Palestine

The Hamas movement denied on Sunday that either the head of its political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, or his deputy, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, hold Egyptian citizenship. Hamas's spokesperson Ismail...

The UN and the Swiss government have accepted requests from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to join 14 international treaties and conventions. The Swiss government said on Friday that Palestine...

A Hamas leader suggested that the Palestinian Authority should halt security coordination with Israel as a response to its intransigence regarding Palestinian rights. Dr Moussa Abu Marzouk, member of...

As a small group of Palestinian and Israeli activists flanked by various members of the Israeli 'security services' walked past the malls, banks and cafes cluttered along Kenfai Nesharim...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas said the movement welcomes the Palestinian Authority's delegation who is visiting the Gaza Strip and sincerely desires to reconcile differences. Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu...

Some 55,000 Palestinians in the Shuafat refugee camp and the neighbourhoods of Ras El-Khaimah, Ras Shehadeh, Al-Awqaf and Daheyet As-Salam in East Jerusalem have had no water for over...

Ten homes in the Bedouin village Al-Araqib in the Negev Desert were demolished by Israeli authorities for the 68th time yesterday. The Yuav unit, created especially for house demolitions,...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) should stop all kinds of cooperation with Israel in respond to Israeli sanctions, Hamas said yesterday. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said: "In return for its...

A Gaza resident has built a high-tech plant from basic equipment to turn used plastic remains to its origin; fuel. It took Ibrahim Soboh, 55, from the Nusairat refugee...

Palestinian Foreign Ministry today denounced Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's remarks when he said "Palestinians will pay the price" for turning to the international community. In a statement, the...

Palestinian Authority President (PA) Mahmoud Abbas has asked the Arab League to secure $100 million in monthly aid to relieve the economic situation in the Palestinian territories should Israel...

Member of the Fatah Central Committee Nabil Shaath confirmed that the Palestinian Authority will not stop at joining 15 international conventions, and that after April 29, which marks the...

Former US President Jimmy Carter on Friday welcomed the Palestinians' decision to join international treaties. The Elders, the group to which Carter affiliates, said in a statement: "The decision...

Thousands of Palestinians living in the Shuafat refugee camp, which is located in East Jerusalem, have been living without running water for more than a month, due to the...

UN's Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs in the Palestinian Territories James Rowley has called for Israel to lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and to reopen the closed...

The UN should "support rather than oppose Palestinian actions to join international treaties that promote respect for human rights," Human Rights Watch said yesterday. Deputy Middle East director at...

Palestinian refugees in the Yarmouk Refugee Camp negotiate with the armed groups from time to time to defuse the situation in the camp and end the 270 day siege...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Friday that the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas "is not a terrorist organisation." Speaking in the inauguration speech for Masarat Conference, a non-governmental...

Hamas mourned the death of Islamic scholar and author Muhammad Qutb on Friday. In a press statement, Hamas said: "We convey our sincerest condolences to all the Palestinian people...

Palestinian losses caused by the latest Israeli airstrikes which took place on Thursday night reached $3 million, statistics by the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce showed. The Israeli warplanes struck...

The government in Gaza has accused the Israeli occupation of trying to "stir things up" in order to get itself out of the political crisis it is currently experiencing,...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has called on the Palestinian National Council to hold an urgent meeting with Hamas and Islamic Jihad participating in order to elect a new...

An emergency trilateral meeting between the Palestinian Authority (PA), Israel and the US was held in Jerusalem on Wednesday night, but the parties failed to reach an agreement to...

An emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers will be held next week to address the latest developments in the Palestinian issue in light of Israel's refusal to release a...

Members and supporters of Hamas should not abide by arrest orders made by security services in the West Bank, an official from the Islamic movement said yesterday. In a...

The Hamas led government in the Gaza Strip has welcomed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's decision yesterday to sign requests to join 15 UN international treaties saying the decision...

Fourteen years ago, British Gas drilled the Gaza Marine-1 and Gaza Marine-2 wells, 30 kilometres off the coast of Gaza. The drilling led to the discovery of a massive...

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets yesterday evening to celebrate the victory of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan....

Twelve Palestinians were killed and 364 arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip and the West Bank during March, a study released yesterday has found. The information appeared in...

The Palestinian leadership is demanding that Israel freezes its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories as a condition for extending the negotiations. Maan News Agency quoted on Tuesday...

Member of Hamas's political bureau Mousa Abu Marzook has refused the possibility of any one faction taking unilateral measures in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), be it minor or...

The Egyptian Minister of Interior General Mohamed Ibrahim acknowledged the validity of a leaked document which exonerates Hamas from accusations of militant activity in Sinai. The document, leaked by...