Palestinian Government

An official at the Ministry of Electricity and Energy in Cairo has said that talks will be held on ways to resolve the electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip....

The head of the Palestinian government in Gaza has confirmed his belief that Hamas "will hold on to Khaled Meshaal" as the head of the Islamic Resistance Movement's Political...

A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee, Nabil Shaath, has told the media that the meeting last Saturday between a delegation from his organisation and the Prime Minister of...

Ismail Haniyeh, the elected Prime Minister of the Palestinian government in Gaza, has left the territory for a tour of Arab capitals and Turkey. This is his second such...

The Hamas-run Palestinian government has been in contact with the Egyptian leadership following Israel's raid on a naval police station north of Gaza City on Monday. Government spokesman Taher...

A whole family has been killed in a house fire started, the authorities believe, by a candle. The blaze took place at dawn today, Thursday, in Al-Shejaeia neighbourhood to...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian government in Gaza has announced that it will employ 5,000 graduates from Gaza universities for a full year under the temporary employment clause. In a...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian Minister for Waqf and Religious Affairs in Gaza Ismail Redwan handed on Monday to the Lebanese Prime Minister Najeeb Meqati a letter from his Palestinian...

The Deputy Head of the Hamas political bureau, Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, has denied any dispute over Mahmoud Abbas's presidency of the next, unified Palestinian government. He added that...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Egyptians to hold sports tournaments in Gaza A delegation representing sports associations in Egypt has joined Minister of Sport Al-Ameri Farouq on a visit to the Gaza...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Fatah, celebrated its 48th anniversary in Gaza on Friday. This was the first such celebration event in the besieged Gaza Strip for...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Following several meetings and intensive consultations, the Hamas Movement and the Palestinian government in Gaza have agreed to hold a central festival for the Fatah Movement to...

The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip has released a number of prisoners linked to Fatah in a sign that reconciliation between the two groups is looking more likely....

The Palestinian government in Ramallah has described the latest incursions by dozens of Jewish settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque as "another example of extremism and organised state terrorism". The settlers...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The total losses incurred by the people of Gaza as a result of Israel's November offensive against the territory exceed $1.2 billion (around £741m). The Palestinian government...

The Palestinian government in Gaza has condemned the Syrian army's attack on Al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus. A spokesman called on all sides of the...

Chief Palestinian negotiator and member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, on Monday denounced the connection Israel has made between releasing tax revenues...

A senior EU official said that France and Britain would work together to make 2013 the year of peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis, the London-based newspaper, Al-Hayat,...

The Minister of Local Governance in Gaza, Engineer Mohammed Al-Farra, announced the signing of five agreements to expand a number of cities in the Gaza Strip during his visit...

A senior aide to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has voiced expectations that the Boston Marathon attacks will strengthen American support for Israel, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on Monday....

The Israeli prison service gives Palestinian prisoners prostatitis-infected injections before they are released, Russian newspaper Pravda revealed on Friday. Pravda reported former female prisoner Rania al-Saqqa saying that prisoners...

The Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau has slated Fatah for trying to postpone the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to Gaza next month, because it "gives...

The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah is to ask Turkey's Prime Minister to delay his proposed visit to the Gaza Strip until internal reconciliation is achieved. A report in London-based...

Senior Fatah member Marwan Barghouti has called on the movement's head, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not to resume negotiations with the Israelis. Barghouti said that the results would...

Fatah Central Committee and Palestine National Council member Marwan Barghouti has accused the Palestinian Authority of not putting the issue of prisoners in Israeli jails as a priority in...

The resignation of the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister in Ramallah, Salam Fayyad, has attracted much attention within the Israeli media. On the whole, the various media outlets have given...

Despite US and European pressure, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The president has asked Fayyad to continue in the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe Palestinian prime minister in Gaza has joined orphans in Gaza at the celebration of Arab Orphans' Day. The event was held at Al-Amal Orphanage in the central...

PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Saeb Erekat has condemned threats made by Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird that his country would cut off its aid to the Palestinian Authority...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Participants at a major conference in Gaza have concluded that as the influence of America, Russia and the EU diminishes, regional security is depending more and more...

The Emir of Qatar has told the Arab League that it should hold a special meeting in Cairo to discuss Palestinian reconciliation. Shaikh Hamad bin-Khalifa al-Thani is hosting the...

A prominent member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said on Monday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is still subject to US pressure regarding internal...