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Hundreds of protests were organized Monday calling on the world’s governments to hold Israel accountable for its unprovoked attack on the humanitarian convoy attempting to saild to Gaza.10,000 people gathered…
16 hours after the attack on the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla that killed at least 19 passengers, Israeli naval vessels towed the convoy’s ships to the port of Ashdod. The Israeli…
The Israeli Navy has jammed all communications aboard the ships of the Freedom Flotilla, blocking cell phone signals and internet connections aboard humanitarian aid ships. Scrambling the signals preceding the…
OK, where do we start? how many international laws were being breached, violated, broken, trampled?Ten activists, maybe up to sixteen by the latest reports, were killed today when Israeli commandos…
Protesters gathered outside the Israeli consulate to demand the expulsion of the Israeli embassador in response to this morning’s news that the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza had been…
On Sunday morning the Flotilla of humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip finally set off for Gaza, after several delays from the government of Cyprus and technical issues with…
The Freedom Flotilla started gathering in international waters near the coast in Cyprus in preparation to sail to the Gaza Strip while Israel continued its threats to intercept and even…
Israel has officially joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) during a ceremony held in Paris where the organization is located. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attended the…
The American Army general advising Palestinian security forces has requested retirement, according to sources in the Pentagon. The adviser, Lieutenant General Keith Dayton, has held his current post for five…
The White House reported Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be visiting Washington soon to hold a meeting with President Barack Obama. The White House says that president Obama…
The Ship to Gaza and Freedom Flotilla, currently on its way to Gaza across Mediterranean, are carrying 11 Swedish citizens. Among these are members of parliament, activists, medical doctors and…
An Israeli diplomat in Australia who is believed to have been involved in forgery of passports used in the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Madbouh in Dubai earlier this…
The European Union announced, Monday, that it may consider cutting funds allocated for the Palestinian Authority if talks with Israel continue to stall.The statement was made during an EU meeting…
The United States Senate approved the American President’s plan to grant Israel more than $200 Million meant for the development of Israel’s Iron Dome that intercepts short-range missiles.The plan was…
Three school girls from Nablus have been awarded first prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Silicon Valley, California. Their winning entry was a walking cane for…
The Rachel Corrie solidarity ship sailed from Ireland heading towards the Gaza Strip after 48-hour delay due to logistic issues. Palestinian Legislator, Jamal El-Khodary, head of the Popular Committee Against…
Turkey has installed Anti-Aircraft Hawk Missiles at a village close to the Syrian border in an attempt to prevent Israeli war jets from violating Turkish Airspace in case of an…
Both Russia and Turkey stated, Wednesday, that that International Community must deal with Hamas due to the party’s support from the Palestinian people in the 2006 elections; deemed to be…
The White House reported Tuesday that President Barack Obama phoned Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and informed him that the proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians will focus on final-status…
Radio Free Palestine is presented by the IMEMC (in Beit Sahour) and CKUT Radio (in Montreal) in commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba or catastrophe, marked this…
Diplomatic sources in Washington reported that U.S. President, Barack Obama, gave Israel verbal and written guarantees that the United States will not allow the Palestinians to conduct any unilateral steps…
A new conventional wisdom is rapidly taking shape that the United States can resolve the 130-year-old conflict in Palestine by advancing its own peace plan. Former US National Security Advisor…
The Turkish Relief Foundation demanded Israel to unconditionally release its representative in the West Bank, Mohammad Shahin, who was kidnapped on Wednesday April 27.Head of the Foundation, Bülent Yıldırım, stated…
Renowned South African jurist Richard Goldstone has faced increasing pressure from Zionists in South Africa since publishing a report documenting potential war crimes by both Israeli military forces and Palestinian…
Many of Israel’s critics blame an ‘Israel lobby’ for the near-total complicity of the US in Israeli annexation, colonization and cleansing programs in the occupied West Bank. This complicity continues…
The White House denied reports that claimed that President Barack Obama vowed to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, that the U.S will not use its Veto power to obstruct any decision…
A group of protesters in Portland, Oregon, USA, erected mock settlements, a ‘Wall of Shame’, and a checkpoint as part of a protest against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee…
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated Monday that, at the current stage, Iran does not pose any threat to the existence of the state of Israel, and added that should…
Iran has officially started, Saturday, its summit on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of atomic weapons, the Iranian Press TV reported. The conference will last for two days while the participants…
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement warning that implementing Israeli order #1650 regarding the deportation of thousands of residents from the West Bank could lead to further escalation and…
United States President, Barack Obama, urged the Palestinians and Israel to start proximity Talks. His statements came during a Monday meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan. He also called on…
United States President, Barack Obama, signed waiver allowing the Palestinian Liberation Office to keep its office opened in Washington DC for additional six months. The united States passed a law…
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) strongly denounced threats made against activists who intend to participate in the upcoming convoy of solidarity ship heading to the…
