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Palestinian Minister of Planning, Samir Abu Aisha, stated on Thursday that he is willing to meet with his Israeli counterpart Abraham Hertzishon, to discuss financial issues with him. In an…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that 140 residents suffering from heart problems and cancer were allowed through the Rafah border crossing on their way to Egyptian hospitals…
Palestinian security forces under the command of President Mahmoud Abbas, known as the presidential guards, working in the Gaza Strip received 2000 machineguns, twenty thousand gun chargers and one million…
The Israeli army bulldozers demolished one Palestinian house in Shu'fat refugee camp in Jerusalem city on Wednesday midday. Israeli soldiers and police surrounded the camp and closed it totally while…
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,…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Monday that Israel will negotiate with Syria over a peaceful settlement to the conflict if it cuts its ties with Iran. The statements…
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, claimed on Monday during his security cabinet session that he will instruct the army to remove 59 out of 400 checkpoints installed by the army…
During a session for Israel’s “security Cabinet” on Sunday, several Israeli ministers warned that Israeli would carry a large military offensive in the Gaza Strip if Palestinian fighters continue to…
Latin Patriarch of the Holy Lands, Michel Sabbah, reached Bethlehem on Christmas Eve day, the most celebratory time that the West Bank city sees all year. Thousands of people crowded…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, met on Saturday at Olmert’s residence in Jerusalem and agreed that Israel would transfer $100 million of Tax revenue…
The special committee formed by the Fateh and Hamas movements met in Gaza on Friday evening and confirmed that all Palestinian factions, especially Fateh and Hamas, are committed to end…
Leaving Bethlehem this morning after a three-day pilgrimage, the UK's church leaders pledged themselves to continue to be a "voice for the voiceless" on behalf of the beleaguered people of…
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that the truce and temporal borders offer, proposed by Hamas movement, are considered as means of deception to the Palestinian people. Hamas renewed…
Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said that his movement, Hamas, is willing to start new talks on a national unity government, based on Palestinian requirements and…
Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, have agreed to hold a meeting next Monday after Christmas celebrations. The Maan News…
After the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, decided to hold early legislative and presidential elections as a way to break the international embargo imposed on the Palestinians, Hamas and Fateh officials…
After the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, decided to hold early legislative and presidential elections as a way to break the international embargo imposed on the Palestinians, Hamas and Fateh officials…
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…
A trip past the King David Hotel in Jerusalem this morning showed that Israel was preparing for the arrival of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. At that same time…
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…
Who has failed to make peace prevail in the holy land of Palestine? The Palestinians, the Israelis, the international 'community' or the apathetic around the world? This is a question…
Palestinian factions in exile rejected the call of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, for early legislative and presidential elections, and called for withdrawing arms from the streets. In a press…
The Israeli government, the United States and the United Kingdom welcomed Abbas' Saturday speech and his call for early elections, considering it a serious Palestinian political decision. An Israeli security…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for early presidential and legislative elections as soon as possible, ending a 9 month-old internal Palestinian dialogue that failed to reach a unity government.…
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…
Israeli vice premiere Shimon Peres said that Israel will transfer tax revenue Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (P.A) if Israel is “confident that the money will not…
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, will present a speech on Saturday and is expected to keep the Hamas-run government in power for a short period before calling a referendum in March…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers reopened the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and that residents started crossing on both…
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…
Just before his trip to Germany, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted “when his tongue slipped” that Israel has nuclear weapons. Olmert stated that “Iran wants to possess nuclear weapons…
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…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, strongly denounced the Gaza attack carried by unknown gunmen who shot and killed four Palestinian children children in Gaza City after opening fire at a car…
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, was appointed on Sunday as the Secretary General of the PLO. Sources at the Executive Committee reported…
Speaking at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy in Washington, Israeli Ministers of “Strategic Affairs” Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel has the right to demand all of its citizens…
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…
Hamas member of parliament, Khaleel Al Hayya, stated that his movement is willing to field its own candidate to early presidential elections if the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, opts to…
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…
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya arrived on Thursday noon in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and was received by the Iranian vice-president. On Friday Haniyya said that his government will not…
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…
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday that the first stage of ceasefire between Israel and fighters in Gaza, under Egyptian mediation, could take place within the coming weeks, Israeli online daily…
Sources at the United Nations in New York reported on Friday that the investigation committee appointed by the United Nations to investigate the Beit Hanoun Israeli attack on November 8,…
Wa'el Abu Al Thahab, media spokesperson of the border crossing and the presidential guards, reported on Thursday, that Israel closed the Rafah Border Crossing, linking between Egypt and Gaza Strip.…
The Israeli education minister, Yuli Tamir, sparked a fire of controversy Tuesday when she ruled that Israeli textbooks should show the 1967 borders between Israel and the Palestinian territories. At…
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…
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said on Wednesday that prisoner swap deal talks should remain out of public reach, adding that “Israel does not negotiate with the media”, and that…
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday at night that the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation organization will convene on Wednesday evening, in the West Bank city of Ramallah for talks…
A senior Israeli source stated on Monday that Israel is offering to release 1000 Palestinian detainees in exchange to the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, held by…
Member of the Fateh Central Committee, Palestinian Legislator, Nabil Shaath, said on Monday that it early elections or a referendum are possible solutions to the current diplomatic crises and the…
The London-based Al Hayat Arabic newspaper reported on Monday that Noam Shalit, the father of the captured Israeli soldier in Gaza, Gilad Shalit, held talks with a source in the…
"The calm is on the edge of collapse due to the continued Zionist violations and the attacks against our Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza", stated Abu Ahmed,…
The Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, announced Sunday that Israeli forces will resume their shelling of northern Gaza, and will continue the daily invasions and attacks of the West Bank. …
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 Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization demanded on Friday the resignation of the Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas party, Ismail Haniyya, to step down before talks on…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today urged restraint and a continuation of a week-long ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and the Palestinian resistance, and called for an expansion…
The Israeli High Court rejected on Thursday a petition filed by the “Movement for Quality Government in Israel” to replace the Winograd committee which is investigating the handling of Israeli-Lebanon…
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…
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmouad Zahhar, said on Thursday that internal talks on the formation of a National Unity Government have reached an impasse, and that Hamas movement will not allow…
Egypt's Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, expressed optimism that a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Palestinians will be reached within the coming weeks before the end of the year.…
Dr. Salah Bardaweel, spokesperson of the Hamas “Change and Reform bloc” at the Palestinian legislative Council, accused on Thursday a stream within Fateh movement of attempting to void the results…
Omar Suleiman, Egypt's Intelligence Chief, arrived in Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli officials over a prisoner swap deal that would see the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit…
Dr. Rafiq Husseini, head of the Palestinian President's Office, said on Tuesday that president Mahmoud Abbas is slated to meet with the US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, in the…
Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, criticized during a meeting to the Knesset Foreign and Security Committee the decision making process that led to the declaration of ceasefire with…
In his first trip outside of the Gaza Strip since he took office, Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, left Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing in a tour that aims…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Monday that Israel insists on unilaterally drawing its borders, totally rejecting the Right of Return of the Palestinian Refugees, and that Israel will…
All foreign passports belonging to spouses and children of Palestinian ID-holders who had applied for visa extensions have recently been marked as “last permit” by the Israeli authorities. One hundred…
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday that an agreement of a National Unity Government is the way to enforce law and order, and ensure security for the Palestinian people.…
The Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, has urged the world community, especially countries hosting Palestinian refugees, to annul those refugees' internationally-recognized right of return to their homeland (what is now…
Several senior Palestinian political leaders confirmed that talks on the formation of a National Unity Government are ongoing in spite of the recent set-back regarding some issues especially the distribution…
Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Minister of the so-called “Strategic Threats” said that Israeli must repossess the Rafah Border Crossing and the Philadelphi Route in the southern part of the Gaza…
Friday evening, a closed meeting between the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya ended after the two leaders held further talks on the formation of the National…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Friday that his late Thursday night meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, was positive and good. Haniyya also stated that he will…
Officials of the Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected a five-point peace initiative proposed by France and Spain to revive the peace process and renew negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.…
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…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday that he received assurances from the United States that the formation of a National Unity Government would bring an end to its political…
Palestinian sources reported that talks between Fateh and Hamas on National Unity Government will be resumed today (Thursday) after the talks were stopped for two days. President Mahmoud Abbas and…
Ahmad Al Afeefy, head of the Palestinian Football Association said on Wednesday that the team was unable to participate in the Asian World Cup due to the Israeli closure of…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assured Hamas that the boycott will be lifted despite their refusal to recognize Israel; rather it is conditioned on a non-partisan government of technocrats, according to…
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…
Palestinian sources reported on Monday at night that the rival Fateh and Hamas movements agreed on the formation of a National Unity Government headed by Mohammad Abu Shbeir. Abu Shbeir…
Senior officials of Fateh and Hamas movements resumed their talks on the formation of a national unity government. The two movements held an extended meeting last night that concentrated on…
The late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who died on November 12th, 2004, was remembered today in simultaneous rallies held in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Gaza City, Rafah, Jenin and Beit Hanoun. In…
Sunday evening, leaders of Hamas and Fateh movements met in order to finalize the details of the upcoming National Unity Government. The meeting was held at the presidential headquarters in…
Arab Foreign Minister decided during an urgent summit in Cairo to break the siege imposed on the Palestinians and to transfer aid money to the Palestinian Authority. Secretary of the…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that the National Unity Government will be formed, in spite of all the difficulties, by the end of this month and that the…
Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Yousef Rizqa, said on Friday that the National Unity Government should not be formed before president Mahmoud Abbas receives American and Israeli guarantees that the…
Just two days after an Israeli attack in Gaza killed 18 civilians, many of them children, the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has announced that he would be willing to…
Several Arab countries condemned the Beit Hanoun Israeli military attack that against civilian houses that left twenty residents killed, including eight children. The Palestinians demanded sanctions against Israel while Washington…
Former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei is among the members of a new committee formed between Hamas and Fateh factions to hash out details of the new coalition government. Leftist…
Palestinian lawmaker, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, called on Thursday on the International Community to send an impartial international probe committee to investigate the Israeli attacks and “crimes” carried by the army…
Hamas political bureau cheif, Khaled Mashal, called on the Palestinian resistance factions to retaliate to the Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people “and the massacres conducted against them”. “Resistance is…
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed the Israeli attack that killed twenty residents, all family members and relatives, and described the attack as a horrible and ugly massacre. Abbas stated that…
Palestinian government spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad, said Wednesday that Israel is not a state, but rather a gang of criminals. The international community that Hamad says Israel disgraced in this morning's…
Fateh legislator, Mohammad Dahlan, said on Tuesday that the meetings between president Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, were serious and detailed, and that they discussed and solved several…