Palestinians mark 9th anniversary of Arafat death
Thousands of Palestinians have marked the ninth death anniversary of the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat. Carrying…
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Israel promotes racist policies: HR body
A human rights organization based in the Occupied Palestinian Territories says Israel is promoting “racist policies” by deciding to set up Jewish…
15 Palestinians killed since resumption of negotiations
TEHRAN (FNA)- A statistics report prepared by Quds Press International news agency showed that fifteen Palestinians have been killed by Israel since…
Rachel Corrie’s monument will be installed in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (MNA) – A monument of the known anti-Zionist activist Rachel Corrie is to be placed in Tehran. The Popular…
Israel denies involvement in poisoning former PA chief
The Israeli regime has denied any connection to the death of Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization. “There…
Israel must lift Gaza blockade: Iran UN envoy
Iran’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hossein Dehqani says the Israeli regime should end its illegal blockade of the impoverished Gaza Strip.…
Recent report supports theory Arafat was poisoned with polonium
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Swiss forensic report published on Wednesday revealed that tests on Arafat’s exhumed remains and possessions support the proposition…
PA must end talks, take Israelis to ICC: Analyst
A political commentator says Palestinians should stop the so-called peace talks with Israel and take Israeli officials to international courts. Bruce Katz,…
Kerry calls Israeli settlements on occupied lands illegitimate
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed his country’s opposition to Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian territories, calling…
Kerry meets Israeli, Palestinian leaders over troubled peace process
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US Secretary of State John Kerry, faced with grim Israeli and Palestinian assessments of progress in peace talks, said…
UN blames Israel for shutdown of Gaza projects
TEHRAN, Nov. 6 (MNA) – The UN says it had halted work on all but one of its 20 Gaza building projects…
Israel settlements expansion may blow up talks: Abbas
Acting Palestinian Authority chief says Israel’s expansion of settlements could blow up talks between the two sides. Mahmoud Abbas warned on Monday…
Gaza facing fuel, electricity shortages
Palestinian officials in the besieged Gaza Strip say that the coastal enclave is facing fuel and electricity shortages because of the Israeli-imposed…
U.S. see ‘no other plan’ to current track of Mideast peace talks: Kerry
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that the United States will maintain the current track of Israeli-Palestinian…
Israel orders demolition of Palestinian homes
Israel has revealed new plans for demolition of Palestinian houses in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the occupied West Bank, which will…
PA condemns Israel for construction plans
The Palestinian Authority has condemned Israel for its plans to build more settlements in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem),…
S Africa to slow down ties with Israel: FM
South Africa’s Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says her country has decided to “slow down” its ties with the Israeli regime in solidarity…
S Africa denounces Israel construction plan
South Africa’s foreign minister has denounced the Israeli regime’s plan to build new illegal settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem). “That arrangement…
Hamas: Power outage across Gaza as fuel runs out
TEHRAN (FNA)- A shortage of fuel halted the power generation across the Gaza Strip, said the energy authority of which controls the…
Gazans hold mass funeral for Israel attack victim
Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have held a mass funeral for a young man killed by Israeli forces in the enclave’s…
Hamas urges Ramallah authority to halt “disastrous” negotiations
TEHRAN (FNA)- Hamas movement urged the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to immediately stop the “disastrous” negotiations with Israel. Sami Abu Zuhri, a…
Israel detains 12 Palestinians, including 3 Hamas leaders
TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli forces arrested 12 Palestinians overnight Wednesday, including three leaders from Hamas, locals said. Israeli forces raided Ramallah and Beitunia…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man during a raid in the occupied West Bank, medical sources say. According to…
The UN Secretary General condemned building new settlements in the Eastern Quds
Ban Ki Moon Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) condemned the decision by the Zionist regime to build 1500 new houses…
Israel to build 1500 settler units in occupied lands
The Israeli regime plans to build 1,500 new illegal settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), a new report says. According to the…
Defiant Israel agrees to UN human rights review
Israel has attended a periodic hearing of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR), ending its 18-month boycott of the council over scrutiny…
Hebrew press: 1,700 new housing units in West Bank, Jerusalem
TEHRAN (FNA)- Hebrew daily said on Sunday that the Israeli government would soon issue tenders for the construction of 1,700 new housing…
Medicine shortage threatens Gazans
The Ministry of Health in the besieged Gaza Strip says the lives of hundreds of patients are at risk over the lack…
Israelis destroyed 4k olive trees in West Bank in 2012
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah says Israeli settlers destroyed more than 4,000 olive trees in the occupied West Bank during 2012. Addressing…
UN Envoy: Iran concerned about Zionists’ brutalities in occupied Palestine
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei expressed Tehran’s deep concern about Israel’s inhuman measures in the Holy…
Israeli forces raid villages across Jenin, detain 2
TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli forces raided houses in the Northern West Bank village of Sansour and detained two Palestinian men, security sources said.…
Abbas: I’ll meet Netanyahu anytime to push forward peace
PA leader in Europe as part of tour to drum up support for pressure against Israeli settlements; Kerry to meet with Netanyahu…
Saudi U.N. envoy criticizes Israel’s ‘daily violations’ in Palestine
Israel is committing “daily violations” against Palestinians and the United Nations is “incapable” of implementing its decisions on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Saudi…
Iran strongly deplores Israel’s sacrilege of Palestinian sanctities
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s attempts to destroy and defragment Muslims’ Al-Aqsa Mosque in…
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in West Bank
The Israeli military has reportedly killed a Palestinian man in a village near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. By Press…
Larijani reacts to Zionists vicious act of destroying Al-Aqsa Mosque
Tehran, Oct 20, IRNA – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Ali Larijani strongly criticized the Zionist regimes latest move to destroy…
Abbas alarmed over hike in Israeli settlements
Berlin, Oct 18, IRNA — The President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas here Friday voiced strong concern over the drastic…
Israel settlements in West Bank up 70%
A new report says Israeli settlement construction on the Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank has increased by about 70 percent.…