Palestinian Arena

December 12, 2012

Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi
12:25 GMT

Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, who is rumored to have connections to Islamic Jihad, is said to be running for the presidency of the West Bank.

December 11, 2012

Khaled Meshaal waves as he leaves the Gaza Strip on Monday (AFP PHOTO / HO / ISMAIL HANIYA'S OFFICE)
08:30 GMT

Following his first ever trip to Gaza, exiled Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal, promises to heal rifts between the two parties.

December 10, 2012

Members of the Palestinian delegation to the UN carry a chair similar to those used in the UN General Assembly.
07:50 GMT

In response to Israel withholding funds from Palestine, Arab states step in to offer a "financial safety net".

December 8, 2012

Saturday's rally (Photo courtesy of Mahmud Hams / AFP)
17:38 GMT

In his first visit to Gaza, the exiled Hamas leader told supporters 'statehood will be the fruit of resistance, not negotiations'.

Khaled Meshaal on first-ever Gaza visit (Photo: Marco Longari / AFP)
10:14 GMT

Tens of thousands of people are gathering for a rally in the Gaza strip to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hamas.

December 7, 2012

Khaled Meshaal (Photo:  Louai Beshara/ AFP/ Getty)
10:57 GMT

Hamas’s exiled political leader, Khaled Meshaal, will make his first ever visit to Gaza on Friday for a three day tour, marking the group’s 25th anniversary.

December 2, 2012

Rafet Dabash (not pictured), a Palestinian from the east Jerusalem district of Sur Baher, has his house destroyed by a bulldozer. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
06:51 GMT

The US and the UK have condemned the Israeli government's decision to build 3,000 new units in illegal settlements in the West Bank.

November 30, 2012

Mahmoud Abbas takes his just dues in paper at the UN General Assembly
06:12 GMT

The Palestinian delegation to the UN under Mahmoud Abbas have been granted a non-member statehood. Abbas hailed this victory 'historic' and celebrated finally earning Palestine a 'birth certificate' from the UN.

November 28, 2012

Ambassador Riyad Mansour, of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, prepares to hold a press conference at the UN today in New York City. (AFP)
09:10 GMT

The British government says it will back Palestine if they agree not to pursue claims of Israeli war crimes.

November 27, 2012

Yasser Arafat
04:45 GMT

The remains of the late Palestinian president are due to be pulled out of his tomb in Ramallah today, to begin an investigation into how he died.

November 25, 2012

Israeli police gather after a blast ripped through a bus near the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on November 21, 2012. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL BAR-ON
04:55 GMT

The man behind the first attack in the Israeli city since 2006, was allegedly part of a cell that included Palestinians in the West Bank.

September 6, 2012

Gaza
06:53 GMT

Three Palestinians were killed and another seriously injured Wednesday night during an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza Strip, according to the spokesman of the Health Ministry. "

July 15, 2012

UNRWA
15:08 GMT

A dangerous development for the Palestinian cause has sprung up recently regarding the definition of Palestinian refugees.

July 12, 2012

Hamas fighters
11:38 GMT

A member of the armed wing of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas was killed and two others wounded Thursday morning during an Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip, officials said.

July 4, 2012

r Yasser Arafat
07:16 GMT

The former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with polonium shortly before his death in 2004, according to a documentary aired by Al Jazeera TV on Tuesday.