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March 22, 2014

Head of Danish parliament's planned visit to Palestine angers Israel

Israel is angered that the head of the Danish parliament, Mogens Lykketoft, has scheduled a visit this weekend to Ramallah and the Gaza Strip, an itinerary that does not...

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March 22, 2014

Construction of 558 new homes in East Jerusalem approved

Plans to build 558 new housing units in three settlements in East Jerusalem have been approved by Israel’s Planning and Building Committee. These include 386 units in Jabal Abu...

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March 22, 2014

Prominent Saudi sheikh denounces incitement campaign against Hamas

The Assistant Secretary General of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Salman Fahd Al-Awdah, has denounced the incitement campaign being waged by some Arab mass media against the...

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March 22, 2014

Hamas urges Arabs and Muslims to emulate European boycott of Israel

Arab and Muslim states should take a firm stand towards any entity that deals with the Israeli occupation as Europe has, Hamas said. In a statement issued by the...

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March 22, 2014

US and Iraq to cooperate in protecting oil production facilities

The US will send experts to Iraq to help it protect the infrastructure of its oil production facilities, officials said on Wednesday. Iraq’s oil production facilities and pipelines have...

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March 22, 2014

400 Palestinian refugees are being detained in Syria

The working group for Palestinians in Syria said its documentation team has found that 400 Palestinian refugees are being detained in Syria. In a press release, the group stated...

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March 22, 2014

UN expert calls for investigation into accusations of torture in the UAE

An independent inquiry must be launched in to allegations of torture in UAE prisons, a UN representative said. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and...

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March 22, 2014

Syria fails to meet pledges on chemical weapons for the second time

Washington has ruled out the collapse of the American-Russian deal on the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal despite the Syrian regime failing to meet its promises to deliver the...

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March 22, 2014

$500m worth of projects stalled because of the Israeli blockade on Gaza

Some $500 million worth of projects in Gaza have been stalled due to the Israeli siege imposed on the area, the head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege...

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March 22, 2014

Clashes erupt between Palestinians and occupation forces outside Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli special police units arrested on Thursday morning a young Palestinian resident of Jerusalem inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque and took him to an interrogation centre in the old city....

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