Palestine

Khader Adnan, local leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, agreed Tuesday to stop the hunger strike he observed for the past 66 days to protest his detention in Israel.

In the winter months people in the Middle East are also in need of warming foods. Some of the region's nourishing and healthy winter foods can keep you warmer, and guard against winter viruses. Both sweet and savory, here are some of the Levant and Arabian seasonal specialties.

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmud Abbas will lead an interim national government to prepare for upcoming elections, under an agreement signed on Monday in the Qatari capital.

The exiled leader of the Palestinian movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, will not stand for another term, Hamas said on Saturday, setting the stage for a struggle for his succession.

An Israeli strike Wednesday killed two Palestinians near the fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel, Hamas police officials said.

Recent talks between Israelis and Palestinians in Amman have so far failed to achieve concrete progress, King Abdullah II of Jordan, said about the low-level talks.

Britain slammed Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Monday as "deliberate vandalism" of efforts to establish a Palestinian state.

Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad told reporters yesterday (Sunday) evening that he hopes to reduce the Palestinian Authority’s budget deficit through increasing taxes and reducing spending.

Jordan's foreign minister said late Tuesday that the first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators in more than a year ended without any significant breakthroughs.

A reminder in brief of the tumultuous news schedule of the year passed. 2011 saw news churned out globally at such a rate that had viewers transfixed to their TV screens, computers and phones for constant updates. In no order of importance or calendar chronology, Al Bawaba offers you its very own review in montage of the year in two parts.

Israeli air strikes late Tuesday killed at least three Palestinians and injured 10

Christmas is observed in some Middle Eastern countries, by local peoples as well as by expatriates. How do these some 10 million Christian 'Arabs' living in the Middle East mark Christmas, with most living in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine? Christmas visits smaller Arab Christian populations in Jordan, Iraq, and even some of the Gulf states.

Over 300,000 Hamas supporters marched in Gaza on Wednesday to mark the Palestinian resistance group's 24th anniversary.

Palestinian officials slammed Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s comments that they are an “invented” people.

Palestinian sources said Friday one man killed and 12 others mostly children, were wounded, due to a series of raids by Israeli aircraft early Friday.

An Israeli air strike targeting a car in Gaza City on Thursday killed at least two Palestinians and injured two others

Israel announced yesterday that it would release tens of millions of dollars of tax money owed to the Palestinians, ending a standoff that the Palestinians say has caused grave damage to their economy.

Vast areas of lands behind the barrier have been wrecked by the pigs, and the frustrated farmers are set to abandon them. Many farmers have already left after incurring losses.

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Thursday praised a new "partnership"

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas vowed on Wednesday to "speed up" work with Hamas to form a new caretaker government and to prepare for new elections.