ISRAEL SAYS IT HAS DESTROYED HAMAS ATTACK TUNNEL FROM GAZA

Hamas did not respond immediately to a request for comment... READ MORE›

ISRAEL SAYS IT HAS DESTROYED HAMAS ATTACK TUNNEL FROM GAZA

Hamas did not respond immediately to a request for comment... READ MORE›

GAZA: TWO DEAD IN ISRAELI ATTACK AMID JERUSALEM UNREST

At least two people have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry... READ MORE›

RAFAH BORDER CROSSING TO CLOSE AFTER THREE-DAY OPENING

Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip had been sealed since August, and was largely closed for years before that... READ MORE›

EGYPT OPENS RAFAH FOR FIRST TIME UNDER UNITY DEAL

Rafah, the main crossing in Gaza's south, is expected to remain open for three days, starting on Saturday... READ MORE›

HAMAS: MOSSAD ASSASSINATED TUNISIAN DRONE-MAKER MEMBER

Hamas accuses Israel intelligence agency Mossad of being behind assassination of its Tunisian member Mohammed al-Zawari... READ MORE›

HAMAS GIVES UP CONTROL OF GAZA BORDER CROSSING AT EGYPT

Hamas seized control from the Fatah-led forces of the Palestinian Authority in 2007... READ MORE›

HAMAS HANDS OVER GAZA BORDER CROSSINGS TO PA

Rafah, the main border crossing in the south of the Gaza Strip, has been largely closed to Gaza's population of two million since Hamas took over... READ MORE›

PALESTINIAN PRISONER GETS '10 MINUTES' TO SEE DYING SON

He was subsequently released in 2011 under a prisoner exchange deal for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been captured by Hamas, the Gaza-based Islamic Resistance Movement... READ MORE›

SEVEN PALESTINIANS KILLED AS ISRAEL STRIKES GAZA TUNNEL

The Israeli blockade of the occupied Gaza Strip, in its current form, has been in place since June 2007... READ MORE›

PALESTINIAN OFFICIAL: UNITY DEAL WILL AID PEACE PROCESS

Palestinian parties say they will stand firm after statement from US official against Hamas' role in unity government... READ MORE›

ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT AFTER IT SAYS PLANES WERE FIRED UPON

In response, he said Israel hit a Syrian anti-aircraft battery about 30 miles east of Damascus and incapacitated it... READ MORE›

ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT AFTER IT SAYS PLANES WERE FIRED UPON

In response, he said Israel hit a Syrian anti-aircraft battery about 30 miles east of Damascus and incapacitated it... READ MORE›

ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT AFTER IT SAYS PLANES WERE FIRED UPON

In response, he said Israel hit a Syrian anti-aircraft battery about 30 miles east of Damascus and incapacitated it... READ MORE›

ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT AFTER IT SAYS PLANES WERE FIRED UPON

In response, he said Israel hit a Syrian anti-aircraft battery about 30 miles east of Damascus and incapacitated it... READ MORE›

ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT AFTER IT SAYS PLANES WERE FIRED UPON

In response, he said Israel hit a Syrian anti-aircraft battery about 30 miles east of Damascus and incapacitated it... READ MORE›

ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT AFTER IT SAYS PLANES WERE FIRED UPON

In response, he said Israel hit a Syrian anti-aircraft battery about 30 miles east of Damascus and incapacitated it... READ MORE›

HAMAS, FATAH SIGN DEAL ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION

Celebrations broke out in the Gaza Strip after the announcement of the deal, with residents waving flags of Egypt, Palestine, Fatah and Hamas... READ MORE›

ABBAS HAILS 'FINAL AGREEMENT' BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS TO END PALESTINIAN SPLIT

It has fought three wars with Israel since 2008 and the blockaded Gaza Strip has seen deteriorating humanitarian conditions... READ MORE›

HAMAS, FATAH SIGN RECONCILIATION AGREEMENT IN CAIRO

The Gaza-based Hamas movement decided last month it would dissolve its administrative committee which runs the Gaza Strip... READ MORE›

DEAL BETWEEN PALESTINIAN RIVALS COULD SHAKE UP POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Kobi Michael, former head of Palestinian affairs at the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, said the tentative agreement may prompt Hamas to move away from terrorism... READ MORE›

DEAL REACHED WITH PALESTINIAN RIVAL FATAH

The Western-backed mainstream Fatah party lost control of Gaza to Hamas in fighting in 2007... READ MORE›

PALESTINIAN PM LEADS UNITY CABINET IN GAZA

Hamas and Fatah have ruled the Gaza Strip and the West Bank respectively ever since, and multiple attempts at reconciliation have since failed for several reasons... READ MORE›

THE SEA ONCE PROVIDED A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR GAZA NOW IT STINKS

Before Hamas took hold of the strip in 2007, Gaza exported fish to Israel and the West Bank... READ MORE›

