Palestinian Arena

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.

June 28, 2012

Hamas
06:20 GMT

A Hamas military executive based in Syria, Hussein Kamal Ghannaje, was murdered Wednesday in the suburbs of Damascus

June 24, 2012

Gaza
09:46 GMT

Hamas and Israel observed a fragile truce declared last night. Hamas said Saturday evening it was ready to observe a truce with Israel

June 23, 2012

Gaza under fire
09:58 GMT

At least two Palestinians were killed and over twenty injured in the past 24 hours during a series of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

June 21, 2012

Hamas
09:53 GMT

Hamas, who rules in Gaza Strip said Wednesday night it was ready to restore a truce with Israel under Egyptian mediation, provided it is reciprocal.

June 19, 2012

Hamas
15:44 GMT

The Israeli air force launched on Tuesday several raids in Gaza Strip, killing at least four Palestinians.

Ismail Haniyeh
12:55 GMT

The article written by the head of the Hamas government in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh in the British newspaper The Guardian raises a great interest in the Palestinian arena.