Gaza Siege

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Wednesday, children marched in the streets of Gaza to draw attention to their internationally recognised rights which are being violated with the on-going siege. They demanded...

The Egyptian Foreign Minister has told the Palestinians that lifting the Israeli-imposed siege of Gaza – supported by the discredited Mubarak regime – is a priority for the new...

A group of twenty-one aid and human rights organizations have called for serious international action to bring about "an immediate, unconditional and complete" lifting of the blockade imposed on...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESGerman Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, has stressed the need to completely lift the four year Israeli imposed siege on the Gaza Strip. At a news conference after a...

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has called the British Prime Minister's statement about the Gaza Strip "a step in the right direction". David Cameron described Gaza as a "prison...

Palestinian health experts who have studied the impact of the Israeli siege on Gaza have said that the siege will have long-term damaging effects on the health of Palestinians....

Reports from the Middle East claim that Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi is facing "frightening" pressure not to open the border with the Gaza Strip and thus end the siege....

Researchers at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) have advised Israeli politicians to allow the opening of the Rafah Crossing and lift the Gaza siege to avoid a...

The Palestinian government in Gaza has allocated some land to develop a free trade zone on the border with Egypt in Rafah. The move is seen as a contribution...

The Egyptian ambassador to Palestine, Yasser Othman, confirmed on Monday that Egypt's intention to lift the Gaza siege completely is still on the new President's agenda. "It is an...

The latest annual report from Amnesty International criticises Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially with regard to the ongoing siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and settlement...

The Israeli occupation authorities have arrested a number of foreign nationals who arrived at Ben Gurion Airport to take part in solidarity events in the occupied West Bank. The...

A senior member of Fatah's Foreign Relations team met on Monday with the new Argentinian ambassador to the Palestinian Authority. Nabil Shaath, who is also a member of Fatah's...

At dawn on Wednesday, Israeli gunships fired live ammunition at Palestinian fishermen fishing along the Gaza shores, witnesses have said. Witnesses reported seeing thick fire in the sky in...

Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza and deputy head of Hamas' political bureau, Ismail Haniyyeh, has dismissed allegations of tensions in the relations between Hamas and Egypt, Qatar's Al-Sharq newspaper...

The Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine – Hamas – denounced on Sunday the American call on Turkish Prime Minister Recpep Tayyip Erdogan to postpone his visit to the Gaza...

The Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau has slated Fatah for trying to postpone the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to Gaza next month, because it "gives...

Palestinian fighters have claimed that they hit an armoured vehicle on Tuesday during an Israeli incursion in Gaza. The incident took place in the south east of the Gaza...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES An Israeli human rights organisation has criticised its government's reduction of the fishing limit for Gaza's fishermen from six to three nautical miles. "This constitutes collective punishment...

Israel's new Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, has been in touch with Ahmed Davutoglu, the Foreign Minister of Turkey, over compensation for the victims of her country's attack on the...

The Emir of Qatar has told the Arab League that it should hold a special meeting in Cairo to discuss Palestinian reconciliation. Shaikh Hamad bin-Khalifa al-Thani is hosting the...

The Hamas government in Gaza has congratulated Turkey for the apology it received from Israel over the killings on the Freedom Flotilla in 2010. It is, said the Islamic...

The Islamic Resistance Movement has said that Israel's decision to reduce the fishing limit imposed on the Palestinians of Gaza from six nautical miles as agreed as part of...

An air bridge between Saudi Arabia and Egypt's El-Arish International Airport started on Monday to transfer medical supplies provided by the Kingdom to the Gaza Strip. The first flight...

Saudi Arabia has called on the international community to confront Israel and its illegal acts targeting the Palestinian people. The Saudi Minister of Culture and Information said in a...

Israel's Defence Minister warned on Wednesday that his government will respond to any attack against the country, the Israeli media has reported. Moshe Ya'alon was speaking amid claims that...

Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip again, with fighter jets hitting two targets in the north and east of the territory. Although it is claimed that this is the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian fishermen have taken part in a nautical protest against the restrictions placed on them by Israel. Hundreds of fishermen and activists took part in the demonstration...

Israeli forces detained four more Palestinians in the occupied West Banks cities of Hebron and Bethlehem in pre-dawn raids on Monday. Local sources said that a large number of...

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that the Israeli army has decided to stop using artillery shells containing the incendiary material white phosphorus following a wave of international...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS One Palestinian has been killed by a missile fired from an Israeli drone in the Gaza Strip. The attack took place while the victim was riding his...

Experts in Israel have concluded that Hamas has been able to preserve its power base and authority in the Gaza Strip despite Israel's blockade and military offensives. This conclusion...