Israeli attacks

A report issued by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has revealed that the Gaza Strip is currently facing a "severe water crisis which constitutes a cause for...

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has condemned the Israeli attacks on the peaceful protests held in commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba –...

The Foreign Ministry in Gaza has called on the international community to live up to its responsibility to protect the Palestinian people, and "not to remain silent about what's...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The elected Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, yesterday (9 January) called on Arab leaders and the President of the Arab League, Colonel Muammar Al Gaddafi, to...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A spokesman for the Palestinian government in Gaza has condemned the Israeli military operations against the territory, which have escalated over the past few weeks. Speaking at...

The Mufti of Egypt has condemned the "regular and continuous abusive practices" of the Israeli occupation authorities "which violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque" in occupied Jerusalem. The mosque...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES As ceasefire talks continued into the night, so too did Israel's bombing offensive against the civilians of the Gaza Strip. Casualties increased inexorably throughout Tuesday and overnight;...

The Ministry of the Interior and National Security in Gaza has called on Palestinians to ignore Israeli leaflets telling them to leave their homes. It has assured them that...

Iraq's permanent representative to the League of Arab States, Qais Al Azzawi, has today called for the use of oil as a weapon to pressure the United States and...

The ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed 16 Palestinians and wounded more than 125. Hospitals in Gaza have announced a state of emergency because of a...

The Palestinian government in Gaza, headed by Ismail Haniyeh, has filed a complaint to the United Nations General Assembly about Israeli attacks and crimes against the Palestinian people in...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Living under Israeli occupation, Palestinians face numerous difficulties in their daily lives. The health sector is among the most affected arenas as there are Palestinian casualties on...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian government in Gaza has given the enclave's fishermen new equipment which has been donated by the Qatar Charity. The new net-pulling motors and other essential...

Egypt's foreign minister, Mohammed Amr, has condemned the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, which has left 14 Palestinians dead and many injured since Friday. In a press...

The President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars has appealed to Jordan's King Abdullah II to put immediate pressure on the Israeli government to stop it demolishing the...

The British charity Interpal is working to regenerate and rebuild Gaza after the Israeli attacks in 2008 and 2009. The charity has worked with other international NGOs to open...

Israeli academics have condemned the construction of the so-called "Museum of Tolerance" on the site of a historic Muslim cemetery in Occupied Jerusalem. They have also warned that should...

A statistical report issued today, 4 February, by the Government Information Office entitled "the state of media freedom in the Palestinian territories last January", indicates that forces of the...

Jordan's Islamic Endowments Minister Abdul-Salam Abadi has accused Israel of planning to partition the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the country's Al-Ghad newspaper reported on Wednesday. The move, claimed Abadi,...

Israeli naval vessels opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the northern Gaza coast early on Thursday. Witnesses said that the fishermen did not exceed the six-mile limit imposed...

The eight-day Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip last month was traumatic for all civilians, not least the students of Hassan Salameh School in northern Gaza. Every student has...

An official report has alleged that Israeli attacks against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip have escalated in the past two weeks. Issued by the...

A team of Italian surgeons and nursing staff led by Stefano Lewis has carried out complicated open-heart surgery on a six-year old Palestinian child in the European Hospital in...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to streets on Friday in large demonstrations condemning Israeli aggression against Palestinian prisoners and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian...

PICTURES More than 75 casualties have been recorded among Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque following the Friday Prayers today with one seriously wounded as Israel opens live fire...

On 26 February, Palestinians fired a rocket into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, the first such projectile attack since the ceasefire that brought an end to Israel's eight-day...

In early September, illegal Jewish settlers set fire to the ground floor of Al-Nurain Mosque in the occupied West Bank village of Qasra to the south of Nablus. This...

The Middle East is in a state of constant tension, spreading from country to country. The cause is often Israel and its policies, including the main focus of the...