Category: International Politics

   US President George W. Bush visited Israel this week.  This time he addressed the Israeli Knesset, wishing Israel a “Happy Independence Day”.   Just before George Bush took the…

The White House said on Wednesday the during his second visit to the region this year, which is expected to start next week, the U.S President Bush will try to…

The Israeli President, Shimon Peres, stated Monday that "Iran is a danger not only for Israel but also for the rest of the world", adding that if Iran were to…

Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, said on Sunday that the visit of US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, to the region is only for…

If four Israeli children, ranging from one year old to six years old, were killed by a Palestinian bombing, it would likely make the front page of most major US…

The United Nations voiced yesterday grave concern over the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip in the shadow of strict Israeli blockade and deadly Israeli army attacks. Mr. Ban…

Egyptian security sources reported on Friday that Egyptian authorities sent hundreds of policemen to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip to enforce security and to prevent the Palestinians…

In a statement that was issued on Friday, the United Nations called for both Israel and the Hamas movement to reach a settlement to the fuel crisis that has been…

Luis Michel, the European Union Commissioner urged Israel on Thursday to ensure that entry of fuels into the Gaza Strip. The statement came after the United Nations Office for the…

Former US President, Jimmy Carter, met on Friday in Damascus with the Syrian president, Bashar Asad. Carter later on held a separate meeting with Hamas political bureau chief, Khalid Mashal.…

UNRWA Commissioner-General, Karen Abu Zeid, stated on Monday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is disastrous, and that extensive efforts are needed to end the crisis in the coastal…

Five years ago today, 22-year old photography student Tom Hurndall was gunned down by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, while holding up his empty hands and pleading with the…

Israeli Foreign Ministry stated on Tuesday that it will bar a UN official, appointed to investigate Human Rights abuses in Israel and Palestine,  from entering the country after he, according…

Israel second only to Iran in negative image worldwide, according to the results of a BBC poll released Wednesday.  54% of those polled viewed Iran negatively, and 52% viewed Israel…

On Sunday a new Jewish leftist movement which opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestine was formed in Canada. The movement calls itself the Jewish Canadian Coalition, and officially announced that…

The European Union decided on Tuesday to transfer 300 Million Euros in aid to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) as part of its December 2007 promise to transfer this amount to…

The political advisor of the European Union, Maya Szrdrab, visited on Tuesday several headquarters of Charitable Organizations in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The organizations are slated to…

Death hovered over Gaza long before locally-made Palestinian rockets struck near the Israeli southern town of Sderot on February 27, killing Roni Yechiah and sparking an Israeli ‘retaliation’ that has…

David Rose, a U.S. journalist with the magazine Vanity Fair, has revealed documents and sources showing that the Bush administration has engaged in a plot to undermine and overthrow the…

A spokesperson of the European Union stated on Wednesday at night that he holding talks with Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on the possibilities to reopen the Rafah Border…

Several Human Rights organizations in the United Kingdom stated in a report on Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is now worse than it was at any…

Members of the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Union met on Wednesday with the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Ashraf Al Ajrami, and Fadwa Ibrahim, of the Free Marwan Barghouthi…

The Acting head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Dr. Ahmad Bahar, from the Hamas party, issued on Friday a press release welcoming the a statement by the European Union…

On Thursday, several European Union lawmakers urged Israel to refrain from inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip, and stated that the Israeli blockade over the…

Free media is an important institution in a democracy. The media in a democratic society must be responsible for conveying the sort of facts and analysis that is necessary for…

Allen Remy, the French Consul to the Palestinian Authority, visited on Wednesday the northern West Bank city of Nablus and described the conditions there as “calm”. He also said that…

The European Union Ambassador to Israel, Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal, criticized Israel on Monday for not easing the restrictions on the occupied West Bank, and added that Israel should have more faith…

John Holmes, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at the UN visited Gaza on Friday and called for reopening the borders in the Gaza Strip in order to relief the suffering…

The European Commission stated that it held consultation with representative from 55 organizations to discuss a new EU funding channel which aims at reducing poverty an building Palestinian civil Society…

La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…

La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…

During a press conference conducted by ten members of the European Parliament from different political groups, led by Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the EU parliament, the members stated that they…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Thursday that he is willing to act in order to achieve a comprehensive ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which…

The European Union stated that it is providing assistance to five new projects to revive the development of the agricultural sector in the Palestinian territories. The amount which will be…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that the European Foriegn Policy Chief, Javier Solana, and Middle East Quartet Envoy, Tony Blair, are scheduled to travel to the area next…

