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World Condemns Israel After Aid Ship Attack
Demonstrators in Istanbul set fire to Israeli flags after the bloodshed An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council has been held amid mass protests and international condemnation after Israel’s...
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Abbas, Palestinians should die: Israeli rabbi
An influential Israeli rabbi has said God should strike the Palestinians and their leader with a plague, calling for their death in a fiery sermon before Middle East peace talks set to begin next...
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Medvedev makes ‘historic’ visit to West Bank
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev cancelled an official visit to Israel this month due to a strike by Foreign Ministry staff. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Palestinian territories on a...
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Israel concerned Russia will recognize Palestinian state
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, December 13, 2010. Fatah official Nabil Sha’ath tells Al-Hayat newspaper that Dmitry Medvedev will affirm Soviet Union’s 1988 recognition of...
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Israel hits back after Palestinians unleash heaviest rocket attack for 2 years
A member of the Hamas security forces surveys the scene on the Gaza Strip after Israeli retaliated to the biggest Palestine bombardment for two years. Palestinian militants in Gaza fired more than 50...
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Sarkozy: France could recognise Palestine
Sarkozy tells L'Express: "France will face up to its responsibilities on ... recognition of a Palestinian state". France may recognise a Palestinian state later this year Nicolas Sarkozy, the French...
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Moscow hails Fatah-Hamas reconciliation pact
Moscow has greeted the reconciliation between the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas groups with enthusiasm, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokesperson, Aleksandr Lukashevich. “On May...
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Israel rebuffs Obama’s 1967 borders call
Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected U.S. President Barack Obama’s call for Israel’s 1967 borders to be taken as the starting point for talks on a future...
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China delivers jolt to U.S. Middle East influence
Sets up collision course over issue of Palestinian statehood. In a further jolt to U.S. influence in the Middle East, China is expected to vote in favor of Palestinian statehood when the 66th United...
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Israel prepared to stay in West Bank at all costs
Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation searching for Hamas members overnight in the West Bank city of Hebron. In Israel, concern is growing that it may have to return land it has long...
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Palestinians deserve New Zealand vote at UN
Mahmoud Abbas In the whirr of diplomacy taking place at the United Nations, the case for and against statehood recognition for the Palestinians has become almost an afterthought. Rather, two countries,...
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US cuts off $200 million in aid to Palestinians
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas The Palestinian Authority has claimed its people are victims of “collective punishment” after accusing the United States of blocking $200 million in aid in response...
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UN recognizes Palestinian statehood
Palestinians celebrate in Ramallah on November 29, 2012 after the upgrade of Palestine’s status at the United Nations by the UN General Assembly. The United Nations General Assembly has voted...
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West Bank protesters rally for release of deteriorating prisoners
An Israeli soldier chases a Palestinian protester in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on February 19, 2013. Israeli troops have clashed with Palestinians who were holding demonstrations in the...
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Israel’s occupation of West Bank must end: Obama
US President Barack Obama (L) speaks alongside acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas (R) at the Muqata, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 21,...
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NSA spied on 122 world leaders, Snowden docs reveal
The NSA’s data base contains information obtained during the surveillance of over a hundred world leaders, new leaks by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed. Der Spiegel has looked through a top...
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Pope Francis arrives in West Bank amid Israeli protests
Pope Francis has arrived in the occupied West Bank at the start of a two-day tour to the occupied Palestinian territories amid protests by Israelis opposed to his visit. Upon arrival in the city of...
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Israel, Palestine agree to long-term ceasefire in Gaza Strip
A long-term truce in Gaza has been agreed with Israel, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas said. The ceasefire announced by Egypt came into effect at 16:00 GMT with almost immediate reports of warning...
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Sweden officially recognizes Palestinian state
Sweden has recognized the occupied state of Palestine officially, according to its foreign ministry. The Scandinavian has become the first West-European EU state to recognize the territories. Israel...
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Palestinian UN draft against Israel act of war
The Israeli intelligence minister describes as an “act of war” a Palestinian draft submitted to the UN Security Council to end Israeli occupation by the end of 2017. “The Palestinians made sure to...
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