Israeli sources reported that Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has decided not to attend the Nuclear Summit in the United States after learning that a number of Muslim Countries would seek…
Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, stated that Israel is currently considered the real threat to peace in the Middle East. His statements came as he started his visit to…
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that U.S. President, Barak Obama, is seriously weighing presenting a new plan for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This plan could be presented this Autumn and…
Israeli sources reported that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be attending the Nuclear Summit in the United States, but will not be holding a meeting with U.S. President, Barack…
Israel’s Ambassador In Washington, Michael Oren, stated that Israel will continue the construction and expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem, and added…
The Guardian reported that several Lawmakers in the Britain will be asking the government to halts its weapons deals with Israel after a report published recently stated British weapons were…
The Israeli Army electronics company “Elbit systems” has been barred by the Första AP-Fonden pension fund, the biggest pensions fund in Sweden. The pensions fund decided to boycott Elbit on…
Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, slammed what he called the “double standards policy” in dealing with the Iranian Nuclear Program, and Israel’s Nuclear Agenda. His statements were made Monday…
Thousands of Arabs and French Nationals held a protest in Paris on Monday at noon and marched in solidarity with Jerusalem chanting slogans against the Israeli violations against the city…
The BBC reported on Sunday that the United States might abstain for a possible UN Security Council vote on Israel’s illegal construction of Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The…
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, reported that “Shamir Salads” an Israeli company in a West Bank Israeli settlement, is marketing its products in Europe using a fake address claiming…
The United States Administration officially informed Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, of the failure of the meeting that took place between American President, Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.…
Several British organizations, along with Palestinian and Islamic Institutions in Britain, are conducting preparations to file a lawsuit against the Israeli Mossad for forging British passports that were used by…
The Sama News Agency reported that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, insulted the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, when he told him “the meeting is over” as…
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, left the United States without reaching any compromise or understanding with the American administration, especially regarding settlement construction in occupied East Jerusalem. Advisors of both…
The speeches at AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby group, on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Netanyahu’s subsequent meeting with US President…
United States President, Barack Obama, held a meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for 90 minutes and discussed the bilateral U.S-Israeli relations and the construction of settlements in East…
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Tuesday that the Palestinian “demands” for a full settlement freeze could lead for delaying the peace talks for another year. He told congress members…
The British Authorities will be formally accusing the Israeli Mossad of forging British passports that were used by some of the assassins who killed Hamas officials Mahmoud Al Madbouh in…
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Jerusalem is not an occupied city, but the eternal capital of Israel, and added that the Jewish people started building Jerusalem 3000 years…
Hundreds of Arabs, Muslims and British nationals held a protest on Monday evening in the center of the British Capital, London, to protest the visit of Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat,…
Israeli sources reported that Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told the U.S. president, Barack Obama, that he will conduct measures on “good will” towards the Palestinians, including “easing” the siege on…
In his latest waver back and forth on the issue of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, US President Barack Obama issued a warning Friday night to Israeli Prime…
The International Police Agency, Interpol, issued on Monday arrest warrants for 16 more persons, suspected in involvement in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, who was killed at…
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, held in Barcelona, started its activities on Thursday with a criticism to the Israeli government for committing severe violations against the International Law and the…
The Israeli government expressed rage over the “Israeli apartheid week” which stated on Monday in universities in more than 40 cities around the world, and calls for economic and academic…
British Legislator, George Galloway, stated that Viva Palestina is preparing to send another humanitarian aid convoy to the impoverished Gaza Strip. A large convoy of ships, from many different countries,…
Among the groups and organizations aiding Gaza – a group of German Jews, some Holocaust survivors – plan to send a humanitarian aid ship to show support for the Gazan…
On Wednesday night, Australian Authorities questioned their Israeli ambassador after three Australian passport holders were added to the list of suspects involved with the assassination of a Hamas leader in…
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Wednesday that Mosab Hasan Yousef, the son of Hamas political leader and one of its founders, Hasan Yousef, worked for the Israeli Shin Bet “Security Service”…
During a Monday meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, stated that the objective of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians is a viable…
In his recent testimony to the UK Committee investigating the Iraq war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted that Israeli officials influenced and participated in the decision by the US…
Palestinian sources reported, Thursday, that a fighter died at hospital in Berlin, Germany from wounds suffered during an attack targeting Alon Moreh settlement near the northern West Bank city of…
