Palestine

August 12, 2012

Boarding the plane: Paul Ryan
21:24 GMT

We take a look at Mitt Romney's running mate and what would happen for the region.

July 25, 2012

The ever-wandering Palestinian refugee - where next?
05:27 GMT

There is nothing worse than being a refugee on the run, except being a refugee on the run again and again: Palestinian refugees in Syria also cannot expect to exist outside a paradigm of danger and unpredictability. Their brethren in Lebanon learned the same lesson years ago.

July 24, 2012

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
13:13 GMT

Israel recently transferred a $44.7 million advance on tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority as a goodwill gesture for Ramadan.

July 16, 2012

This is not the Occupation you're looking for
12:53 GMT

You've heard of Holocaust deniers, now a new breed of Semitic-denial: A new hushed-up report commissioned by the Israeli government finds that there is no Occupation of the West Bank and settlements should be legalized.

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 10, 2012

Mohamed Fouad
06:55 GMT

The Egyptian singer puts on a show in the cultural capital, Ramallah, promising to make all his audiences' wishes come true.

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.

Mina Fadali
06:52 GMT

The Egyptian actress was mugged and beaten by an armed gang but now there are rumors she was sexually assaulted at the same time.

July 2, 2012

Salam Fayyad
14:26 GMT

The Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank is facing its “worst financial crisis” since its 1994 establishment, the Palestinian labor minister said Sunday.

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 26, 2012

Mina Fadali was attacked and robbed but is safe and sound
09:43 GMT

Egyptian actress Mina Fadali was assaulted by armed thugs as she was leaving Al Arab Mall in Cairo.

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.