Tag: Palestinians

Reaffirming its firm support to the Palestinian cause, Pakistan on Thursday underscored the need for implementing relevant UN Security Council resolutions to pave the...

The hysteria on display in Washington over UNESCO's vote to include Palestine as a member of the world body, though largely a manufactured effort,...

The Palestinians will seek a vote on their bid for full membership of UNESCO next week, Foreign Minister Riyal al-Malki said on Wednesday, despite...

Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and 477 Palestinians on Wednesday tasted their first full days of freedom, with both sides mulling their gains —...

Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was reunited with his family on Tuesday after emerging frail but cheerful from 1,941 days of Hamas captivity, in a...

Israel was on Monday preparing to release 477 Palestinian security prisoners in order to secure the freedom of captive soldier Gilad Shalit following a...

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas made history in his people’s long quest for statehood as he formally asked the United Nations on Friday to admit...

Last-minute talks and the threat of a US veto have failed to divert Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas from his historic quest to seek state...

Israeli ministers are threatening a broad range of economic and political sanctions against the Palestinians in response to their high-stakes campaign to seek full...

Palestinian leaders are making a mystery out of their bid to secure UN recognition this month that is causing diplomatic panic in the United...

Palestinians on Thursday kicked off a campaign of support for their bid to become the 194th state to join the United Nations, calling on...

The Palestinians will present their bid for membership of the United Nations on September 20, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told AFP on Saturday....

Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday after entering a refugee camp to make arrests, medical officials...

Two Palestinians were shot dead overnight by Israeli soldiers in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian medics and security officials said...

Some 1,000 Israelis and Palestinians gathered in east Jerusalem on Friday for a protest march to support the Palestinian bid for United Nations recognition....

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Malki on Thursday urged Spain and the rest of the European Union to recognise a Palestinian state with borders from...

Egypt shut its border crossing with Gaza on Saturday for the first time since opening it on a routine basis last month, and angry...