The signs are there that the Israeli state may have ‘won’ the most recent battle against Palestinians but could be losing the protracted war, especially in the court of public opinion
The links between apartheid South Africa and Israel have been highlighted, with Israel supplying weapons to South Africa during the arms embargo.
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails will embark on hunger strikes this week to draw attention to imprisonment without charge.
Israel has warned it will deny entry to "provocateurs" as up to 2000 pro-Palestinian activists prepare to fly in, en route to the West Bank.
Two representatives from Palestine and Israel repeatedly heard the region’s conflict called "apartheid". They explain why this idea is inaccurate.
Christians and Jews in the Holy Land are set to begin marking their most important festivals as Good Friday and Jewish holiday of Passover coincide.
A house in the occupied territory has becoming yet another source of dispute in this conflicted area between Israel and Palestine.
Israeli and Palestinian officials say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Palestinian premier Salam Fayyad in coming weeks.
US lawmakers have released $88.6-million in development aid for the Palestinians that they had held up since August.
Previous ceasefire deals after earlier rounds of fighting have often got off to a slow start with guns falling silent within a day or two.
Comparing Israel with the apartheid state has been going on for years. Now a new documentary film explores the comparison in disturbing detail.
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/ 24 February 2012
Pro-Palestinian activists believe in the effectiveness of their worldwide campaign.
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/ 12 February 2012
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has warned Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas against any "compromise" in its fight against Israel.
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a new unity government in the West Bank and Gaza which will be headed by Mahmoud Abbas.
A year after it began, eight Arab writers reflect on what became known as the Arab Spring.
Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of the Palestinian Islamist party Hamas, is expected to retire at upcoming leadership elections.
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/ 24 December 2011
Christians have begun flocking to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas following a tumultuous year of political upheaval and change across the Arab world.
Most members of the United Nations Security Council have voiced deep concerns about the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich is under fire for describing Palestinians as an "invented" people who were taught to kill at school
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/ 29 November 2011
Palestine says if Israel continues to withhold $100-million in tax revenues from it’s people, about 153 000 public sector workers will not be paid.
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/ 23 November 2011
The US’s funding cutoff to Unesco after Palestine was accepted as a full-fledged member could hamper the agency’s pro-democracy projects worldwide.
Palestine has vowed to continue its quest for full UN membership despite facing a setback at the Security Council and a possible veto from the US.
Palestinians may demand a vote on UN membership to force other countries to publicly justify their refusal of support.
The US cut off funds to the Unesco as a punitive action after the Palestinian Authority was accepted into the United Nations agency as a full member.
Palestine has explained that it will accept nothing less than full UN membership, and that once granted, would not seek to upgrade to observer state.
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/ 2 November 2011
The US has expressed disappointment with Israel’s decision to speed up settlement building following Unesco’s grant to the Palestinians.
Israel is to expedite settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in a punitive response to the Palestinians’ successful bid to join Unesco.
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/ 31 October 2011
The US announced it has stopped funding Unesco, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership on Monday.
Palestine has become a full member of Unesco in a highly divisive move that the US and other opponents say could harm renewed Mid East peace efforts.
Palestine’s President Abbas says the Arab world erred in rejecting the UN’s 1947 plan to partition Palestine into a Palestinian and a Jewish state.
While Nato was bombing its way to the Libyan oilfields, Turkey has been using "soft power" to assert its new-found foreign policy.
Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the UN has received the full backing of South Africa, which has called for a speedy decision on the matter.