Tag: Palestinians

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday asked the United Nations (UN) for international protection to the Palestinian people amid escalating Israeli offensive on the Gaza...

The Palestinian foreign ministry on Sunday summoned Australia's diplomatic representative after a top judicial official said Canberra would no longer refer to annexed east...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to unveil a unity government by Thursday, ending seven years of rival administrations in the West Bank and Gaza...

Palestinians are marking the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, when hundreds of thousands of Arabs were forced out of their homes and into exile....

The UN General Assembly - the largest representative body of world nations – overwhelmingly voted to give Palestinians the right to be non-member...

Israeli air strikes killed 18 Palestinians on Monday, hiking the Gaza death toll to 95 as global efforts to broker a truce to end...

The United Nation's secretary general on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire as Israel's pounding of Gaza enters its sixth day. Ban Ki-moon said he...

A Palestinian died in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, a medic said, bringing to three the number of militants...

Ballot booths opened across the West Bank on Saturday as Palestinians began voting in local elections, in what is the first time they have...

Pakistan will host two friendly matches against Palestinian footballers in hopes of reviving international sport in the country, hit hard by Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked...

Palestinian officials on Thursday appeared to backtrack on a pledge to make a fresh bid for upgraded UN membership on September 27. Nabil Abu Rudeina,...

Three Palestinians were wounded in an overnight blast in a building in Gaza City, a medical official in the enclave said on Wednesday. "One of...

The Palestinians on Wednesday called for an international probe into Yasser Arafat’s death, raising the possibility of his exhumation, after a report said he...

EU foreign ministers on Monday issued a harsh critique of Israel, saying the gathering pace of settlement-building, settler extremism, and ill-treatment of Palestinians threatens...

Palestinian officials said on Saturday they expected a breakthrough soon on efforts to end a mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israel, some...

The Palestinians have sent a letter to the UN Security Council seeking condemnation of Israeli settlement activity, the foreign minister said on Tuesday. Riyad al-Malki...

A drop-off in the delivery of aid to the Palestinians is threatening their financial stability, Israel warns in a report to be submitted to...