Tag: Palestine

Sources close to Gaza militant groups said early Sunday that they were trying to call a halt to rocket fire that brought deadly retaliatory...

Egypt and Israel are adding the “final touches” to a deal to swap an Israel-American detained in Cairo for a group of Egyptian prisoners...

Buses of Palestinian prisoners were on Tuesday headed for drop off points near Gaza and the West Bank in the first stage of a...

Israel on Sunday published the official list of 477 Palestinian prisoners to be released on Tuesday in the first stage of a deal for...

Israel limited access to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday for fear of violence on the Muslim Sabbath, which leads directly into Yom Kippur,...

Israel accepted on Sunday a call by international mediators to resume peace talks with the Palestinians and urged President Mahmoud Abbas to do the...

Bosnia, Gabon and Nigeria are the unwitting kingmakers in the desperate Palestinian battle for UN Security Council votes to back their campaign for membership...

Iran’s supreme leader rejected the Palestinians’ UN statehood bid on Saturday, saying any deal that accepted the existence of Israel would leave a “cancerous...

International pressure was mounting on Israeli Thursday over its plans for another 1,100 homes in an east Jerusalem settlement. The Palestinian leadership has said the...

The UN Security Council on Wednesday sent the Palestinian bid to join the United Nations to a specialist committee to report on the application....

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asks the UN on Friday to recognize a state for his people, even though Israel still occupies its territory and...

Israel welcomed as a "positive move" on Friday a decision by Arab states not to single out the Jewish state with a resolution condemning...

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said on Monday he anticipates a "very difficult" situation after he approaches the UN to seek full membership for a...

President Mahmud Abbas has promised Palestinians he will seek UN membership before the Security Council next week, amid mounting opposition from Israel and the...

The differences with Washington over the UN bid are “still wide,” a senior Palestinian official said on Wednesday after talks with US envoys in...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that the potential recognition of a Palestinian state by the UN should only be a "step forward" for...

Differences sharpened on Sunday over implementing a Palestinian reconciliation deal after the Fatah movement nominated Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to head a unity government...