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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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