Palestine

Palestine mosque torched in Islamophobic attack

BETHLEHEM: A West Bank mosque was set alight in a village near Bethlehem Tuesday with… Read More

Israeli troops kill Palestinian near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM: Israeli troops have shot dead a 19-year-old Palestinian man during unrest at a refugee… Read More

Top author Grossman boycotts Israel Prize

JERUSALEM: Top author David Grossman announced Thursday he will withdraw from contention for Israel's most… Read More

Hezbollah's Nasrallah threatens Israel

BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened in an interview Thursday to retaliate against Israel for… Read More

Abbas seeks to re-submit statehood bid to U.N. Security Council

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he was discussing with Jordan plans to… Read More

Opposed by US: Palestine resolution defeated in UN

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council failed Tuesday to adopt a resolution on Palestinian statehood… Read More

UN Security Council to vote on Palestine statehood

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council was due to vote Tuesday on a draft resolution… Read More

Netanyahu says European help for Palestine 'endangers Israel'

LONDON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that European support for a Palestinian bid… Read More

Large crowds turn out for Palestinian minister's funeral

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK: Thousands of mourners turned out on Thursday for a Palestinian state funeral… Read More

UN Report: 15 mln children affected in world conflicts

BRUSSELS: United Nations (UN) has stated in a report that 15 million children across the… Read More

Amnesty International accuses Israel of war crimes

LONDON: The Israeli military's destruction of civilian buildings during its Protective Edge offensive this summer… Read More

US Congress passes Israel strategic partnership bill

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to pass legislation making Israel a "major strategic partner"… Read More

UN to consider Palestine resolution 'soon'

UNITED NATIONS: A draft resolution to revive talks on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement is expected… Read More

Spanish parliament to vote on motion asking govt to recognise Palestine

MADRID: Spain's parliament will vote Tuesday on a non-binding motion calling on the conservative government… Read More

10 years after death, Arafat still Palestinian icon

RAMALLAH: For decades, Yasser Arafat was the incarnation of the Palestinian fight for independence. Ten… Read More

Fatah holds Hamas responsible for Gaza bomb attacks

RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement said it held Islamist group Hamas responsible for… Read More

Muslim men over 50 return to Jerusalem’s Aqsa mosque, tension high

JERUSALEM: Muslim worshippers over the age of 50 returned to pray at Al Aqsa mosque… Read More

Mahmud Abbas urges Palestinians to protect Al-Aqsa by ‘all means

RAMALLAH: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Friday called on his people to prevent Israeli settlers… Read More

Recognition of Palestine ‘still long way off’

PARIS: Despite a highly-symbolic British vote to recognise Palestine as a state, the road to… Read More

Israel concerned over peace prospects after UK Palestine vote

JERUSALEM: Israel warned Tuesday that a vote by British parliament in favour of recognising a… Read More