But for the chap from Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza who emerged earlier this week as the winner of the "Arab Idol," the news from Palestine is grim....

On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet voted in favour of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to release 104 "heavyweight" Palestinian prisoners still languishing in Israeli jails. The goodwill gesture hopes to...

Opposition to the Palestinian prisoners' release reverberated during a meeting organised by Deputy Defence Minister Danny Danon. According to reports in Maariv, Danon called upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...