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February 17, 2014

PA security drive against Palestinians is its "basic role", claim Israeli officials

The Palestinian Authority’s extensive security and detention drive against Palestinian activists in the occupied West Bank has been described by Israeli officials as the PA’s “basic role”. It represents,...

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February 17, 2014

IMF refuses to give $1bn loan to the PA

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rejected a request from Benjamin Netanyahu to offer the Palestinian Authority a $1 billion loan, because the PA “is not a state”. The...

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February 17, 2014

Who killed Yasser Arafat?

After the death of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat seven years ago, many voices called for an official and open investigation into the cause; they were ignored. Palestinian, Arabic...

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February 17, 2014

Mohammed Abu Labadah released from detention

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Israel released 34 year old Palestinian prisoner, Mohammed Abu Labadah, this month following his completion of a twelve year sentence. Labadah’s is a harrowing story which includes...

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February 17, 2014

Islamic University of Gaza celebrates first medical graduates

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) is preparing for its 31st graduation ceremony; this year’s theme is “creativity and distinction”. Students from different faculties at the university,...

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February 17, 2014

The untold story of higher education for Palestinian students

The denial of unhindered access to education is one of the untold stories of the suffering of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank. While thousands...

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February 17, 2014

Jordan's Islamists: reform must deliver power to the people

Jordan’s Islamic Action Front Party has condemned the government’s spokesman, Samih Maaytah, for a recent statement in which he asserted that the level of reform achieved in Jordan thus...

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February 17, 2014

Israeli court orders the demolition of 29 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem

An Israeli court has issued a ruling which allows the municipal authorities in Occupied Jerusalem to destroy 29 Palestinian homes in the Silwan district of al-Bustan, south of the...

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February 17, 2014

Ongoing siege of Gaza "threatens stability in the region"

The newly-appointed Director of Operations for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip has warned that the continuing blockade “threatens the stability of the region”....

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February 17, 2014

Human rights groups call for immediate transfer of hunger strikers to civilian hospitals

As organisations dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights, the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organizations (PCHRO) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) are gravely concerned for...

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