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The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported on Wednesday that mediation talks to coordinate a meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas political bureau chief in Syria, Khalid Mashal,…
Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa told the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh, that Hamas does not have sufficient funds deposited with the Arab League, and that he…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in Ramallah on Saturday evening after a short visit to Jordan where he met King Abdullah of Jordan and held talks with him over the…
U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said during a Saturday meeting with the Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, that the aim of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians should…
The Washington-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that Israel has and continues to restrict the movement of Palestinians. In its annual report, the HRW explained that Israel has imposed ‘excessive’…
Chief of Arab States League, Amr Mussa, stated Friday that a number of 1991 Madrid Peace Conference members welcomed the initiative to hold a similar world peace conference on Middle…
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mussa and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdul-Rahman Bin Hamad on Thursday urged the United Nations to lead a new peace process between Israel and the Palestinians…
Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State will visit the Middle East starting in Jordan in bid to revive the stalled Middle East peace process; a spokesperson of the State…
The assault on Jimmy Carter and his new book which criticizes Israeli policy, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid, has been led by many of the usual, uncritical, knee-jerk Israel supporters –…
The Ministry of Refugees announced Monday that the Syrian government has agreed to allocate 10 dunams of land to build houses for the hundreds of Palestinian refugees fleeing Baghdad. The…
Officials of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party told the family of Sameer Quntar, who is imprisoned by Israel since 1979, and told them that the party will not release the captured…
An Arab League report released Sunday indicated that Israel is the cause of the water problems in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and controls 80 percent the water resources.…
Saddam Hussein's execution is being widely condemned by Palestinians, with this considered a “black day.” The decision of the "American client government in Iraq to execute the Iraqi President is…
The brother of a jailed Palestinian man whose children and pregnant wife are being held in a Texas jail says he will stage a small protest with his 3-year-old niece…
Pakistan announced Tuesday its intention to build a wall of landmines and security fencing along its disputed 2,500km-long border with Afghanistan, in order to curb the flow of militants between…
Egyptian President Husni Mubarak stressed that a fair solution to the Palestinian question would lead to stability in the Middle East. In a speech to the Arab League yesterday, delivered…
Today, about 40 British Jews will arrive in Israel, bringing the number of British Jewish émigrés this year up to 700, according to the Jewish Agency, a group responsible for…
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that president Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Egypt for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosny Mubarak. The visit came as the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya,…
Al Manar TV, run by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party, reported that the party is in possession of documents that state that a Portuguese military plane carrying eleven passengers, who remained…
At a point in time when the American and Iranian governments have found various differences in ideology, the people of both countries have shared an astute judgment in determining that…
At a time when Syrian President Bashar Assad is hoping to engage Israel in peace talks, President Ehud Olmert has laid Israel's failure to engage in peace talks on the…
The European Union decided on Friday to extend by three months an aid deal that bypasses the Palestinian Authority headed by Hamas movement, that won the legislative elections earlier this…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Friday that United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, stated that she intends to ask the Congress for dozens of millions of dollars to…
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that 123 Palestinian children have been killed since outbreak of hostilities, more than double the 2005 figure, adding that some 340 children remain in…
The Turkish Red Crescent donated medical supplies to the Palestinian hospitals to help easing the serious shortage in medical supplies at the Palestinian hospitals. “The Turkish Red Crescent proceeded its…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, concluded on Monday his visit to Iran and headed to Sudan. Haniyya said that Iran has donated 250 M. USD to aid the Palestinian government…
Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, said that the Israeli policies in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are worse than the policies that were practiced in…
Former American President Jimmy Carter published “Palestine: Peace not Apartheid” last month. It is considered by many to be critical of Israeli and United States policy. Some are lashing out…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, who plans to visit Germany in the the coming days, slammed the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier for visiting Syria and considered the move as…
Official sources in the Hamas party told PNN Friday that Prime Minister Haniyya's visit to Damascus may result in the release of Palestinian political prisoners from Syrian prisons. During two…
While Israeli officials have maintained 'ambiguity' on the question of whether Israel has developed a nuclear weapons program, the incoming U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates definitively told a Senate…
The Lebanon based Hezbollah party, holding two Israeli soldiers captive, offered information of the two captured Israeli soldiers, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, in exchange for the release of Sameer…
The Syrian News Agency reported on Monday that the Syrian president, Bashar Asad, met in Damascus with the Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyya, and discussed with…
