Palestine
Enthusiastic passengers settle in for the ride on Gaza-bound aid ship
World
November 3, 2011
Enthusiastic passengers settle in for the ride on Gaza-bound aid ship
INTERNATIONAL WATERS, Eastern Mediterranean - The 12 passengers aboard the Tahrir, a Canadian boat attempting to bring medical aid and…
From Tahrir to Gaza: The faces of ‘Freedom Waves’
Egypt
November 2, 2011
From Tahrir to Gaza: The faces of ‘Freedom Waves’
FETHIYE, Turkey - "It doesn't matter what we do for Gaza this month or this year. What matters is how…
Gaza-bound flotilla ‘Freedom Waves’ leaves Turkey
Egypt
November 2, 2011
Gaza-bound flotilla ‘Freedom Waves’ leaves Turkey
FETHIYE, Turkey - Two boats set sail from the Turkish port of Fethiye on 2 November, bound for the Gaza…
Israel rearrests West Bank Hamas leader
World
November 1, 2011
Israel rearrests West Bank Hamas leader
Israeli troops rearrested a senior Hamas official overnight, along with his son, a military spokeswoman told AFP Tuesday. She said…
US cuts off UNESCO funding after Palestine is granted full membership
World
October 31, 2011
US cuts off UNESCO funding after Palestine is granted full membership
The United States said on Monday that it had stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, following its vote to…
Palestine becomes member of UN cultural body
World
October 31, 2011
Palestine becomes member of UN cultural body
PARIS - The United Nations cultural agency has admitted Palestine as a full member in a highly divisive bid that…
Israeli airstrike kills 1 in Gaza Strip
World
October 30, 2011
Israeli airstrike kills 1 in Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY - A Palestinian militant group says one of its fighters has been killed and another wounded in an…
Egypt Brotherhood makes first visit to Hamas-led Gaza
Egypt
October 29, 2011
Egypt Brotherhood makes first visit to Hamas-led Gaza
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood visited the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time on Saturday, signalling a shift in Cairo's posture…
Abbas faults Arab refusal of 1947 U.N. Palestine plan
World
October 29, 2011
Abbas faults Arab refusal of 1947 U.N. Palestine plan
Arabs made a "mistake" by rejecting a 1947 U.N. proposal that would have created a Palestinian state alongside the nascent…
International envoys seek to restart Mideast talks
World
October 26, 2011
International envoys seek to restart Mideast talks
JERUSALEM - International mediators will sit down with Palestinian and Israeli officials in Jerusalem on Wednesday in the hope of…