Palestine

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 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 17, 2013

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on March 16, 2013 shows a bus following an accident with a truck in the Adssiyeh region in southwest Jordan. (AFP PHOTO/YOUTUBE)
11:29 GMT

The governor of Jenin confirms that the victims of the crash will be returned to their home city.

March 14, 2013

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raises his clenched fist in salutation during the funeral of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas. (AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO)
09:40 GMT

The Persian state trials short-range missiles, including the kind used in Gaza by Hamas.

Between 2008 and 2010, Palestinian filmmaker Najah Awadallah made three documentary films about marginalized women in the Gaza Strip.
07:09 GMT

Between 2008 and 2010, Palestinian filmmaker Najah Awadallah made three documentary films about marginalized women in the Gaza Strip.

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.

March 12, 2013

A World Bank report says that Israel is continuing to harm the Palestinian economy
11:35 GMT

Israel's system of checkpoints and restrictions in the occupied West Bank inflicts long-term damage on Palestinians' ability to compete in the global market, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday

March 9, 2013

Layla Issawi (R) holds a picture of her son Samer Issawi, a Palestinian held in Israeli jail and on hunger strike for more than 200 days. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI)
09:32 GMT

On his 222nd day, Issawi speaks out about his protest and demands that Israel either charge him or let him go.

March 7, 2013

Europeans accounted for 40 per cent of hotel occupancy in Palestine, new figures show
08:47 GMT

More than 40 per cent of the guests who stayed in Palestinian hotels in the West Bank during fourth quarter 2012 were from European Union countries, new figures reveal.

February 28, 2013

A victim of her city’s divisions, one Palestinian woman in Jerusalem sparked outrage after Israelis attacked her earlier this week, pulling off her headscarf. Like the Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire, could she become a symbol of change?
12:17 GMT

For Palestinian West Bankers, the term “Third Intifada” is bandied around almost every week so for a resident to take the idea seriously, all the right ingredients need to be present.

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.

Protests erupted across the West Bank in support of Arafat Jaradat, who died in Israeli custody
06:17 GMT

Israel on Monday demanded that the Palestinian Authority act "responsibly" and rein in unrest, as Palestinian protesters vowed revenge over the death of a Palestinian prisoner allegedly under Israeli torture.

February 25, 2013

Unemployment remains a big issue for the Palestinian economy, with over a quarter of the population without work
12:29 GMT

Unemployment in Palestine eased slightly in the third quater of 2012, but over quater of the population remain without work, according to Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.