In a visit to the Arab Gulf state of Qatar Monday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US has not backed down on demanding that Israel end…
U.S. Secretary-of State, Hilary Clinton, stated Friday that U.S. Middle East Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, and Middle East Envoy, Tony Blair, will intensify their efforts to ensure the resumption of…
The ‘Stolen Beauty’ campaign has declared a small victory, after Costco stores agreed to stop carrying Dead Sea Salt from the Ahava corporation.AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories is an Israeli cosmetics…
After receiving a letter from the British Foreign Ministry promising that he wouldn’t be arrested for war crimes while in England, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon arrived in London…
The Israeli embassy in Moscow sent a letter to the Russian government expressing dismay over Moscow’s reception of Hamas Political Bureau Chief, Khalid Mashal, and a number of Hamas officials.…
Khalid Mashal, head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, accused the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of obstructing peace talks and a prisoner-swap deal. Mashal said that there…
Ethan Bronner is the New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief. As such, he is the editor responsible for all the news coming out of Israel-Palestine. It is his job to…
Israeli Foreign Minister, opposition leader, Tzipi Livni, vowed to visit Britain soon even if the country refrains from changing its laws regarding the arrest and prosecution of leaders accused of…
On Monday, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, in the German capital city of Berlin.The two leaders discussed the latest updates on the peace…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, hinted on Monday that he might accept holding indirect peace talks with Israel, mediated by US Envoy, George Mitchell. He added that direct talks cannot resume…
King Abdullah of Jordan stated Saturday, that the whole world would pay the price of failed peace between Israel and the Palestinians, and added that his country will not accept…
A Swedish mayor has upset the Jewish community by saying that Zionism is unacceptable in an interview published on the 27th of January, the International Holocaust Memorial Day.Ilmar Reepalu, mayor…
Israel’s Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, met with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and senior Egyptian officials this past Wednesday in Egypt.Barak also met with his Egyptian counterpart, Mohammad Tantawi and Egyptian…
Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, a political leader of the Hamas movement, stated that they would sign the Egyptian document for internal Palestinian unity should the Egyptian leadership provide guarantees to ensure…
The Danske and Pensioner Bank (PKA) have decided to withdraw all investments from two Israeli companies, Elbit and Magal Security Systems, for their role in constructing the annexation wall in…
Israeli sources reported that Germany decided to void a deal signed between a German company and Iran to rebuild Bandar Abbas Iranian Port. The deal was canceled due to Israeli…
A Photographer from Holland won the Silver Camera Award for a picture he took of the Israeli army showering the nonviolent protesters in Ni’lin village, near Ramallah, with tear gas.…
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, stated that his country in ongoing with its talks with the Hamas movement and described the talks are vital. Lavrov added that Moscow would push…
United States President, Barack Obama, told the Time Magazine that he made a mistake when he had high expectations for Middle East peace, and added that both Israel and the…
The Palestine Media Center (PMC) reported that twelve Palestinians, members of three Palestinian families in Haiti, were safely evacuated Wednesday from the earthquake stricken area, with the help of the…
The Canadian government has decided to pull its funding from United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and direct the money towards specific projects.The…
As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is pressuring its 28 member states and dozens of partnership affiliates on five continents to contribute more troops for the war in Afghanistan, the…
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested on Monday an American scientist on charges of attempting to pass classified information to Israel. The scientist is accredited for helping…
The Vatican has prepared a document to be discussed during the upcoming October meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and approximately 150 priests from the Middle East. The meeting, to be…
The Walla Hebrew Language Israeli Website, reported that Likud party members of Knesset, headed by Ayyoub Qarra, headed on Tuesday morning to Turkey to hold talks with Ankara officials on…
“Judaism Yes, Zionism No!” read signs carried by a group of Orthodox Jews who joined dozens of other protesters outside a joint Cabinet meeting of the German and Israeli Prime…
Turkish media sources reported on Saturday that the Turkish President, Abdullah Gül, and Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, will not hold a meeting with Israel’s Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, who…
The United Stats may legally cut its international aid to Israel in two years if peace talks fail with Palestine. George Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy to Middle East threatened…
The United States and Jordan presented a new track for the stalled Middle East Peace Process, and called on both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume the peace process…
Hundreds of Turkish citizens and activists held a protest on Tuesday evening in front of the Egyptian Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara. The human rights activists, including parliamentarians, protested…
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Israel must commit to freezing settlement construction if talks are to resume, says Abbas.Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas has continued to state that the resumption of peace talks with Israeli Prime…
The Belgian-French Group, Dexia, refused to finance grants meant for the construction of property in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. The decision came after a Palestinian and a…
Palestinian official has urged the Security Council to compel Israel to stop its illegal settlement activities and to act in a responsible manner so that the peace process can resume,…