Palestinian president accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza conflict and declares US-brokered peace process dead. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has called on the United Nations security council to support a resolution setting a clear…
Fatah and Hamas delegations will meet for mediation before indirect negotiations with Israel commence. Egypt will host talks between rival Palestinian factions within days, followed by indirect negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis on the ceasefire…
President Mahmoud Abbas will ask his French counterpart Francois Hollande for official recognition of Palestine in an upcoming meeting this week, the Palestinian foreign minister said Sunday. Riyad al-Maliki told Ma’an that Abbas is due…
Human-rights advocate gives `a voice to victims’ and demands accountability, award’s sponsors say. B’Tselem, the prominent Israeli human-rights advocate, was awarded the 2014 Stockholm Human Rights Award, the International Legal Assistance Consortium and two major…
Guardian/ICM survey, which also found greater opposition to Israel than Palestinians, appears to find support for Lady Warsi who resigned over the issue. A majority of British voters believe Israel acted in a disproportionate manner…
In Gaza City thousands of Palestinians have taken shelter outside of United Nations facilities out of fear of air-strikes targeting the civilian sanctuaries. They live in rented rooms, in the backs of stores, in half-erected…
http://youtu.be/AdcYZw-KsSg United Nations officials described the killing of sleeping children as a disgrace to the world and accused Israel of a serious violation of international law after a school in Gaza being used to shelter…
Journalists love rows. We love them so much that we often let them distract us. Last week was no exception. Fascinated by an apparent bust-up between Israel and the European Union, most Middle East analysts (myself included)…
Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem march in solidarity with Gaza, in the largest such protest in years. At least two were killed. At least two protesters were killed and more than…
Hamas is offering Israel a 10-year truce if it accepts 10 conditions. The Jerusalem Post reports, based on an Israeli Channel 2 newscast, that Azmi Bishara announced the proposal on Al Jazeera television today. Bishara,…
Israel’s retaliatory air strikes on Gaza have been “deliberately disproportionate” and amount to “collective punishment”, Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday, in unusually robust criticism of a close British ally Clegg made…
Bombings of Civilian Structures Suggest Illegal Policy (Gaza) – Israeli air attacks in Gaza investigated by Human Rights Watch have been targeting apparent civilian structures and killing civilians in violation of the laws of war.…
Ramallah- During the course of Israel’s three-week campaign of mass arrests in the West Bank, ostensibly to search for the killers of three settlers, the Israeli military and police conducted an average of 18 raids…
fter a three-hour meeting of the Israeli Security Cabinet late on Monday, Israeli occupation forces launched what it is calling “Operation Protective Edge” against the besieged Gaza Strip. Overnight, Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of…
Mohammed al-A’wewy, attorney general for Palestine, makes claims as violence continues in West Bank and East Jeruslaem Mohamed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teenager who was kidnapped and murdered on Wednesday in a suspected revenge killing…