Palestinian Arena

April 14, 2013

Palestine caretaker PM Salam Fayyad
07:47 GMT

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

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad at a press conference in East Jerusalem
08:37 GMT

The Palestinian Prime Minister offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday over a rift in policy between the two

April 8, 2013

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gestures as he meets privately with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) in Ramallah. (RICHARDS/AFP)
09:12 GMT

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

A Palestinian woman works on a field in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip on April 4, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED)
06:46 GMT

The UN agency decides to suspend its activities following protests that saw angry demonstrators break in to one of their compounds.

April 2, 2013

Khaled Meshaal in Gaza.
05:00 GMT

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

Khaled Meshaal on first-ever Gaza visit (Photo: Marco Longari / AFP)
08:18 GMT

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

Palestinians have been arrested in the Al Aqsa mosque after Israeli settlers entered the site
12:20 GMT

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.

March 22, 2013

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands following a joint press conference at the Muqata, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday. (AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB)
05:00 GMT

While meeting President Abbas, Barack Obama says he is committed to peace but acknowledged the problems of talks with Israel's current policies.

March 21, 2013

A Fatah movement member stands next to a mural of the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)
07:58 GMT

The Palestinian Authority president lays out his plans in a set of draft talking points for visiting U.S. President Barack Obama.

Relatives of prisoners of Palestinians held in Israeli jails burn pictures of US President Barack Obama during a protest against his visit to the region at the Jabalyia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
06:59 GMT

As the U.S. president tours Israel, militants in the tiny Gaza Strip decide to hit one of the Jewish state's southern towns.

March 20, 2013

US President Barack Obama meets Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP Photo)
13:49 GMT

US President Barack Obama has arrived in the holy land and announced the unbreakable bond between Israel and the US.

March 18, 2013

Ayman Sharawneh is greeted by crowds as he arrives in Gaza (AFP Photo)
13:16 GMT

Ayman Sharawneh's brother Jihad was arrested just hours after the hunger-striker signed a deal with the Israelis to deport him to Gaza.

March 13, 2013

Mourners carry the body of Mahmoud Al-Titi, a Hamas militant who was killed by Israeli soldiers during clashes on Tuesday night. (Photo: AFP / HAZEM BADER)
14:43 GMT

Israeli forces shoot dead a young Palestinian protester using bullets prohibited by international law.

February 27, 2013

Israel’s settlement construction in annexed east Jerusalem is part of a strategy aimed at preventing the Holy City from becoming the capital of two states, an internal EU report found on Wednesday.
08:07 GMT

Israel’s settlement construction in annexed east Jerusalem is part of a strategy aimed at preventing the Holy City from becoming the capital of two states, an internal EU report found on Wednesday.

February 26, 2013

A rocket fired from Gaza hot southern Israel early on Tuesday. [File photo]
10:33 GMT

As unrest continues in the West Bank, a rocket from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel early Tuesday morning, Israeli and Palestinian media report. The Grad rocket landed in south of Ashekelon and inflicted no injuries.