Palestine

Hamas agrees to steps toward Palestinian unity

GAZA CITY: Hamas said Sunday it had agreed to steps toward resolving a decade-long split with… Read More

UN chief calls for lifting of Gaza blockade

JABALIA, PALESTINE: UN chief Antonio Guterres called for the blockade of Gaza to be lifted… Read More

Palestine to turn presidential palace into national library

RAMALLAH: Palestinian officials are embarking on a project to transform a presidential palace into a… Read More

Palestinian bus driver finds $10,000, returns it to Jewish owner

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian bus driver in Israel has returned $10,000 (8,500 euros) to a religious… Read More

Israel’s Netanyahu threatens to shut Al-Jazeera Jerusalem office

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he would work to close the… Read More

Erdogan urges Muslims to ‘visit’ and ‘protect’ Jerusalem

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday urged all Muslims to visit and protect… Read More

Clashes after Israel restricts Jerusalem Old City prayers

JERUSALEM: Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces outside Jerusalem's Old City on Friday as tensions… Read More

Remove Jerusalem metal detectors, Erdogan tells Israel

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin to… Read More

Israeli forces detain Jerusalem’s top Muslim cleric

JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces detained Jerusalem's top Islamic cleric as crowds gathered in the Old… Read More

Gaza may already be ‘unlivable’: UN official

JERUSALEM: The Gaza Strip may already be "unlivable", a United Nations official warned on Tuesday,… Read More

UNESCO puts Hebron on endangered heritage list

KRAKOW, POLAND: UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage… Read More

Palestine President expresses grief over Bahawalpur fire incident

ISLAMABAD: President of Palestine Mahmud Abbas on Thursday called Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and expressed… Read More

Trump’s son-in-law launches Middle East peace effort

JERUSALEM: U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, met Israeli and Palestinian leaders… Read More

Trump aims to mend Muslim ties on first foreign trip

  RIYADH: US President Donald Trump will seek to rebuild relations with the Muslim world… Read More

UNESCO ratifies Jerusalem resolution slammed by Israel

PARIS: The executive board of the UN's cultural agency ratified on Friday a resolution that… Read More

Hamas leader urges Trump to seize ‘historic opportunity’

WASHINGTON: The leader of the radical Palestinian group Hamas called on US President Donald Trump… Read More

Trump hosts Abbas in Middle East peace push

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump confidently predicted that a lasting Middle East peace agreement was within grasp… Read More

New Hamas document accepts Palestinian state with 1967 borders

DOHA: The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas unveiled Monday a new policy document which accepts the idea… Read More

US warns Israel on ‘unrestrained’ settlement building

JERUSALEM: The United States warned Friday that "unrestrained" building of settler homes could hinder peace,… Read More

Palestinian, UN alarm after Israel approves new settlement

JERUSALEM: The Palestinians and the United Nations on Friday condemned the Israeli cabinet's approval of… Read More