Israel

Whenever the topic of the Palestinian Authority arises, few people talk about the institution itself, or the PLO or its President. The main topic for discussion is Salam Fayyad...

According to its own website, Freedom House is "an independent watchdog organisation that supports the expansion of freedom around the world". It "supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates...

How do we stop the creeping growth of Israeli settlements? How do we put the freeze on settlements in their various manifestations at the top of the agenda for...

Our brothers in Egypt have the right to dig trenches as they want, build walls as they like, and stick in the ground, to whatever depth they want, reinforced...

We assume that the Obama administration is committed to the peace process and the "two states for two peoples" solution. We have no doubt on this proposition, particularly when...

Exactly thirty-seven years ago, on 30th March 1976, the people of Palestine rose up against Israel's occupation of their land. After 28 years of living under curfews and restrictions...

Today is the 65th anniversary of the massacre at Deir Yassin, a village near West Jerusalem. Early in the morning of 9 April 1948, around 120 members of the...

When I interviewed Professor Avi Shlaim last month, he said that the current Israeli government was "is the most right-wing, the most hawkish, the most uncompromising … in Israel's...

Academic boycotts seem to resonate deeply within Israel, veering towards the dynamics of vengeance. Cosmologist Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott the Israeli Presidential Conference sparked a furore on social...

The UK-based Palestinian dabke theatre group Al Zaytouna will present its new production entitled Unto the Breach, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V set in modern-day Palestine. The show,...

The sale of Israeli military equipment to China has sparked outrage in the United States, leading to the resignation of an Israeli Defence Ministry official. The Israeli newspaper Maariv...

Palestinians have long suspected their leader Yasser Arafat was assassinated by Israel. Thanks to Clayton Swisher and his team at the Al Jazeera Investigations Unit, we have new evidence...

When you find a report titled "The story of the secret meeting in Beirut: Lines of communication restored between Damascus and Washington" in the pro-resistance newspaper Al-Akhbar, it means...

Palestinians have long suspected their leader Yasser Arafat was assassinated by Israel. Thanks to Clayton Swisher and his team at the Al Jazeera Investigations Unit, we have new evidence...

The Palestinian Authority's chief negotiator has denied media claims that the nine-month time limit for negotiations with the Israelis has been extended. Sa'eb Erekat used his Facebook page to...

The sale of Israeli military equipment to China has sparked outrage in the United States, leading to the resignation of an Israeli Defence Ministry official. The Israeli newspaper Maariv...

"Being Palestinian isn't simply about nationalism; it can't be. If it is, then it becomes distorted. That's what led to the war in Lebanon. You have to have a...

Olive production It is olive harvest season once again in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) and something unusual is taking place, something unique to this region. Unlike most harvests...

A largely neglected instrument of legal Israeli repression used against the Palestinian people is that of administrative detention. Thousands of men as well as women and children are held...

Three members of Britain's House of Lords have arrived in Jerusalem on a fact-finding mission intended to look into the proposed expulsion of Palestinian parliamentarians by Israel. The visit...

The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) has been following the story of three members of the Palestinian parliament and one ex-minister in Jerusalem who have been threatened with the choice...

An emergency national demonstration is being called for to take place outside Downing Street at 1.30 pm this Saturday. This is in response to the horrific Israeli attack on...

The Middle East Monitor hosted a press conference with Karen Koning AbuZayd, former Commissioner General of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) on Monday 22nd...

With the approach of the international convoy Viva Palestina to Gaza, plans are under way in several European cities to mark the first anniversary of the Israel onslaught on...

British journalist, Paul Martin, has been released by the Hamas government. MEMO has been informed of Martin's release by the Ministry of Justice in Gaza early today, Thursday 11...

In order to find sustainable alternatives to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a group of Palestinian law students at Al-Ahrar University in Gaza have formed a new group called "Justice Makers"....