Palestinian people

The Hamas-led Palestinian government in Gaza has made an unambiguous apology for the police attack on a women's protest march on Tuesday. The demonstration had reached the Palestinian Legislative...

Over the past few weeks, British diplomats have stated that they are doing all they can to discourage Palestine's bid for "observer state" status in the UN General Assembly....

The Palestinian Authority has asked Egypt to use all of its resources to mobilise international support for its bid for recognition at the United Nations. The PA aims to...

The Palestinian government in Gaza headed by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has called on the Arab League to intervene immediately to put an end to "Israel's crimes against the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Islamic University of Gaza yesterday awarded an honorary doctorate to the American linguist and thinker Noam Chomsky. The world renowned figure has been attending a linguistic...

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has said that the Arab Spring "will not become a complete reality unless democracy applies to Israel and the Palestinian people get their rights back."...

Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has appealed to the Turkish opposition party, CHP (Republican People's Party), to change its stances and to refrain from siding with Israel which...

The International Crisis Group (ICG) has urged the West to open up to Hamas by pointing out the important role the movement can play in Palestine's future during the...

In his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned Israel about its "religious transgressions" against Al-Aqsa Mosque. He stressed that attempts to...

The Palestinian government in Gaza has expressed its satisfaction at the statements made by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, saying that they help to reinforce international peace and security....

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,...

The newly elected President of Egypt, Dr. Mohammed Morsi, has told the audience at his inauguration ceremony that the state and people will stand with the Palestinians until they...

The League of Arab States has renewed its commitment to the Arab peace initiative as the only way to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East. The region,...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES As news broke of the Egyptian-brokered deal which has brought an end to the Palestinian prisoners' mass hunger strike, Palestinians and their supporters worldwide heaved a collective...

The Office for Refugees' Affairs of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has reaffirmed the organisation's belief that the principles of the Palestinian people are a "single, linked unit" which...

The monthly report issued by the PLO's Department of International Relations has revealed that Israel approved the construction of more than 4,300 new illegal settlement units in May. "A...

The Minister of Public Works and Housing in Gaza, Dr. Youssef Al-Mansi, has signed an agreement with the Qatar Charity for the reconstruction of 75 houses for some of...

A high-ranking security official in the Palestinian Authority has revealed an "alarming increase" in the number of Palestinians working as agents for Israeli security bodies. He noted the...

During a press conference held in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, 22 April, the head of Al-Nour, Egypt's Islamist-Salafist party, asserted that his party rejects the blockade imposed on...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Hundreds of supporters and members of the Islamic Movement turned out last night to welcome Sheikh Raed Salah upon his return to his homeland. He was met at...

A Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, Jamal Zahalka MK, has warned the Israeli authorities about their plans to tamper with a cemetery in Balad al-Sheikh near the city...

A human rights organisation has reported that the Israeli occupation forces have stepped up what it calls their "racist and aggressive practices" against the Palestinian people over the past...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has condemned strongly the serious aggression carried out by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip,...

Israel's latest missile strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip have been described as "more extrajudicial executions" by a leading member of the PLO Executive Committee. Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said...

A new Turkish-owned Arabic-language satellite channel plans to convey a positive image of Turkey to Arab viewers. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is following developments at the channel closely...

On International Women's Day, 8th March, the Palestinian Working Woman's Society for Development along with The Coalition of Women for Peace and several other women's and human rights organisations,...

The Israeli occupation authorities have issued around 100,000 administrative detention orders against Palestinians since 1967, according to an official report issued by the Public Relations section of the Palestinian...

The Arab Affairs Committee of the People's Assembly in Cairo has recommended making a legal study of the crossings between Egypt and Gaza and how they operate. The purpose...

Mustafa El-Barghouthi, the Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative movement and an elected legislator, has reiterated that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Palestinian people. "All of...

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, has affirmed that his country stands by the Palestinian people in their pursuit to "regain their legitimate...

The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, strongly condemned a draft law that declares the city of Jerusalem as "the capital of Israel and the Jewish...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A collective wedding ceremony for 50 of the Palestinian prisoners freed during the recent prisoner exchange deal agreed between Israel and the Hamas Movement has been held...