Palestinian Authority

The UN's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian territories Professor Richard Falk has yesterday described the decision of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to defer the vote on...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon supports a new Palestinian proposal to reopen debate on the Golstone report on the Gaza war in the Human Rights Council. Ban's spokesperson,...

The Acting Palestinian Authority chief says he will push for a vote on a recently released UN report about Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Abbas had...

The Hamas-run interior ministry in the Gaza Strip has ordered Palestinians in the territory not to take part in elections called by Mahmoud Abbas, the West Bank-based president. Abbas...

By Khalid Amayreh in Ramallah1 November, 2009 Anyone listening to Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas these days would think the man is a paragon of democracy and liberty. ...

Official report An official report, received by Arab League from the minister of prisoners' affairs in the Palestinian Authority (Ramallah), revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped about...

Palestinian Authority Economics Minister in the West Bank revealed that his ministry decided that 2010 would be the last year for settlements' products in the West Bank, and he...

The Palestinian Authority Minister of Health said that harvesting organs – such as corneas, bones and skin – from Palestinian martyrs, without the consent of their families, is a...

The owners of the tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt have expressed their regret at the remarks made by the President of the Palestinian Authority, in which he...

In an interview with Israel 's Army Radio broadcaster, Ghazi Barakai, the former Mossad chief, Ephraim Helevy, launched a scathing attack on the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its security...

Hopes for the proposed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been hit by claims that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not accept any peace agreement...

Reports from Israel claim that the Israeli government has seized hundreds of millions of shekels (NIS) in tax revenues collected in the West Bank meant for the Palestinian Authority....

As the start of indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority approaches, sources inside occupied Palestine have confirmed that two mosques have been attacked in the past 24...

A member of the Israeli parliament has called on Benjamin Netanyahu not to waste any more time over telling the Palestinian Authority that he is ready to accept the...

A state of anger and irritation prevails within Israeli political circles following the tripartite meeting convened by Russian president, Dimitry Medvedev, and his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, with the...

The Islamic Resistance Movement has condemned the delay by the Palestinian Authority's UNESCO ambassador in seeking a resolution on Jerusalem at the UN body's latest Executive Board meeting. Hamas...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The freed Palestinian prisoners were received at the various crossing points into the Palestinian Territories by large crowds of well-wishers from across the political spectrum. Prisoners from...

A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee has said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet the political leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal "to speed up national reconciliation"....

Senior PLO Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat has denied media claims that a meeting will be held between Palestinian and Israeli officials in Jordan at the end of next...

Veteran Israeli politician Shimon Peres has spoken of the importance of resuming direct negotiations with the Palestinians. However, said Israel's President, the negotiations should go "underground" and take place...

Egypt's Foreign Minister has confirmed that his country supports the Palestinian Authority's conditions for the resumption of negotiations with the Israeli government based on "clear parameters and an end...

A senior official at the Arab League has called the US Congress "more dangerous than the Knesset" because of its stand on the Palestine-Israel conflict. Ambassador Mohamed Sobeih, the...

A Palestinian human rights group has warned the residents of occupied East Jerusalem about "retaliatory procedures" by the Israeli occupation authorities in response to the Palestinian Authority application for...

An Israeli official has revealed that security coordination between the Israel Defence Forces and the Palestinian Authority is ongoing at all levels. This, said Brigadier General Moti Almoz, is...

Nine countries are expected to vote in favour of an independent Palestinian state at the UN Security Council. The figure was announced by Nabil Shaath, a member of Fatah's...

An expert in international law has expressed fears over what he described as a "political deal" being prepared the UN headquarters in New York which aims to get international...

Elected parliamentarians belonging to the Change and Reform bloc have denounced the attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian citizens, their properties and mosques in several villages in the occupied...

Israel's Foreign Minister has warned Benjamin Netanyahu that the governing coalition will fall part if the Prime Minister doesn't take punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority for its decision...

Hebrew media sources claim that illegal Jewish settlers intend to organize demonstrations and rallies on the outskirts of Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank. According to reports in...

A wealthy Palestinian has donated around 120 acres of land in the Gaza Strip where homes can be built for ex-prisoners freed in the exchange deal with Israel. The...

An Israeli minister has said that the conditions put forward by the Palestinian Authority for the resumption of peace negotiations are "aimed at causing the failure of the negotiation...

A member of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rethink the country's relationship with Hamas. Speaking to Israel Radio on Wednesday, MK Nachman...