FATAH WELCOMES HAMAS PLEDGE TO TRY TO END PALESTINIAN SPLIT

The takeover led to rival governments, with Hamas controlling Gaza and Abbas in charge of autonomous enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank... READ MORE›

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HAMAS ACCEPTS PALESTINIAN STATE WITH 1967 BORDERS

Khaled Meshaal presents new document in which Hamas accepts 1967 borders without recognising state of Israel... READ MORE›

QATAR ENVOY TO GAZA PLEDGES CONTINUED SUPPORT

Ambassador Mohammed al-Emadi visited Gaza and promised that Qatari projects estimated at 1.4bn will continue... READ MORE›

UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST

Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›

SAVE THE CHILDREN WARNS OF UNLIVABLE CONDITIONS IN GAZA

Israel has launched three offensives on Gaza since 2008, in which thousands of Palestinians were killed... READ MORE›

U.S. WARNS IT MAY PULL OUT OF U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS BODY OVER ABUSES, TREATMENT OF ISRAEL

Human Rights Council unless the body ends what Washington calls the whitewashing of dictators' abuses and unfair attacks on Israel... READ MORE›

EGYPT SENDS FUEL TANKERS TO GAZA TO EASE POWER CRISIS

Egypt has begun to deliver one million litres of fuel to the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to ease the Palestinian enclave's desperate electricity crisis... READ MORE›

ISMAIL HANIYA ELECTED NEW POLITICAL CHIEF OF HAMAS

Ismail Haniya has been elected as the new leader of Hamas' political bureau, according to the Palestinian movement's news agency... READ MORE›

4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL

Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›

GAZA CONDITIONS 'UNLIVABLE' 10 YEARS INTO SIEGE

A report by the United Nations says living conditions in the Gaza Strip have worsened in the 10 years since the territory was blockaded by Israel... READ MORE›

'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA

Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›

EU COURT TAKES HAMAS OFF TERROR LIST

Eu court takes hamas off terrorist organisations list... READ MORE›

SOLE GAZA POWER STATION TURNED OFF DUE TO FUEL CRISIS

The Gaza Strip requires 450 megawatts daily, but by last month was only receiving around 150 megawatts daily... READ MORE›

LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR

Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE

Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›

NEW HAMAS CHIEF BACKS HUNGER-STRIKING PRISONERS

Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails have been refusing food since April 17... READ MORE›

HAMAS AGREES WITH EGYPT ON TIGHTER BORDER SECURITY

Egypt has reportedly offered to provide electricity to Gaza to relieve part of its humanitarian crisis in return for Hamas agreeing to several security measures... READ MORE›

ECJ RULES HAMAS TO REMAIN ON 'TERROR' LIST

The 1967 borders refer to those that existed before the war in which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip... READ MORE›

ISRAEL IS STILL FLOATING A PLAN FOR GAZA ISLAND. AND NOW THERE'S A VIDEO.

Israeli minister Israel Katz says an artificial island for Gaza would provide Palestinians with a humanitarian, economic and transportation gateway to the world... READ MORE›

ISRAELI ARMY REVEALS DETAILS OF GAZA BORDER WALL

Such flare-ups have been relatively rare since the last Israeli offensive on Gaza in 2014, with Hamas mostly holding fire and reining in smaller armed factions... READ MORE›

HRW: ISRAELI BANKS COMPLICIT IN SETTLEMENT EXPANSION

A report by Human Rights Watch HRW released on Wednesday says no Israeli law requires the banks to provide such services for the settlements... READ MORE›

'IT IS THE WORST I CAN REMEMBER - BUT WE EXPECT IT TO GET WORSE'

Abbas wants to create a hostile environment against Hamas in Gaza, but he has failed in this... READ MORE›

PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST

Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›

DAHLAN REVEALS CONTROVERSIAL HAMAS DEAL ON GAZA

An exiled Palestinian politician, Mohammed Dahlan, has for the first time discussed the details of a power-sharing deal with former rival Hamas movement for ruling Gaza... READ MORE›

THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE

I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›

PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS

MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›

HOW THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD FITS INTO A NETWORK OF EXTREMISM

Other organisations at Crown House are Middle East Monitor Memo, a news site which promotes a strongly pro-Brotherhood and pro-Hamas view of the region... READ MORE›

BITTER PALESTINIAN RIVALRY ADDS TO THE AGONY OF GAZA'S VULNERABLE

It is a plan, says one local activist, whose anguished words are echoed up and down the Gaza Strip... READ MORE›

We are not satisfied with the European Union's explanation that the removal of Hamas from its list of terrorist organizations is a 'technical matter,? Mr... READ MORE›

ISRAEL AGREES TO PA REQUEST TO REDUCE GAZA ELECTRICITY

Israel's power plant, which supplies 125 MGW, or 30 percent of the total electricity needs of the Gaza Strip, will scale back to at least 40 percent... READ MORE›

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?

The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›