Latest in Tag: Palestine Highlight
Latest in Tag: Palestine

Morsi holds talks with Gul over Palestine, Syria
Palestinian factions to meet in Egypt next week for discussions

Tourism in the news: EgyptAir signs cooperation agreement with Palestinian Airways
Egyptâs economy relies heavily on its tourism sector that has been struggling to survive since the uprising of 25 January and subsequent events in the country. Once a month DNE rounds up the most significant news relating to tourism to give you an overview of the efforts that are being made to bring tourists back to the country.

Islamic Summit’s12th session launches in Cairo
Syria, Palestine and Mali dominate the conference’s agenda

Islamic Summit launches in Cairo
Syrian and Palestinian issues dominate the conference’s agenda

Egyptâs Foreign Minister opens Islamic summit
Palestine and Syria dominate agenda during preliminary meeting
Arab League meets EU envoy
EU envoy discusses peace in the Middle East but avoids mentioning Syria and current crisis in Egypt

Al-Araby receives head of EU Council
Arab League secretary general and top European politician discuss Palestine, Syria and Mali
Arab ministers condemn Israel for damaging Palestinian economy
Arab Ministers accuse Israel of withholding money owed to State of Palestine and causing an economic crisis

Egypt taking a special interest in Palestinian prisoners
Ministry of Foreign Affairs paying close attention to Palestinian prisoners in Israel

Palestinian delegation in Cairo ahead of Arab League meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs holding a number of meetings to discuss Palestinian situation before ministerial meeting at the Arab League
Arab League calls for Palestinian prisoners to be treated as POWs
Arab League condemns Israel for re-arresting Palestinians following a prisoner swap and demands prisoners be treated as prisoners of war

US Middle East peace envoy in Cairo
David Hale meets with Egyptian officials ahead of Quartet meeting on Thursday
Badie, Ahmedinejad and Carlos Latuff âanti-Semites of the yearâ
The Simon Weisenhall Centre is a pro-Jewish rights group that ranks the Muslim Brotherhood as the most dangerous anti-Semitic organisation in the world

Palestinian delegation call on Cairo mediation
Palestinian Authority looks to Egypt for assistance with prisoner release. Internationally, Egypt has gained respect as mediator between Israel and Palestine talks

Israeli army exercise forces Palestinian evacuation
The Israeli military acknowledged issuing 24-hour evacuation orders

FJP backs El-Erianâs call for Egyptian Jewsâ right of return
Online activists criticise El-Erianâs comments, saying Egypt should accept Copts before introducing more minorities

The world visits Gaza
Increased opening at the Rafa crossing continues to make Egypt most of the worldâs access point to Gaza

Arab Peace Initiative meeting in Doha
Meetings on Palestinian unity to take place in Cairo

President of UN General Assembly in Cairo
Egyptian foreign minister criticises UN Security Council

Fatah hails Hamas chief Meshaal’s unity calls
Meshaal, chief-in-exile of Hamas’s politburo, arrived in Gaza on his first-ever visit on Friday

Egypt helps world celebrate Hamas anniversary
Rafah border crucial for visits from international delegation and exiled party head

UN urges Palestinians to stay out of Syria conflict
“Nobody should put them into the crisis”

Jordan king to visit Ramallah Thursday
The Palestinians are expected to ask Arab nations to provide additional funding

Egypt condemns plans for new Israeli settlements
Continuation of settlements threatens two-state solution says Amr

Turkish-Arab cooperation forum held in Istanbul
Palestine and Syria top the agenda

Palestine and the UN âobserver statusâ
Palestinians are looking for General Assembly approval to be upgraded to a non-member observer state

Hamas chief backs Palestinian UN bid
Abbas is set to ask for state observer status for the Palestinians this Thursday

Arafat exhumation hopes to quell poison quandary
Palestinians have already launched preliminary work on the grave and all the pieces are in places for the samples to be taken away for subsequent analysis

Abbas says ‘fully confident’ ahead of UN upgrade bid
Abbas said the UN move would be followed by steps to bridge the bitter political divide between his Fatah movement and its Islamist rival Hamas

Palestinian ‘killed by Israeli fire’: medics
The first casualty since the two sides agreed on a truce