Friday night, the General Assembly approved six pro-Palestinian resolutions in spite of Israeli and American objections, the resolutions back the Palestinians right to have an independent state and call for…
The United Nations office for Human Affairs in the West Bank published a report on Thursday morning accusing Israel of violating every article of the Crossings agreements, and stated that…
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza reported on Thursday that the Former Israeli Cheif of Staff, Moshe Ya'alon, had to flee out of New Zealand this week after…
Ghazi Hamad, spokesperson of the Palestinian Government, said on Tuesday night that Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, met in Egypt with the Egyptian Intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman. Hamad stated that the…
Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, is to head a delegation to Lebanon, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to assess the human rights situation in the area following…
The Syrian government slammed on Monday the assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister, Pierre Gemayel, who was shot to death near Beirut, on Tuesday. The Syrian official news agency announced the…
Pierre Gemayel, a Lebanese cabinet minister and member of the Christian Phalange party, has been shot dead in Beirut. His convoy was attacked in a Christian neighbourhood. Gemayel, son of…
German prosecutes said on Monday that Germany hold six persons under investigation over an alleged plan to blow up a commercial air flight that belongs to the Israeli Airlines EL…
The Al-Jazeera satellite channel, the largest news agency in the Arab world, yesterday launched the first English-language Arab news channel, Al-Jazeera International, amidst allegations among some reporters that the new…
Spain will sponsor a new Middle East peace initiative along with France and Italy, the Spanish prime minister said Thursday, stressing that the international community cannot remain idle as violence…
President Mahmoud Abbas met on Tuesday night in Cairo, with David Welch, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, for an update on the meeting held between…
Wednesday morning, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met in Cairo with the Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak and discussed the ongoing efforts to revive the Peace Process in the Middle East and…
For the first time Arab activists and trainers of nonviolence meet to discuss establishing a network of Arab Network for Nonviolence. Trainers and activists from five Arab countries, Palestine,…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deplores the death on 3 November of two Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics in the Gaza Strip and is deeply shocked…
John Ging, UNRWA’s Gaza Field Director, demanded the International Community to ensure the entry of food and humanitarian aid to the surrounded residents in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part…
The outgoing Israeli ambassador to the United States, Dani Ayalon, said that that the letter of the US President George W. Bush, dated on April 14, 2004, to the then-Prime…
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), one of three resistance factions holding the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, captive since June 25 said on Saturday that a solution for the crisis is…
The US has addressed the growing issue of Palestinian Americans being barred from entering the territories. Palestinian Americans are finding that having an American passport, despite such close ties between…
Director of the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, John King, held a meeting Tuesday to appeal for aid to the Palestinians. “The Palestinian…
Palestinians are experiencing a humanitarian disaster on all levels, according to UNRWA. The director of UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, insisted that the international community lift the…
Top Liberal candidate in Canada, Michael Ignatieff accused Israel of committing war crimes in Lebanon. Ignatieff, a human rights expert and a former Harvard don, said at the weekend that…
The Danish representative office to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah said that they have received a death threat by phone on Thursday morning. Employees told IMEMC that at around 9:35…
Over 600 people attended the landmark conference, demanding boycott of Israel until it ends the occupation of Palestine. The conference, “Boycotting Israeli Apartheid: The Struggle Continues”, was held from 6-8…
Dr. Zion Evrony, the Israeli ambassador to Ireland was greeted with boos and hisses, shouted slogans and Palestinian flags as he began a speech at the Law School of the…
An Egyptian police source reported on Saturday that for Egyptian were arrested after they attempted to cross into the Gaza Strip through a tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt borders. The officer,…
In a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Jordanian foreign minister, Abdel Ilah Khatib, said, "Jordan and other Arab countries will insist that priority be given to…
The U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem Jake Walles expressed concern about the continuous Israeli denial of entry to several internationals including, Americans, and Palestinian Americans. Representatives of the Campaign for…
Special Envoy for the United Nations in occupied Palestinian territories, John Dugard, said on Tuesday that the Israeli actions and attacks in the Gaza Strip can be described as ethnic…
Christian politicians from different countries will meet with Israeli Members of Knesset Wednesday to show their support for Israel. The Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus will host 50 Christian politicians from…
Increasing tensions in the Middle East have prompted U.S. President George W. Bush to talk about a possible tour of the region after mid-term elections in November to address the…
Despite stipulations in the U.S. Constitution that there is to be no discrimination against Americans based on their country of origin, the very real double standard in U.S. policy towards…
The European commission has started social allowance payments to the Palestinian people, an EU source said on Monday. In a statement on Monday the commission said 40,000 of the neediest…
The European commission has started social allowance payments to the Palestinian people, an EU source said on Monday. In a statement on Monday the commission said 40,000 of the neediest…
