Palestinian factions

On October 11, Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al gave a televised speech and said:  "In the name of God, praise be to God, prayers and peace upon the messenger of God,...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Supreme National Committee for solidarity with Palestinian detainees on hunger strike in Israeli prisons and detention centres has organised marches and demonstrations across the West Bank....

The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Aziz Duwaik, has criticized the Palestinian Authority for going to the United Nations in a bid for independent Palestinian statehood without making...

A Saudi newspaper has claimed that the military government in Cairo is communicating with Fatah and Hamas in an effort to save the reconciliation agreement that was signed between...

The Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas has announced that Hamas and Fatah have agreed a reconciliation deal. Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk said that it is now...

A Palestinian youth group has launched a campaign aimed at protecting the Palestinian national reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo on Wednesday, May 4th, during a ceremony attended by all...

Israel's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee chairman in the Knesset has said that Israel must return to the policy of targeted assassinations in the Gaza Strip, stressing that "anyone...

Palestinian factions and organisation have been mourning the death of former Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, the founder of the Islamist movement in Turkey. Mr. Erbakan died on 27...

The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has confirmed that he will go to the United Nations to seek an upgrade in the level of Palestine's diplomatic representation...

Major-General (Res.) Amos Gilad has admitted that Israel cannot eradicate Hamas entirely. But, the Director of Policy and Political-Military Affairs and Chair of Security at the Israeli Ministry of...

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has condemned the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to list Islamist deputies in the occupied West Bank as "a banned group". It is,...

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....

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The government in Gaza has agreed that the Central Election Commission can start to update the electoral register in the beleaguered territory. It is estimated by the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Abu Jihad Centre and Al Quds University organized a seminar in Ramallah on Thursday, 9 February, in solidarity with the Palestinian parliamentarians and ministers abducted by...

Sources in Ramallah have revealed that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in his capacity as the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee, has dismissed Yasser Abed Rabbo...

Palestinian factions have agreed to re-establish the Palestina Liberation Organisation and have set up a committee, headed by Saleem Zanoun, to carry this through. The President of the Palestinian...

The head of the Palestinian National Council, Saleem Al-Zanoun, has said that the follow-up committee for the activation of the Palestine Liberation Organization held an extensive meeting on Sunday,...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Monday, 09.01.2012, the Committee for Political Prisoners and the Association of Muslim Youths in the West Bank organized a solidarity sit-in against policies of political detention...

The head of the Centre for Palestine Studies in Cairo has revealed that the Egyptian intelligence service is preparing to oversee the second phase of the prisoner exchange deal...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Members of the Palestinian Elections Central Committee arrived in Gaza on Wednesday and met the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, when "positive" discussions took place. The head...

Is Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal being lined up to lead a reformed Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)? That's the claim being made in a report in the London...

Osama Hamdan, the senior representative of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Lebanon, has said that the meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's leadership in Cairo was "positive and made...

The rival Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah agreed on Wednesday to form a new committee to follow up on all the reconciliation issues and accelerate the work of...

Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, on Tuesday praised the efforts of the Palestinian factions towards "real internal reconciliation." Haniyeh reiterated that with reconciliation, he hoped for that...

Section 15 of Ofer Prison has been stormed by Israeli Special Forces trained to isolate and assault prisoners. The prison is in the occupied West Bank; section 15 holds...

On Thursday Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to Israeli leaders that Palestinians would never file legal cases demanding their return to cities such as Jaffa, Acre and...

After months of intense diplomatic efforts reconciliation between the two biggest Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, remains elusive. Egypt, the convenor, and the Palestinian Authority (PA), both lay the...

After protests calling for the removal of dictatorial regimes broke out across the Arab world, Palestinians echoed them with their own protests.  However, they were not calling for the...

Open Letter on Middle East PolicyPalestinian Unity Is a Prerequisite for Peace with Israel A new Palestinian government is expected to be formed soon as a result of the...

Statements by Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi that Palestinian refugees in Syria are guests "who lack manners", when considered with those of Buthaina Shaaban, a presidential adviser, who...

None of the Palestinian families in the Yarmouk refugee camp was expecting 21 to be killed and dozens of wounded as they broke their fast earlier in this month...

Following a series of meetings held under Egyptian patronage and aimed at reviving the issue of reconciliation between the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, Cairo has issued...