Latest in Tag: Palestine Highlight
Latest in Tag: Palestine
Israel denies future Palestinian ministers West Bank entry
Gazaâs Islamist rulers and the Western-backed Palestine Liberation Organisation, which is dominated by Abbasâs secular Fatah party, signed a surprise reconciliation agreement in April to end years of rivalry.
Fahmy travels to Algeria for Non-Aligned Movement meeting
Foreign minister pushes roadmap during Egyptian elections
Israel, Palestinians eye political gain from papal visit
In fact, the popeâs âpilgrimage of prayerâ, which begins in Jordan on Saturday, will leave a relatively faint footprint in Israel.
NVIC celebrates Palestine month this May
NVIC commemorates Palestineâs Nakba through film screenings and a lecture by prominent author Ahdaf Soueif
Former Israel PM Olmert gets 6 years jail for bribery
Olmert is the first former prime minister of Israel looking at a prison term for corruption.
Fahmy begins UK visit
Terrorism and Middle East peace process top foreign ministerâs agenda in London
Israeli FM Lieberman slams Arab Israelis over Nakba protest
Around 10,000 protesters, many waving Palestinian flags, joined a rally in northern Israel on Tuesday to remember 530 villages from which some 760,000 people fled or were expelled following the creation of the Jewish state in 1948.
Joint Egypt-Palestine committee calls for end of âIsraeli siege on Gazaâ
This is the first time the committee has convened in nine years and comes ahead of talks at the level of the foreign ministers
Hamas won’t recognise Israel, accept Quartet terms
AFP – Hamas will never recognise Israel and will not accept the conditions laid out by the Middle East peacemaking Quartet, according to the Islamist movement’s deputy leader. Speaking late on Saturday, Mussa Abu Marzuq said Hamas, which recently signed a reconciliation deal with the Western-backed Palestinian leadership in the occupied West Bank, would never …
Rafah border crossing opens for two days
Egyptian authorities open the crossing for humanitarian cases upon Palestineâs request
Fahmy to visit Washington
Foreign minister to discuss democratic transition, terrorism with American counterparts
Israel cabinet divided over Palestinian unity deal
Wednesdayâs surprise deal was denounced the next day by the Israeli security cabinet
Palestinian unity government will reject violence: Abbas
The new unity government he is set to head with the backing of Hamas would reject violence and recognise Israel and existing agreements, Abbas says
Jowan Safadi and Fish Samak make Egyptian debut at the Cairo Jazz Club
Though his nationality and previous controversies can overshadow his music, Safadi offers an entertaining mix of Arab rock with different themes.
Fahmy and Fatah discuss negotiations and Palestinian reconciliation
Foreign minister meets Fatah member ahead of renewed Palestinian reconciliation efforts
Egyptian FM meets with Russian envoy
Nabil Fahmy and Russian counterparts discuss bilateral relations, security situation
Fahmy presses Arab League chief on activating terrorism convention
Foreign minister and Arab League Secretary General discuss terrorism and regional issues
Israel, Palestinian peace meet postponed after killing
Israelâs army and police were still hunting for the suspected gunman on Wednesday, after carrying out extensive searches around Idhna.
Athletes and artists show Gaza still occupied
Recent cases involving athletes and musicians show how much Gaza is still under Israeli occupation By Hussein Ibish, Now I recently participated in a debate in New York City where two noted American pro-Israel advocates, Rabbi Shmuely Boteach and Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens, both kept insisting that there is no Israeli occupation in Gaza. Tell …
Jewish settlers attack Israel soldiers for second night
Rosenfeld said there had been no casualties but that two settlers had later been arrested.
Fahmy and Abbas meet ahead of emergency Arab League meeting
Abbas and Fahmy discussed the ongoing final status negotiations and the âobstaclesâ involved in the process
8 injured as Israeli forces clear illegal settlement
Israel has moved to demolish âwildcatâ settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, which normally consist of a few makeshift dwellings set up by extremist Jewish settlers on Palestinian territory.
Fahmy, Ban Ki-moon discuss Egypt peacekeeping role
Egypt has weighed in on several peacekeeping efforts as well as being one of the parties involved in the debate on the Ethiopian Dam.
Jailed Israeli spy could be key to peace talks
A source close to the talks said on Tuesday that there was a proposal which could see Pollard freed before the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins mid-April.
Netanyahu slams UN rights councilâs censure of Israel
The motions on the Palestinians were carried by 46 votes to one, with only the United States against, while the Golan resolution garnered 13 abstentions and a US ânoâ vote.
Arab League refuses to recognise Israel as a Jewish state
Adly Mansour discusses Palestine, Syria, illiteracy and terrorism in his address at the 25th Arab League Summit
Arab summit kicks off with calls to arm Syria rebels
The head of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed Jarba, repeated calls on the international community to supply rebels with âsophisticated weaponsâ.
Arab summit to back rejection of âJewish stateâ: Draft
The summit stresses a âcategorical rejectionâ of the demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, according to a draft statement endorsed by foreign ministers.
UN rapporteur accuses Israel of âethnic cleansingâ
By Dr Cesar Chelala Richard Falk, United Nations rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories accused Israel last week of âethnic cleansingâ of Palestinians. Speaking at a press conference, he said that Israeli policies bore âunacceptable characteristics of colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansingâ. âEvery increment of enlarging the settlements or every incident of house demolition is a …
Arab League: A factfile
The pan-Arab bloc was created in Cairo on 22 March 1945.