Jewish settlers close the Nablus main road, threaten to occupy Nabi Yusuf

Jewish settlers demonstrated on the main road leading to the northern West Bank city of Nablus and called for the re-occupation of Prophet Yusuf's memorial in the city.

President Obama: Getting to ‘Yes’

Whilst America has been absorbed by the Afghan election imbroglio, a less-noticed event slid into place in the Middle East.

Europe’s call to intolerance

My question for Switzerland and other European countries enthralled by the right wing: When did Saudi Arabia become your role model?

Robert Fisk’s World: These Iranian troubadours show how music can corrupt the soul

I heard them in a narrow street in north Tehran, not one of the rich villa-lined avenues we associate with the Iranian middle classes but a tired thoroughfare of overheated

Settlers tried to occupy the home of Hajja al-Kurd in Jerusalem

A number of extremist Jewish settlers tried to occupy the home of Hajja Rifqa al-Kurd in Sheikh Jarrah suburb in occupied Jerusalem a couple of days ago, local sources revealed

Ahmad: The Palestinian people reject partition today as they did 62 years ago

The head of Hamas's refugee department, Husam Ahmad, said that the conspiracy in 1947 which lead to the adoption of the partition resolution (181) aimed to legitimise the Balfour declaration.

IOF troops arrest a disabled Palestinian boy on his way to hospital

IOF troops arrested a 19-year-old disabled Palestinian boy Ahmad Samir Asfour, from the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on his way to a hospital in Jerusalem, according to

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

In 1977, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B).

Israeli radio: Ramallah and Washington hinder the Shalit deal

Israeli radio revealed on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority and Washington are hindering a prisoner exchange deal whereby Palestinian captives are released from Israeli occupation jails in exchange for the

IOF soldiers arrest fifth son of Um Bakir

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) spoilt the Eid joy for the Palestinian old widow Um Bakir in Nablus on Friday and took away her fifth son to join his four