Settlement Expansion

A US delegation headed by a senior naval officer has made a secret visit to the so-called E1 area between Jerusalem and the Ma'ale Adumim settlement bloc in the...

A delegation of Israeli settlers has left for a visit to the United States in a bid to raise awareness of their situation and reinforce their position in the...

China's special envoy to the Middle East, Mr. Wu Si-ke, today called for the inclusion of the Islamic Resistance Movement in the negotiations aimed at achieving peace in the...

Some Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the EU Commission's Foreign Affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, to partially suspend the Association Agreement with Israel on the grounds...

EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton has said that Europe is "very disappointed" by Israel's settlement policy. Speaking to Turkey's Okaz newspaper, Ashton stressed that it is the EU's...

The International Quartet for Middle East Peace Envoy, Mr Tony Blair, has said, "Israel must respect and guarantee free access for believers from all religions to their respective holy...

The Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsan Oglu has accused the Israeli occupation of confiscating Palestinian economic and water resources, media reports said....

Discussion about a one state solution in Palestine/Israel is moving into the mainstream. As its advocates gain a platform for their views, defenders of ethnic separation are increasingly falling...

On the question of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel's settlement project, the stated policy of the European Union, and its member states including the UK, is clear: the...

With the approach of the 2012 U.S. presidential elections scheduled for November, difficult questions have arisen about the significance of the Jewish lobby in those elections on the one...

Criminal demolition in the OPTs Within the catalogue of criminality that is Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the destruction of Palestinian homes must rank as one...

It is expected widely that the current outbreak of popular unrest and protests across the occupied West Bank will become a third intifada, with a new shape and activities....

On 30 March, Palestinians around the world will commemorate Land Day. It marks a day in 1976, when Israeli security forces shot dead six Palestinians and injured around 100...

But for the chap from Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza who emerged earlier this week as the winner of the "Arab Idol," the news from Palestine is grim....