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The Palestinian government in Gaza has condemned what it calls Egypt's unfounded accusations that residents of Gaza have been involved in trying to destabilise security in the Sinai Peninsula....
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US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that both the Palestinian and Israeli sides have agreed to accelerate the pace of current peace negotiations and to extend the...
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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have protested against ongoing incursions by Israeli settlers and police at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Many noted the irony that Palestinian Authority...
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Fatah has called on the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to "admit its failure" in managing the Gaza Strip. Describing the Hamas administration as "bad", Fatah rejected the idea of...
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) marked the 13th anniversary of the Aqsa Intifada (uprising) with a declaration that it "would not recognize any agreement or promise which leads to...
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A member of Fatah's central committee has told Palestinian radio that there is an "accumulated financial crisis in the Palestinian Authority this year". Dr Mohammad Ashtyeh, who is also...
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The head of Israel's team of negotiators in the talks with the Palestinian Authority has claimed that the discussions address "all of the important issues". Justice Minister Tzipi Livni...
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his condolences on Monday to the family of extremist Jewish Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of the rightwing Shas party. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth...
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British medical journal The Lancet has published a study by Swiss experts which suggests that there is a strong possibility that the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was poisoned...
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The head of the deposed Palestinian government, Ismail Haniyeh, asserted on Monday that "there will be no Palestinian state in Gaza and there will be no state without Gaza…that...
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip criticised the UN position towards the tunnel that was discovered last week between Gaza and Israel....
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A member of the Fatah delegation responsible for talks with Hamas told Al Quds Al Arabi on Sunday that his movement has called on Hamas to form a national...
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The Palestinian Authority is ready to exchange land with Israel in a deal which will mean that 65 per cent of the illegal settlers and their homes will stay...
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A senior Israeli army officer has said that Palestinian Authority (PA) security services arrested a Palestinian group from Ramallah that planned to capture Israeli soldiers for prisoner swaps last...
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On Tuesday, a prominent member of Hamas' political bureau, Moussa Abu-Marzouk, downplayed the effectiveness of Israel's detention of Palestinians in its attempt to stifle the resistance. "This is the...
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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS The Palestinian Minister of Health in Gaza, Dr Mufid Al-Mukhalalati, has warned that frequent power outages could result in a humanitarian catastrophe claiming the lives of Palestinian...
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The Palestinian government in Gaza has condemned the Egyptian authorities for their detention of over 650 Palestinian refugees who have fled from the war in Syria. Around 250 of...
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip has accused Arab and European intelligence agencies of being behind the formation of the so-called "Tamarod (rebellion) movement" in the territory....
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EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Palestinian refugees fleeing from the conflict in Syria are being welcomed warmly in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has pledged to offer a complete package...
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In an interview with a correspondent from the Israeli Radio, Gal Berger, an advisor to the President of the Palestinian Authority, Nimer Hammad said that despite his pessimism regarding...
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has considered the visit of French President Francois Hollande to occupied Jerusalem "as encouragement to the occupation to continue its crimes of Judaisation and...
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Israel's Deputy Minister of Defence Danny Danon has accused the Palestinian Authority of funding terrorism and is calling on the international community to immediately cease its assistance until the...
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Exclusive Images The Palestinian transportation ministry installed on Monday 15 seaport lights along the Gaza coast used by fishermen. An Italian activist group called "Not to be forgotten" sponsored...
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Gaza is not living in political isolation and its communications with Arab and international parties have not stopped, a spokesman for the Hamas-led Palestinian government has insisted. Dr Bassem...
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The Federation of the Palestinian Teachers (FPT) announced on Friday the start of a three-day working strike in all schools, directorates and related ministries in the occupied West Bank....
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The Palestinian Authority's Ministerial Council in Ramallah has taken several measures against a strike by members of the Teachers' Union, which started on Sunday. The union is calling for...
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Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are scheduled to sign an agreement on Monday to build a pipeline from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The project...
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A senior Hamas official has claimed that the Islamic movement has turned into an enemy as far as Fatah is concerned, instead of Israel. Dr Mousa Abu Marzouk, criticised...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has paid tribute to former South African President Nelson Mandela who passed away on Thursday. "He was," said Mr Abbas, "the bravest and most important...
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Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority have signed an agreement for the construction of a canal connecting the Dead Sea to the Red Sea at the Gulf of Aqaba,...
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EXCLUSIVE IMAGES An unparalleled winter storm has left hundreds of families in Gaza homeless. Local sources have told the Palestine Information Centre that hundreds of homes have been flooded...
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The Hamas-led Government in the Gaza Strip has confirmed the Strip has sustained nearly $ 64 million in losses following the winter storm that had hit the Strip and...
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