Voicing dismay that the conflict in the Middle East has become "the epicentre of global instability," French President Jacques Chirac told world leaders who gathered today for the United Nations…
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York, said that the solution of the Palestinian cause does not mean an Israeli withdrawal…
As Palestinian lawmakers reach the final stages of their negotiations for a 'national unity government' that they hope will provide legitimacy in the world arena and end an economic blockade…
A two-day United Nations (U.N.) International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People concluded in Geneva today with the adoption of a Plan of Action aimed at…
In a summit in Havana, Cuba, the Movement of Non-Aligned countries, which respresents 118 of the 192 recognized sovereign states on earth, agreed overwhelmingly to support a document condemning Israel…
Arab Lawmakers at the Israeli Knesset arrived on Thursday in Lebanon for a two-day visit that will include a meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Friday. Three…
In its latest rejection of democracy in the Middle East, the United States has taken a stand rejecting the Palestinian attempts to form a national unity government, despite the fact…
Three armed men have been killed and one wounded after they attacked the US embassy in Damascus in what Syria has called a terrorist operation. The men were chanting religious…
Israeli Prime Minister met on Saturday evening with the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The later plans to meet the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday but will not meet…
The President of the European Union (EU) announced in a statement Wednesday evening that Israel should commit to restarting the Middle East peace process by freeing the dozens of Palestinian…
Gerry Adams, the head of the Irish Sinn Fein party and a key player in the 'Good Friday' agreement that secured peace in volatile Northern Ireland in 2000, arrived in…
In an interview with London's Financial Times on Tuesday, Mohammed Khatami, former president of Iran, said that if the Hamas-led Palestinian government were to agree to a two-state solution with…
After its 34-day war with Lebanon, in which Israeli forces killed an estimated 1,000 civilians, the Israeli government has been taking a good deal of criticism internationally. One of the…
A Saudi Newspaper, Okaz, reported that a senior Arabic source said that an Israeli security delegation is currently visiting the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to discuss a possible deal for the…
Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul Ghait and Pakistan's United Nations representative Imtiaz Hussain both made statements Friday tying violence in the region to Israel's occupation of Palestine. Said Hussain, "Clearly,…
On Wednesday, ‘s acting ambassador, who currently chairs the Arab Group at the United Nations, formally requested that the U.N. Security Council hold a ministerial meeting in September to launch…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul On Sunday night at the Presidential Offices in Ramallah to discuss the latest development in the Palestinian areas. Particularly…
UNICEF has begun a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers unexploded devices pose to children after the war in Lebanon. Children are particularly at risk from the aftermath of…
His Eminence Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judiciary, hosted a delegation from the World Council of Churches in his Jerusalem office. Sheikh Al Tamimi briefed the…
The Indonesian Government has sent financial aid to victims of the Israeli occupation in Palestine, said Financial Minister Dr.Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Friday, the Indonesian National News agency (Antara) reported…
{mosimage)Hundreds of people from the Palestinian and Arab community in marched in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people yesterday in the capital city of Lima in South America. Not…
In protest at the Israeli attacks against , has canceled a deal with Israel Aircraft Industries to upgrade aircraft, Israeli sources said on Tuesday. The cancellation of this deal is…
The European football governing body, UEFA, decided on Monday to bar Israel from hosting international soccer matches until further notice, as a result of violence in the region. The UEFA…
Three Palestinian filmmakers participated in a cultural evening in London sponsored by the Foundation of Southampton last Monday. The event showcased Palestinian film and addressed the many issues of the…
Protesters Blockade Brighton Warmongers, EDO MBM, to Prevent Production of Weaponry for War Crimes In the early hours of Monday morning protesters erected two roadblocks outside each gate of EDO…
The Catholic organization Pax Christi has backed a report from the group ‘War on Want’ which has highlighted the role of companies like Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Connex and Caterpillar in…
"We are highly disappointed and frustrated at the council’s continued inability to act while innocent Palestinian civilians continue to be brutally killed by the Israeli occupying forces," said Ryad Mansour,…
On Tuesday Qatar circulated a revised draft of United Nations Security Council resolution demanding the unconditional release of a captured Israeli soldier as well as ‘s immediate withdrawal from Gaza.…
At least 100,000 people took to the streets in Istanbul Sunday to protest ongoing Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people which have killed at least 52 Palestinians in Gaza since…
In a statement to the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Council to take a stand on the ongoing Israeli incursion into…
The following paid advertisement was signed by 300 Jews in Britain and placed in The London Times on July 7: WHAT IS ISRAEL DOING? A CALL BY JEWS IN BRITAIN…
Secretary General of the Arab League Amer Mousa pledged $50 Million US dollars to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority during a joint press conference in Cairo Tuesday with Nabil Shaath, aide…
Switzerland said Monday that Israel has been violating international law in its Gaza offensive by heavy destruction and endangering civilians in acts of collective punishment that are banned under the…
An American Human Rights group organized and sponsored a demonstration in front of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco Monday to protest the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian population in…