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The Jerusalem Society for Arabic Studies has revealed Israeli plans to build a new illegal settlement which will cut-off Palestinian villages in the Holy City from the south of...

The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has condemned in the strongest terms Israel's "atrocious" military aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which...

Reports from Israel claim that the Zionist state has increased its military presence in the occupied West Bank. According to Haaretz newspaper, the Israeli Occupation Forces have been reinforced...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Yesterday (08.03), the Rafidia Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus received dozens of casualties from the south Nablus village of Qasra. The injured villagers were...

According to the Hebrew edition of Haaretz newspaper, Israel's Jerusalem Municipality plans to approve a scheme to establish at least nineteen new synagogues in the illegal settlement of Har...

This morning (27.07.2010), Israeli forces embarked on the total destruction of al-Araqeeb village in the Negev desert. The village was cordoned off and its inhabitants expelled before demolitions began....

The Israeli government is to launch a wide-ranging campaign to boost the global image of Jewish settlers and bolster its illegal settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territories. The...

In his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned Israel about its "religious transgressions" against Al-Aqsa Mosque. He stressed that attempts to...

The Israeli government has backed the proposal to turn Ariel College into a university. The college is located in an illegal settlement built on occupied Palestinian territory. Supporting the...

Here we go again! Evet Lvovich Lieberman, the Moldavian who became Avigdor Lieberman when in 1978 his religion qualified him uniquely for instantaneous Israeli citizenship, is demanding the removal...

Settlers from the illegal Itamar settlement, which is built on land belonging to the village of El-Khader, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, have enlarged the colony...

Reports in the Israeli media claim that the Israeli government intends to legalise the majority of the so-called outposts established across the occupied West Bank and encourage Jewish settlers...

The monthly report issued by the PLO's Department of International Relations has revealed that Israel approved the construction of more than 4,300 new illegal settlement units in May. "A...

Palestinian sources in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, have accused illegal Jewish settlers of setting fire to hundreds of acres of agricultural land. The land in question is...

Israel's Minister of Public Works, Michael Eitan, has warned his government that the consequence of legitimising settlements on private Palestinian land will be the "isolation of Israel internationally". Eitan's...

A UN committee on Palestinians affairs in the occupied territories has expressed its concern that the Israeli government is continuing to ignore international calls to halt its illegal settlement...

Jewish settler groups stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, under the protection of the Israeli security forces which prevented hundreds of Palestinian worshippers from entering the mosque to protect...

Jewish settlers have seized a large area of the town of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron. The land grab is to expand an illegal settlement. The Yatta...

The Israeli occupation authorities have confiscated 350 acres of land in the occupied city of Jerusalem and the surrounding area in the past three weeks. Details of the land...

The decision by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak to back what has been dubbed a "University for the Sciences of Occupation" has been sharply criticised by the head of...

Egyptian President and head of the 12th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mohammed Morsi, stated that the Palestinian cause is and will remain a cornerstone for achieving...

On Monday The Times of Israel newspaper published the results of a poll conducted by Ariel University, revealing "the overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews support Israel extending its sovereignty...

Israel has begun the construction of 114 new housing units in the Al-Khader neighbourhood of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. An Israeli decision to commence construction in...

The leader of Yesh Atid Party and new Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, has launched a major settlement plan for the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. Ministry staff are working...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas a year ago rejected a suggestion by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release 50 pre-Oslo Palestinian prisoners as a good-will gesture to restart...

Official Israeli data has shown a 176 per cent increase in Israeli settlement during the first quarter of 2013 when compared with the same period last year, the Israeli...

Israeli housing minister, Uri Ariel, has said that the West Bank will be under Israeli control forever. Ariel was addressing settlers near the Shilafim settlement in the occupied West...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his condolences on Monday to the family of extremist Jewish Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of the rightwing Shas party. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Monday that he will not dismantle any of Israel's settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media have reported. All of the settlements...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the European Union's opposition to Israel building or expanding settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. He is said to be...

About half of the American people are confident that Israel is a real ally to the US, while most do not expect to see a viable peace process, a...

Britain's minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, has condemned the Israeli Foreign Ministry's announcement approving the construction of over 900 new housing units in the...