RAMALLAH: In a response to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain normalising their ties with Israel, the Palestinian Authority has formally stepped down from a key role in the Arab League. Foreign Minister Riyad-al-Maliki stated that the failure of the 22-member regional bloc to condemn member ...

A World Bank report released today says the economy in the Gaza Strip is collapsing mainly due to the eleven year blockade on the coastal enclave in addition to cuts in donor aid. The report says the economy shrunk by six per cent in the first quarter of current year. It points out that ...

United Nations: The UN Chief has urged on Israel and Hamas to step back from the brink of another devastating conflict. In his statement in New York today, Antonio Guterres deeply regreted the loss of life and called on both sides to stop the war. He said that any further escalation will endanger ...

The Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israel’s settlement building and war crimes. According to a statement by the Palestinian Foreign Ministry, he submitted a referral to the Office of the ICC Prosecutor in The Hague ...

Palestinian Authority has called on all countries that respect freedom and peace to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine state in the face of blatant disregard for international law. In a statement, Palestinian Authority spokesman Yousef al-Mahmoud slammed the US move to shift its ...

The Palestinian Authority has denounced a new Israeli settlement plan which includes the building of three hundred thousand housing units in occupied Jerusalem.The Palestinian foreign ministry in a statement held US President Donald Trump responsible for "Israeli arrogance" that has endorsed the ...

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh says Jerusalem would remain the capital of Palestine and every step taken by the Israeli occupation is invalid.Speaking at a local convention in Gaza City on Saturday, he called for a review of the Middle East peace process.The Hamas political chief urged ...

Rafah: Hamas handed over control of the Gaza Strip's borders with Egypt and Israel to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday in the first key test of a landmark Palestinian reconciliation accord agreed last month.Nazmi Muhanna, the Palestinian Authority's top official for border crossings, formally ...

GAZA CITY: Hamas said Sunday it had agreed to steps toward resolving a decade-long split with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah, announcing it would dissolve a body seen as a rival government and was ready to hold elections.The statement comes after Hamas leaders held talks with ...

RAMALLAH: (APP) Dozens of Palestinians jailed by Israel are refusing food in support of an inmate on hunger strike for 39 days over his detention without trial, the Palestinian Authority said Saturday.A PA statement said that 48 inmates have been fasting for "days", without specifying for how long, ...