Bahar: Hamas is not afraid of engaging in fair elections in West Bank

GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, stated Friday that his Movement does not fear to fight the elections, but the security instability

Nazzal asks Arabs and Muslims to support the Aqsa

CAIRO, (PIC)-- Mohammed Nazzal, a political bureau member of Hamas, has asked the Arabs and Muslims worldwide to rise up in support of the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem in

Report: 4,524 Palestinians detained by Israel since the start of this year

Researcher in prisoners’ affairs Abdelnasser Farwana reported Friday that he documented 4,524 Israeli arrests of Palestinian citizens since the start of 2009, 412 of them took place in October.

Jewish settlers attack Jerusalemite family with firearms, metal tools

Five Palestinians of one family were wounded on Friday when a group of armed Jewish settlers attacked their homes in Beit Safafa, south of occupied Jerusalem, local sources reported.

Ministry of prisoners condemns physical assault on two Palestinian detainees

The Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs on Friday strongly denounced the Israeli prisons authority (IPA) for deliberately humiliating and physically assaulting Palestinian prisoners during the last week, stressing that this

UNGA to discuss Goldstone report on Wednesday

The UN General Assembly is to hold a session on Wednesday 4/11 to discuss the Goldstone report that was tabled by a UN fact finding mission on Israel's war crimes

Agha: AI report ascertains IOA robbery of Palestinian water resources

Dr. Mohammed Al-Agha, the minister of agriculture in the Gaza Strip, has said that the Amnesty International's report on the Israeli occupation authority's (IOA) exploitation of Palestinian water resources is

Interviewing Khaled Meshal on Palestine, Goldstone, International Law and Israel Peace Process

On the 17th of October this year, I interviewed Hamas leader Khaled Mashal in his offices in Damascus, Syria on a wide range of topics. I did the interview as

Cairo 2010: After Kefaya

You are stuck in traffic in downtown Cairo. Zahma—a blockage. The cars are packed in impossibly thick and there is only the slightest of forward movement. Pedestrians squeeze their way

Detainees in Daqahleya have reached 53 Muslim Brotherhood members.

State security continued their campaign against members of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement where arrests were made in the Daqahleya Governorate.