Press TV - The Palestinian Authority (PA) says it will refuse American aid in its entirety after Washington cut humanitarian funds to Palestinians, adding that accepting such help could carry unwelcome legal consequences for the Ramallah-based administration. The Authority sent an official letter to the US administration requesting it stop all aid ...

Bloomberg | Donna Abu-Nasr & John Follain:World leaders reacted with dismay after PresidentDonald Trumpdecided to recognize Jerusalem as Israels capital and relocate the U.S. embassy there, amid concern the moves could ignite new violence and bury any hope for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking at the White House on Wednesday,...

Press TV - Palestinian officials have called on the administration of US President Donald Trump to take a clear position regarding the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. The Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO)s Secretary General, Saeb Erekat,made the call in a statement issued on Monday following a visit by Jordans King Abdullah ...

Press TV- The Palestinian Authority (PA) has asked Russia to intervene to stop the US from likely relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds under a President Donald Trump. Saeb Erekat, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and chief Palestinian negotiator with the Israelis, has traveled to Russia on a mission ...

Press TV- The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has warned that if the United States moved its embassy in Israel from its current site in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds, popular Arab outrage would follow and force the closure of all American embassies in the Arab world. The umbrella groups Secretary General Saeb Erekat delivered the warning ...

Press TV- A senior Palestinian official has warned US President-elect Donald Trump against moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds, saying such a move would lead to the destruction of the so-called Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), made the remarks ...

A senior Palestinian official has censuredIsrael for intercepting an all-women flotilla en route the Gaza Strip which is under a decade-long blockade. Israeli troops stopped the the Zaytouna-Oliva flotilla, crewed by 13 women, some 35 miles from Palestinianwaters on Wednesday. The flotilla, which set sail from Spain on September 14, was redirected ...

Palestinianshave condemned the recent remarks by US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump who said he would recognize East Jerusalem al-Quds as the undivided capital of Israel, if elected president. Trump made the pledge on Sunday in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York. "Trump's statement shows disregard ...

Palestinianshaveexpressed alarmat a sharp rise in Israelidemolition of theirhomes in the occupied territories, urging international action tostop Tel Aviv from driving more families from their homes. Secretary of the PalestinianLiberation Organization Saeb Erekat said Wednesday Israel had displaced more than 30 families after demolishing their ...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has denounced as "war crime" Israel's plan to construct new settlement units in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian official said on Wednesday that the Tel Aviv regimes construction of illegal settlements continues to entrench Israels colonial occupation and undermine the so-called peace process. He ...

Tehran,January 7, The Iran Project Alongwith the Jewish Israelis' discrimination against the Palestinian people, two Palestinian passengers were removed from a Greek airline flight following the pressure by a group of Jewish Israeli passengers. Following the incident, Greek Aegean airlines sent a letter to the PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat ...

Tehran, December 3, The Iran Project- In a move against the Israeli violation of the Palestinian childrens rights, the Palestinian Authority has launched an international campaign on Wednesday to put the Israeli regime under pressure to release the minor Palestinian prisoners. In a statement issued by the Palestinian Prisoners Society, the Palestine ...

Tehran, October 26, The Iran Project Palestinian and Israeli sources saydozens ofPalestinians have been detained across the West Bank overnight Sunday, asthe tensions escalated in the Palestinian occupied territories. Theyhave raided the village of Beita near Nablus and detained a Palestinian on Sunday.The Palestinian sources say a-26-year-old Palestinian ...

[caption id="attachment_156113" align="alignright" width="188"] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv March 18, 2015.[/caption] (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's election after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals' lead with a ...

The Palestinian Authority mulls boycotting the upcoming round of direct talks with Israel in protest against Tel Avivs approval of the construction of more settler units on Palestinian lands just days ahead of new talks. "There are discussions with [acting Palestinian] President Mahmoud Abbas over not joining the second round of negotiations, slated ...