PALESTINIAN ARENA

A Palestinian was killed and over 50 were injured Friday in clashes with Israeli forces during protests of thousands of people in Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem on the occasion of "Land Day".

The confrontation between armed Palestinian groups in Gaza and the Israeli army Sunday caused the deaths of two Palestinians, including a teenager.

The secretary general of a Palestinian group in Gaza, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), was killed Friday in an Israeli airstrike.

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.

After over two decades of exile in Damascus, senior Hamas politburo member Imad Al-Alami returned Sunday evening to Gaza Strip.

Jordan's King Abdullah II has received the leader of Hamas. It was the first visit by Khaled Mashaal in Jordan since his expulsion 13 years ago.

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

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

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.

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

The London-based al Hayat newspaper reported on Wednesday that the relations between the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" and the Syrian authorities have been severely strained

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

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Monday categorically denied media reports about the departure from Damascus of families of the movement's leaders.

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

Palestinian sources confirmed that Jordan's King Abdullah II, who visited Ramallah Monday conveyed to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a European proposal to resume negotiations with Israel.

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.

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) approved on Monday Palestine as a full member

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Hamas was responsible for maintaining calm and prevent the firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, on Saturday lost six of its fighters in an Israeli raid on the Gaza Strip.

A deal has been reached today between Israel and Hamas in which captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be freed in exchange for 1000 Palestinian prisoners.

The stunned expressions on Palestinian delegates’ faces as they listened to President Obama bluntly reject their bid for statehood at the United Nations last Wednesday

In a dramatic speech at the U.N., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he had asked the international body to admit the state of Palestine as a full member.

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said on Monday he expects a “very difficult” situation after he approaches the UN to seek full membership for Palestine later this week.

The Palestinians will go forward with a bid for full membership of the UN, after Mahmud Abbas delivered a key speech in Ramallah on Friday.

The president of the Palestinian Authority is determined to ask full UN membership