Latest in Tag: Palestine Highlight
Latest in Tag: Palestine

Palestinian President Abbas steps down from PLO leadership ahead of internal poll
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has stepped down as head of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He remains president of the Palestinian Authority.

Legal case against UK for Palestine actions will be successful in Egyptian court: Activists
Case hopes to produce reparations from the UK for its historical Palestinian interventions

Al-Qassam Brigades vow action over abducted Palestinians
Whereabouts of four abducted Palestinians are as yet unknown

Rafah border crossing closed on Friday
A total of 6329 people crossed the Rafah border from and to the Gaza Strip in the past four days.

Kidnapping of Palestinians in Sinai cannot be evaded: Hamas movement
Four Palestinians were reportedly abducted on their way from Gaza to Cairo through the Rafah border crossing

Palestinian ends hunger strike as Israel lifts detention
Mohammad Allan has called off his 65-day hunger strike. The Islamist detainee, who awoke from a coma this week, made the announcement through his lawyer after Israel’s High Court lifted his detention.

Israel and Palestine play high stakes football
Israel and Palestine are playing political football, with Palestinian football as the ball. It is a match which Israel is unlikely to win and that could prove to produce a bruising loss. The stakes for Israelâ are far higher than for Palestine. Israel is effectively on probation as it seeks to definitively defeat Palestinian efforts to …
Fight continues 10 years after Israel ‘left’ Gaza
When Israel’s army withdrew from Gaza in 2005, many hoped that peace would follow. Ten years on, some say the move was a mistake, while others are asking if the occupation, as defined by international law, ever ended. On August 15, 2005, emotional images of Israeli soldiers made their way around the world as the …

Abbas to meet Shoukry, El-Araby prior to New Suez Canal opening
Palestinian toddler was burned alive, earlier this week, by Israeli settlers in West Bank

PLO holds Israel accountable for toddler’s death
Israeli Prime Minister Netenyahu condemns Palestinian toddler’s death in arson attack, expressing his âshock over the reprehensible actâ

Arab league condemns âattack on Al-Aqsaâ
Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces near Al-Aqsa Mosque
Foreign Minister visits Saudi Arabia for talks on regional issues
âThere were no meetings with Hamas, we support Egyptâs stance towards them,â says Saudi FM

HRW slams Israeli authorities for treatment of detained minors
New report condemns unnecessary violence as well as flaws in interrogation system
Shoukry discusses occupied territories developments with Palestinian delegation
The delegation gave a presentation about the current economic and political situation

Al-Sisi meets AJC delegation to discuss countering terrorism
The president met with the delegation on Monday, followed by meeting with PM Mehleb on Tuesday

No stability without just solution for Palestine: Shoukry
FM Shoukry welcomed the Quartet on the Middle East on Tuesday

IDF seizes Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Flotilla is second such attempt to break the blockade on Gaza

UN report on Gaza levels accusations against both sides
Israel rejected report, Hamas applauded condemnation of possible Israeli war crimes

Al-Sisi, Shoukry tackle Palestinian issue
President Al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Shoukry met with French, Arab Foreign Ministers

Rafah border opening extended to 5 days: Palestinian official
President Abbas intervened to âease the burden on familiesâ during Ramadan

Egyptian regional foreign policy in retrospect
With the region in turmoil, Egypt stands out as a beacon of stability – but where and how does Al-Sisi put Egypt’s political weight to use?

Egyptâs BDS movement ready to challenge corporate, political elites over Israeli occupation
International headlines were made after Orange CEO seemed to accept movementâs boycott argument

Radwa Ashour: A suggestion of a better mankind
Mourid and Tamim El-Barghouthy celebrate Radwa Ashourâs ongoing legacy

Legal case suing UK over Palestine begins in Egyptian courts
International movement challenges Balfour Declaration, hopes to win Right of Return and compensation for PalestiniansÂ

Shoukry, UN envoy in Palestine meeting
The officials discussed developments in the Gaza Strip reconstruction

BDS movement launched in Egypt
Amid popular support from political parties, student and labour movements, campaign aims to âredirect political struggle to Palestinian causeâ

Shoukry, Lavrov discuss regional conflicts
Joint economic committee meeting between Egypt and Russia postponed for reasons related to Russia’s internal situation
Egypt, CMI sign MoU
Signingis Egypt’s third extension of agreement, prolonging cooperation period from 2015 to 2018

1948 Palestinian refugee descendants cannot afford residence permit renewal
Nearly 5,000 Palestinians live in poverty in Sharqeya governorate

Palestine officially joins ICC
Palestine “deserves international support” for its move to the ICC in the face of opposition, say HRW