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For the second consecutive year, Israeli President Shimon Peres has convened an imposing conference: Facing Tomorrow (Jerusalem, 20-22 October 2009) where 3,500 people were registered. Among the key speakers...

More than eighty Palestinian civil society organisations have handed a petition to the EU representatives in the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem and Ramallah complaining about Europe's expansion of trade and...

The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs has criticised Israel for plans to expand the illegal Har Homa settlement located on Mount Abu-Ghneim between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. "The...

Official government statistics show that spending by the Israeli government on illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories increased by 38 per cent in 2010 and 2011. The figures...

The Israeli occupation authorities have demolished an agricultural project funded by the European Union near the village of Al-Khedr in the occupied West Bank. Israeli bulldozers smashed a well...

The Sudanese Interior Minister, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, has revealed that more than 8,000 Sudanese have crossed into Israel and are working in the Zionist state. They are, claims Mr....

Agreement has been reached that the venue for the forthcoming talks on Iran's nuclear programme will be Istanbul. The European Union, Iran and the so-called "5+1 Group" (the permanent...

The Palestinian government in Gaza has called the electricity and fuel shortages "totally fabricated political crises", and accused the Israeli occupation and its "tools" of trying to aggravate the...

It is well known that Europe has been divided over what to do about Hamas over the past five years. At no point has there been a consensus on...

Maariv newspaper reported on its website that it has obtained an unusual letter written to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the...

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in UK has accused the US, Israel and the EU of complicity in the torture of Palestinians in the custody of the Palestinian...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has revealed that Russia's promised S-300 missile batteries have already arrived in his country. Lebanese media reports claim that Assad added that he will not...

Iraq's former Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi, who was sentenced to death in absentia, said that he is ready to return "immediately" to Baghdad to appear before a court if...

Mahmoud Abbas has urged the European Union to enforce its regulations against Israeli companies based in the illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Palestinian president made his...

The European Union and Russia have called for an end to support for armed groups in Syria, saying that they endanger regional stability. EU Foreign Ministers demanded on Monday...

The European court of auditors has criticised the EU for continuing to pay the salaries of Palestinian Authority employees in the Gaza Strip who have not worked for 6...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that his country is ready to enrich uranium to 20 per cent in less than 24 hours should the Geneva agreement...

Recent comments made in South Africa by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation), regarding the boycott of Israeli settlements and products, seem to have...

The European Union's Delegation to Cairo has issued a statement noting that the EU's Ambassador to Egypt, James Moran, was misquoted in an interview with the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper,...

The office of the EU's High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, Catherine Ashton, has expressed concern about the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the European Union to postpone a planned ban on financial support for Israeli institutions operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. Kerry...

The European High Court ruled on Thursday that products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are not included in Israel's trade agreement with the European Community (EC)...

Britain's former ambassador to the UN and Iraq has raised concerns over the use of torture by the Western backed Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Sir Jeremy Greenstock...

The European Union's foreign policy chief has said that she "deeply regrets" hearing that the Israeli government has approved expansion plans for the illegal settlement of Ariel in the...

The European Union has called on the Israeli authorities to let Palestinians reopen the Orient House and the Arab Chamber of Commerce in Occupied East Jerusalem. In a joint...

In the wake of the popular uprising in the Arab world, the European Commission has announced its adoption of four new resolutions in support of democratic programmes in the...

The European Union has confirmed its intention to work with the new government in Tunisia following the elections for the National Constituent Assembly. The Islamist Al-Nahda (Renaissance) Party won...

The Special Representative of the European Union for the Southern Mediterranean has said that the EU is monitoring political developments in Tunisia closely and believes that the situation is...

European NGOs are looking into the human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates, especially the withdrawal of citizenship from UAE nationals and reported punitive measures taken against would-be...

Britain's Foreign Secretary has confirmed that unprecedented sanctions against Iran came into force on Sunday, 1 July. William Hague pointed out that these are the toughest EU sanctions imposed...

The London-based Arabic daily newspaper, Al-Hayat, reported on February 17, 2013 that the EU's High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, has expressed concern about the deteriorating...

The European Union's Foreign Policy chief has condemned the state of emergency announced by the Egyptian regime on Wednesday, as it leads Egypt to an uncertain future. "It could...