The United Nations Security Council failed on Tuesday evening to issue a statement condemning Israel for its siege on Gaza.The Libyan representative of the UN, who this month holds the…

The European Commission will launch next 1st February the PEGASE1 mechanism, a new instrument to channel EU and international assistance as a contribution to the building of the Palestinian State…

The United Nations Security Council failed again on Friday to issue a statement calling for the end of the Israeli imposed siege on the Gaza Strip and the halt of…

Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Ahmad Qurea, met on Friday morning with Mark Otte, the EU envoy to the Middle East Peace Process and discussed with him several issues regarding the stalled…

         Brussels, 23rd January 2008, Rafah: the breach in the wall is an act of freedom and a strong warning to the EU, the Quartet and Egypt "The thousands of…

USA blocks statement by the UN Security Council criticizing the Israeli siege of the Gaza strip. The US representative in the UN, Zalman Zad, said that this statement ‘is not…

The ambassador of South Korea in Palestine, Shin Kak Su, and delegates of the embassy, visited Jenin district on Tuesday and were received by the acting mayor of Jenin, Ali…

The leader of the democratically-elected Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyya, warned the Palestinian people not to believe yesterday's speech by U.S. President George W. Bush in which…

After his first-ever visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, US President George Bush made a statement that contradicted earlier US policy toward Israel.  He stated that a Palestinian state must…

No country in the world has been able to defy international law as much as Israel in the four decades since the Six Day War, the South African government said…

In May the human rights group Amnesty International released its 2007 report on “Israel and the Occupied Territories,” summarising 2006. During the year Israel killed more than 650 Palestinians, which…

The hijacking of an Israel-bound plane in 1976 by a Palestinian resistance group was used by multiple Israeli administrations as justification for their continued military occupation of Palestinian land. Yitzhak…

Sources in the Israeli army have stated that there has been no ground invasion of the Gaza Strip because of fears over a summer war with Syria.According to Haaretz.com, highly-placed…

British college teachers decided to boycott Israeli academic institutions and pressure the European Union to curtail educational and cultural programs with Israel in a vote last night in the seaside…

"The U.S. Senate and House of Representative have a crucial role to positively influence Mideast peacemaking through supporting efforts to restart the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and bringing both sides back…

France slammed on Friday the Israeli abduction of the Palestinian Education Minister,  Nasser Ed Deen Al Sha’er, and 30 other legislators, ministers and officials, and demanded their immediate release after…

The Turkish government condemned on Friday the kidnapping of more than 30 high officials of the Palestinian Authority including lawmakers, Mayors and a Minister of Education Nasser Eddin El-Shaer. In…

Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi met on Friday with King Abdullah of Jordan on the sidelines of the Economic Forum held at the Dead Sea in Jordan.Dr. Barghouthi stated…

Italian Foreign Minister, Massimo D'Alema, stated on Wednesday that Italy would consider sending a peace keeping force to the Gaza Strip in order to stop the Palestinian internal clashes and…

The European Union is currently weighing the options to transfer direct financial aid to the Palestinians, especially after some EU countries held meetings with non-Hamas ministers of the unity government.…

Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr, Mustafa Barghouthi, welcomed on Sunday the European Union position to boycott the Israeli celebrations marking the day of “unifying Jerusalem:, which was carried out after…

During an interview with a Cuban TV Show on the seventh anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the Lebanese president, Emile Lahhoud, stated that the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party…

The as Palestinian Youth and Sports Minister, Basim Na’im, landed in Holland as he was on his way to participate in a conference in Belgium; the Dutch Authorities held him…

The European Union and the Palestinian Finance Mnister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, agreed that the EU would start coordinated and regular payments of salaries to the Palestinian government employees at the…

For years I have been one of the doomsayers, arguing that the two-state solution is dead and that apartheid has become the only realistic political outcome of the Israel-Palestine conflict–…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Tuesday at his headquarters in Ramallah, the Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon, and informed him on the latest development in the Palestinian territories, and…

Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, is assessing the humanitarian situation in the Middle East, in the context of a five day visit to the region.…

The European Union stated that its aid will bypass the Palestinian National Unity Government until it accepts the conditions of the Quartet committee. The statement was made by the EU…

