent is to carry out aid projects in the Palestinian territories worth $80 million in 2014 and 2016, a senior official said. Sami Mikawi, manager of...

Israel has a penchant for speaking about retribution as an isolated and necessary response – an extension of the ultimate, imaginary patriot who lacks land and invents ownership. Speaking...

The entire Palestinian population is being held hostage to the whims of the Israeli occupation forces following the kidnapping of three Israeli settlers in Hebron, a statement published today...

The EU Court of Auditors has said "there is no evidence of corruption, mismanagement or diversion of funds" received by the Palestinian Authority (PA) from the EU, a statement...

A senior official from the Israel Prison Service has met with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, the Ahrar Centre for Detainees Studies and Human Rights said. The prisoners told...

Israeli Occupation Forces this morning began to demolish shops in Hebron, in the south of the occupied West Bank. Sources in the city said that military vehicles raided the...

In the West Bank, the search continues for the three Israeli youths who went missing near the Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion on Thursday night. The boys, who...

Israeli warships have attacked Palestinian fishermen off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip. The attack took place on Tuesday morning. Earlier Israeli fighter-bombers carried out several airstrikes across...

Since the reported disappearance and claimed kidnapping of 3 young Israeli settlers near Gush Etzion settlement on Friday, Israeli Occupation Forces have been carrying out widespread raids and attacks...

Four people were injured early this morning in a series of Israeli raids targeting resistance sites and empty land around the Gaza Strip. Dr Ashraf, spokesperson for the Ministry...

Israel always tries to give the impression that the side that holds the cards can dictate what it wants to its enemies, where enemy leaders would have no other...

US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday condemned the kidnapping of three settlers in Hebron and accused Hamas of kidnapping them and demanded their immediate release. In a press...

With the heat of the summer and the start of the school and university holidays in the Gaza Strip, students have no other outlet than to head to the...