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Abbas calls `urgent` meeting after Obama speech

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has called an "urgent" meeting of the Palestinian leadership after US President ...

UN leader waits for details of Palestinian unity deal

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has noted "with interest" a new unity deal between the Palestinian factions Hamas and ...

France considers recognizing Palestinian state: envoy

France and its European partners are considering giving formal recognition to a Palestinian state, France`s UN envoy ...

New Gaza flotilla `must be stopped`: Israel

The planned dispatch of a flotilla of ships attempting to break the blockade on Gaza "must be stopped," Israeli Prime ...

Israel uses new anti-missile system as Gaza flares

An Israeli missile system intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza on Thursday in the first known use of Israel`s Iron ...

Hundreds pour in for Gaza `unity` rally

A crowd of at least 3,000 young Palestinians streamed into central Gaza City to rally for national unity on Monday -- ...

Palestinians `strongly condemn` new settlement plans

The Palestinian Authority on Sunday "strongly condemned" Israel`s approval of hundreds of new West Bank settler homes ...

Hamas appoints first female minister in reshuffle

Hamas leader Ismail Haniya reshuffled his Gaza-based cabinet on Thursday, appointing a female minister to his ...

Britain to upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status: Hague

Britain will upgrade the status of the Palestinian delegation to London to the level of a mission in line with a ...

Palestinians President heads for visiting Britain

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas headed for Britain Sunday for an official visit to discuss the future of peace ...

Abbas says not to hold elections without votes from Gazans

National elections will not be held in the Palestinian territories if Gaza`s Hamas rulers prevented Gazans from ...

Israel To Build More East Jerusalem Homes

Jerusalem`s municipal council on Monday approved the construction of 120 new homes in the Jewish settlement ...

Abbas under US pressure to stop anti-Israeli-settlement draft resolution

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is under big U.S. pressure to cancel an Arab-Palestinian draft resolution against ...

Egypt strikes spread: observer group

The Egyptian political protests that toppled the regime of strongman Hosni Mubarak have given way to a nationwide ...

Palestinian government resigns

Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad on Monday tendered his government`s resignation, a minister told AFP, just ...