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the Palestinian Minister of Information and spokesperson of the National Unity Government, met on Wednesday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He described the meeting as positive.Barghouthi…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Tuesday at night that the Bush Administration authorized the Congress to send $59 million to bolster the Palestinian Security Forces loyal to the Palestinian…

The Arabs48 news website reported that senior Palestinian officials said that they are disappointed by the the outcome of the visit of Angela Merkel,the German Chancellor, to Ramallah, in the…

In her first visit to the region as president of the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated Sunday the international Quartet’s demands from the Palestinians that the latter’s new…

During their meeting in Germany, European Union Ministers backed the revived Arab Peace Initiative, and said that they will deal with ministers of the new Palestinian National Unity Government who…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Wednesday that several European Countries confirmed that they are committed to ending the siege imposed on the Palestinians by developing their relations with…

Ahmad Sa’adat, Secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) demanded that the Arab leaders holding their summit is Saudi Arabia affirm the Palestinian refugees’ right to…

Jacob Walles, the US consul-general in Jerusalem, met on Tuesday with the Palestinian Finance Minister, Salaam Fayyad. The meeting is considered the first contact between the United States and the…

Saturday, the United States said that it was disturbed by a statement from the Palestinian Unity Government regarding the right of resisting the Israeli occupation. The government's statement was made…

In a meeting with Hamas’s political bureau chief Khaled Mash’al, in the Yemeni capital of San’a, President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh reiterated full support for the establishment of a…

We in Canada have our own ‘Aipacs’, devoted Zionists in bed with our government, and the Christian Right. However, we also have many Palestine solidarity and Arab organizations, as well…

There may have been a period when all roads led to Rome, but for the Palestinian people, all roads lead to checkpoints. The latest checkpoint Palestinians find themselves at is…

The U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice met Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but did not make a statement either supporting or rejecting the Palestinian unity government.  The government,…

Aides to the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Thursday that the United States has informed Abbas that it will boycott the new National Unity Government because it “will not…

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has met separately with the President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas politburo Kahled Mashaal in Mecca, ahead of a meeting with both leaders together in an endeavor…

When in the course of human events, repeated outrages are inflicted on a particular segment of humanity, it behooves those witnessing such conduct to denounce it straightforwardly and, should the…

In recent days the unremitting, murderous brutality of the Israeli occupation has been eclipsed by the carnage in Gaza as dozens of Palestinians have been killed in what is commonly…

In contradiction to several reports issued by leaders of the Palestinian security forces loyal to Fateh movement, Iran officially announced on Saturday that no Iranians were arrested on Friday by…

A private meeting between a group of senior British MPs and prominent members of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority took place in Ramallah last week, British daily The Indepentent reported on…

A British media source reported on Monday that a US Government report has come to the conclusion that Israel probably violated the terms of its arms deals with Washington by…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, downplayed US Secretary of State Condolezza Rice\\\’s visit to the region on Friday, calling it ‘unimportant’. Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas,…

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…

Both President Husni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abduallah II of Jordan voiced Wednesday  their concern over the growing tension in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the Hamas-Fatah infighting that…

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 –…

In a televised interview with the Aljazeera Channle’s show ‘Without Frontiers”, Naeyf Hawatma, senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), revealed that Israelis and a number of Hamas officials…

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…

Head of the Israeli Security Agency, Shabak, Yuval Diskin, said during a cabinet session on Sunday that if Palestinian general elections are to be held today, the chances of the…

Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement, Hamas, said that the Friday meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, did not achieve any positive results. Hamas…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert stated on Friday that he is willing to discuss the Italian proposal to send an international force to Gaza. Olmert said that he will discus…

The Israeli army opened fire at Palestinian farmers in the northern part of the Gaza Strip injuring two. The attack is considered as a direct violation to the ceasefire, but…

Palestinian Minister of Detainee, Wasfi Qabha, revealed on Monday during a meeting with parents of Palestinian detainees, in Bethlehem, information regarding a prisoners swap deal between Israel and Palestinian resistance…

Israeli opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, slammed on Monday the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians and said that Palestinian factions did not halt the firing of homemade shells, warning that…

Dr. Usama Al Mazeeny, a political leader of Hams movement, said that statements of some Fateh leaders claiming that Hamas demanded the suspension of National Unity talks are “illusive” and…

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…

Israel has authorized U.N. troops to deploy in the Lebanese part of the divided border village of Ghajar, completing its pullout from Lebanon following the war with Hizbullah. The influential…