Political Affairs

Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (1937 – 22 March 2004) [1] was a founder of Hamas, an Islamist Palestinian paramilitary organization and political party. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Yassin also served as the spiritual leader of the organization. Hamas gained...

The West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories. The West Bank shares boundaries (demarcated by the Jordanian-Israeli armistice of 1949) to the west, north, and south...

Palestinian woman being thrown out of her house and property. A home she and her family have had for thousands of years. Israeli invading immigrant army use Americans money to ethnic cleanse Palestinians and steal their home. Rape, torture, theft, mutilation,...

Nakba Day (Arabic: يوم النكبة Yawm an-Nakba, meaning "Day of the Catastrophe") is generally commemorated on 15 May, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut). For the Palestinians it is an annual day of commemoration...

Internet search engine Google has taken a small but politically loaded step by changing the tagline on the homepage of its Palestinian version from “Palestinian Territories” to “Palestine.” The change, introduced at the beginning of May, shows Google’s...

Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat (also Erakat or Arekat ; Arabic : صائب عريقات Ṣāʼib ʻUrayqāt or ʻRēqāt ) born April 28, 1955, in Jordanian-controlled East Jerusalem , [1] [2] was the Palestinian chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February...

English: An Israeli strike caused a huge explosion in residential area in Gaza. According to media reports, Israeli drones and F16s hit several civilian targets in Gaza and killed more than 10 people, including Hammas security chief Ahmed Jaber. Israeli...

In a historic move, the United Nation’s General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of the Palestinian authority becoming a non-observer state according to the 1967 borders. Although three permanent members of the UN Security Council, namely France,...

After truce in Gaza, accountability of Israeli war crimes against civilian population has become a big challenge for UNO, human right organizations and world community. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must be brought to the international criminal...

Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday after the General Assembly voted to recognise Palestine as a non-member state. (AFP) Saturday 1 December 2012 Last Update 30 November 2012 8:12 pm In a historic move, the UN General...