Palestinian Land

A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee has confirmed that the Palestinian leadership rejects any proposals for political solutions which are not based on a complete cessation of settlement...

A Palestinian expert has warned that the Israeli government intends to grab nearly a thousand acres of land in south Jerusalem and Bethlehem to implement its recently announced illegal...

A conference in Beirut has heard that the state of Palestine will be "the fruit of liberation". Hamas Political Bureau head Khaled Meshaal addressed the conference by satellite link...

A report published by the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'Tselem) has stated clearly that the Separation Wall built by the Israeli government has...

The Israeli occupation forces have blocked the preparatory work on an agricultural wells project funded by Norwegian People's Aid in the occupied West Bank. The project was being implemented...

President Mohammed Morsi has used his maiden speech at the UN General Assembly to speak out on behalf of Arab and Muslim issues. Mr. Morsi also told world leaders...

Israel's Prime Minister has vowed to continue the construction of Jewish settlements in all occupied Palestinian territory. Benjamin Netanyahu was responding to the angry reactions of settlers and far-right...

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas – has strongly criticised two French companies, Alstom and Veolia, for constructing a tramline in the occupied West Bank. Upon completion, the tramline...

Israel's Knesset (parliament) is due to hold a special session on Wednesday to discuss a bill which would authorise Jewish settlers to build on private Palestinian land, especially in...

It has been disclosed that the Israeli occupation authorities have seized hundreds of acres of agricultural land in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem for the benefit of illegal...

The London-based Al Hayat newspaper has reported that the Palestine issue will return to the UN Security Council based on an agreement with EU countries to change the formula...

The Algerian Foreign Minister has challenged the international community to stop Israel's "scorched earth" policy against the Palestinians. Mourad Medelci was speaking out on the International Day of Solidarity...

Egyptian President and head of the 12th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mohammed Morsi, stated that the Palestinian cause is and will remain a cornerstone for achieving...

The former director of Israel's Lands Administration (ILA) has confirmed that privately-owned Palestinian lands in the northern Jordan Valley area have been transferred to a kibbutz, Merav, inside Israel,...

Israeli radio said on Wednesday that Israel has reached an agreement with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to cancel draft resolutions against it planned to be discussed in...

On Monday Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds reported that two Israeli human rights organisations filed a petition to the Central Israeli Court in Jerusalem against the Israeli structural map Jerusalem 2000....

Israeli occupation forces uprooted on Tuesday hundreds of olive and almond trees in Un-Neer neighbourhood in the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian media reported. Palestinian citizen, Nasser Nawaja'a,...

On Monday The Times of Israel newspaper published the results of a poll conducted by Ariel University, revealing "the overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews support Israel extending its sovereignty...

The Israeli High Court of Justice is to decide on Wednesday the ownership of 1,000 dunams of Palestinian land near the illegal settlement of Efrat on the southern outskirts...

Israeli bulldozers have destroyed the homes of Palestinian Bedouin living in Al-Araqeeb village in the Negev Desert for the 48th time. According to Israeli officials, the Bedouin live in...

Jewish settlers have set fire to several cars belonging to the United Nations and Palestinian-owned gardens in Jerusalem during their celebrations of the so-called Lag B'Omer Festival, during which...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called on the international community to "put an end to the Palestinians' suffering in the occupied territories", and urged the world "to put...

In a sign that Israel will keep its large illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, Arab foreign ministers have said that they are ready to endorse a new...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed its concern that an agreement over land swaps with Israel will lead the Palestinian Authority and Arab world even deeper into the...

The Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation passed a draft law yesterday regulating Bedouin settlement in the Negev known as the "Prawer Plan", which will allow the seizure of approximately...

Palestinians protesters organised a candlelight demonstration on Thursday night to protest against an Israeli court ruling allowing parts of the Separation Wall to be built in the Wadi Cremisan...

Jewish settlers from the illegal Havat Ma'on settlement have set fire to half-an-acre of wheat grown by Ali Awad in the South Hebron Hills. The arson attack took place...

Palestinian population hits 11.6 million on 65th anniversary of Nakba In the wake of the 65th commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) announced...

Marwan Barghouti has criticised the concept of land swaps with the Israelis and called for a Palestinian state on all of the land occupied by Israel in 1967. The...

On Tuesday morning, Israeli authorities destroyed two Palestinian homes in the Khellat al-Ein neighbourhood to the east of the old city of Jerusalem claiming they had been built without...

Israel's Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, on Tuesday sent a strongly worded letter to Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Ya'alone, accusing security forces of acting wrongly in protecting illegal settlement construction...

Saeb Erekat, member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, stated that the Israeli government "Continues to exercise the settlement policy on the occupied Palestinian territories." During a...