Bahar calls for endorsing Goldstone report at UNSC

Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, has asked the Arab and Islamic countries to exert more efforts when the Goldstone report is tabled at

IOF troops open fire at farmers in northern Gaza

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened heavy machine gun fire at Palestinian farmers while tending to their lands north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, local sources reported.

Families in Al-Khalil appeal for transferring political prisoners from Jericho

Five families of Palestinian political prisoners in the city of Al-Khalil appealed to all officials and human rights organization to intervene with the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah and get

Zahhar: Abbas should have declared failure of settlement process

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, a political bureau member of Hamas, said that former PA chief Mahmoud Abbas's decision not to nominate himself for PA presidency was an internal Fatah matter.

Palestinian independent figures discuss reconciliation issue with Haneyya

A group of national independent figures met on Friday with Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya and discussed with him every avenue towards the achievement of national reconciliation in addition to different

Israeli court turns down appeal by two detained PLC deputies

The Israeli military court in Ofer has turned down an appeal by two members of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) against extension of their administrative detention.

Resheq to Abbas: The national cause is bigger than all Palestinian leaders

Ezzat Al-Resheq, a member of Hamas political bureau, stated Saturday, commenting on Mahmoud Abbas’s last speech in which he declared his intention not to run for office, that the national

IPA separates Palestinian detained twins

The Ezzat family appealed to the human rights groups and all those concerned with prisoners' affairs to pressure the Israeli prisons authority (IPA) into bringing its two twin sons to

Stranded students in Gaza appeal for solution

Palestinian students stranded in the Gaza Strip who could not travel via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt to follow up their studies abroad have called on the media to

Kaddoumi: Abbas is lying about his intention not to run for elections

Farouk Al-Kaddoumi, a senior Fatah leader, stated Saturday that Mahmoud Abbas is lying to the Palestinian people about his intention not to run for presidential elections, affirming that Abbas would