Palestinian Arena
May 10, 2013
A new report, the first of its kind made by the UN, has provided insight on the ways in which Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem since the 1967 war has significantly decreased their standards of living, housing, health care and education.
May 9, 2013
Israel has given the go-ahead to build nearly 300 homes in the settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, a spokesman said, just two days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly ordered a freeze on construction.
May 8, 2013
Israeli police say they released Mohamed Hussein, the top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land, on Tuesday
Jordan’s Parliament votes to expel Israel’s ambassador from the Kingdom in retaliation for Israeli measures against Al-Aqsa mosque.
May 7, 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a freeze on publishing tenders for new West Bank settler homes to avoid hampering US efforts to renew peace talks.
May 3, 2013
The stabbing of an Israeli man on Tuesday by a Palestinian in the West Bank, near the city of Nablus, has sparked Israel settlers in the local area to plan building a "revenge colony" as payback.
April 30, 2013
Arab states appeared to soften their 2002 peace plan on Monday when a top Qatari official said Israel and the Palestinians could trade land rather than conform exactly to their 1967 borders.
An Israeli settler was pronounced dead at the scene after being stabbed and shot by a Palestinian man, near the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning, whilst a confirmed Israeli airstrike killed one Palestinian in the Gaza Strip
April 14, 2013
Palestine Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's resignation has been accepted by President Mahmoud Abbas but he'll carry on as a caretaker PM
April 11, 2013
The Palestinian Prime Minister offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday over a rift in policy between the two
April 8, 2013
The Palestinian president was quick to head over the border on Sunday night after discussing the peace process with the U.S. secretary of state.
April 5, 2013
The UN agency decides to suspend its activities following protests that saw angry demonstrators break in to one of their compounds.
April 2, 2013
After promising to step down at the end of his third term, the exiled leader of Hamas is set to stay as head of the Gazan group according to sources speaking to Ma'an News.
April 1, 2013
Leaders of Palestinian movement Hamas are meeting in Cairo on Monday to elect a new political office chief, with Prime Minister of the Palestinian government in Gaza Ismael Haniya expected to win.
March 31, 2013
Palestine denounced a move by Israel to allow settlers to enter the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem as scuffles broke out, leading to the arrest of Palestinians.
