UNITED NATIONS/ NABLUS — The Palestinian leadership on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to visit the occupied territories to see the impact of Israel’s settlement campaign. The Palestinian […]
By Mustafa Barghouthi OVER the past 64 years, Palestinians have tried armed struggle; we have tried negotiations; and we have tried peace conferences. Yet all we have seen is more Israeli settlements, more loss of lives and resources, and the emergence of a horrifying system of segregation. Khader Adnan, a […]
By ARAB NEWS NEW YORK: UN-Habitat has named Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, as the winner of its newly instituted Outstanding Donor Award for his crucial […]
AFP | Feb 09,2012 | 22:57 GAZA CITY — A committee on freedom of movement and expression set up under a Palestinian reconciliation agreement has suspended its work in Gaza, one of its members said Wednesday. Khalil Abu Shamala, general secretary of the Committee on Civil Liberties, said the decision […]
RAMALLAH — The deal signed in Doha by rival Palestinian movements Fateh and Hamas has moved the two sides closer to reconciliation but challenges remain, officials and experts warn. Palestinian […]
swissinfo.ch As guardian of the Geneva Conventions Switzerland has the moral authority to seek action over Israeli “violations” of international law, says the chief Palestinian negotiator. This week Saeb Erekat […]
No breakthrough, but more sessions planned by Hani Hazaimeh, Jordan Times AMMAN — Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday said the talks Amman hosted between the Palestinians and Israeli negotiators were held in a “positive atmosphere and reflected the seriousness of both sides to reach substantive results”. Chief negotiator Saeb […]
OCCUPEID JERUSALEM — The Jordanian government on Sunday said it would host a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators this week, bringing the sides together for the first time in more than a year. Officials said Tuesday’s talks would not be a formal negotiating session. Nonetheless, it would mark a […]
by URI AVNERY, AVNERY@ACTCOM.CO.IL Hamas, Hezbollah and Brotherhood owe their growth to Tel Aviv If Islamist movements come to power all over the region, they should express their debt of gratitude to their bete noire, Israel. Without the active or passive help of successive Israeli governments, they may not have […]
GAZA CITY — The Hamas premier of Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, praised steps towards reconciliation taken by the Islamist group and its former rival Fateh, which were angrily denounced in Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Mishaal took steps in Cairo on Thursday towards reforming the Fateh-dominated Palestine […]
Record Number of Palestinians Displaced by Unlawful Demolitions Amnesty International, one member of a 20 member strong coalition of major international humanitarian and human rights organizations that work in Israel […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel’s housing and construction ministry said on Sunday it was to publish tenders for the construction of more than 1,000 housing units in East Jerusalem and […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies) – Some 30 Jewish settlers broke into a Christian baptismal site late Monday in a closed military zone along the Jordanian-Israeli border to stage a protest, Agence France-Presse reported. The Associated Press reported that the radical settlers cut a fence to enter the closed military zone along […]