World news about “Palestinian Territories”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
No jump start for peace Middle East peace talks on hold. That’s the disappointing outcome of the recent meeting of Israeli and Palestinian… 24/09/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
West Bank settlers accused of hounding Palestinians A Palestinian boy who would rather play football watches as illegal Jewish settlers set fire to fields near his home… 24/07/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, West Bank
Israel defies criticis over settlement buildingThe expansion of Gilo in Jerusalem is widening the divide between Israelis and Palestinians. The Jewish… 18/11/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Abbas urged to postpone Palestinian voteThe deep split in Palestinian politics has forced recommendations that President Mahmoud Abbas postpones elections in… 12/11/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Elections, Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian leadership in the balanceThe world’s Number One terrorist to some -a freedom fighter to his supporters – Yasser Arafat was the embodiment of… 11/11/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas
Abbas denounces Israeli expansionThe Palestinian President has repeated his insistence that Israel must end all settlement building before he will… 11/11/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas urged to run for re-electionThousands of Palestinians have turned out in Hebron in the West Bank to urge President Mahmoud Abbas to run for… 08/11/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas
Protesters breach Israel’s security barricadeIsrael’s high security wall in the occupied West Bank has been breached by Palestinian protesters. Using a… 06/11/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Palestinian President Abbas to bow outPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will not stand for re-election in January’s polls. Although Abbas has not… 05/11/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas
Hamas rejects Abbas’ election callThe Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to press ahead with elections in the New Year, despite warnings… 24/10/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas calls Palestinian polls for January 24Mahmoud Abbas has announced presidential and parliamentary polls in the Palestinian territories on January 24. It… 24/10/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas
Israel rejects ‘war crimes’ claimsIsrael’s cabinet has angrily rejected charges that the Israeli defence Force committed war crimes during the Gaza… 18/10/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, United Nations
Palestinians win UN Human Rights voteRichard Goldstone’s potentially explosive human rights report for the UN on Israel and the Palestinians has been… 16/10/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, United Nations
Israel under pressure as war crimes debate opensA debate on the UN’s Goldstone report alleging Israeli war crimes in Gaza is to be re- opened by the Human Rights… 15/10/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Music from the Arab worldPalestinian music is topping the bill this season at the Institut du Monde Arab (The Institute of the Arab World) in… 13/10/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Music, Paris, France
Embattled Abbas set to backtrack on Gaza reportPalestinians are livid and Mahmoud Abbas is the object of their anger. Hence reports that he has done a U-turn, to calm… 07/10/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas
Hamas reaps reward for Shalit videoThe video of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has stirred emotions in Israel. The sign he is still alive came at a… 03/10/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Video shows captured Israeli soldier alive19 Hamas women prisoners have been released by Israel. Another is scheduled to be freed on Sunday. A videotape of… 02/10/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Israel hopes for Gilad Shalit newsIsrael and the Palestinians are edging towards a deal which may bring freedom for a soldier kidnapped three years ago… 30/09/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Israel to release 20 Palestinians for info on ShalitIsrael has confirmed it will release 20 Palestinian women prisoners in return for information from Hamas on the… 30/09/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Three-way meeting ends without talks pledgeHopes are fading fast that there will be any talks soon between Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators. President… 22/09/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Anger over new settler homes in the West BankIsrael’s decision to approve permits for the building of more than 450 new homes in the occupied West Bank has brought… 08/09/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Demonstration, Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel approves 455 new West Bank homesIsrael has resumed settlement-building in the West Bank with today’s approval of a further 455 building permits for new… 07/09/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel affirms plans for more settler homesShrugging off a rebuke from Washington, Benjamin Netanyahu is standing firm. He is set to announce the building of… 06/09/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Benjamin Netanyahu
Settlements still main obstacle to Mideast peaceLand lies at the very heart of the Middle East conflict. The Israeli settlements inside the Palestinian territories… 25/08/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Israeli Fatah’s first dayA newly-elected member of Palestinian Fatah who is a former Israeli has had his first day on the job. Professor Uri… 16/08/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Politics
Fatah elects Jew to CouncilThe Palestinian Fatah movement has elected an Israeli Jew to one of its governing bodies, a first for the secular… 16/08/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Politics
Fatah elections continue as congress hailed a successVotes are being counted as the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s Fatah seeks to renew its 120-member Revolutionary… 12/08/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Elections
Fatah votes in fresh faces at landmark congressThe party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has elected a new and younger Central Committee in an attempt to… 11/08/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Politics
Fatah: Out with the old, in with the newA man jailed for life in Israel accused of organising the killing of Jews has been elected to a senior position in the… 11/08/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Politics
Palestinian Fatah votes, with makeover in mindSeeking renewal and rejuvenation, the leading Palestinian party Fatah has been voting for a new executive body… 10/08/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Elections
Fatah congress to open in West BankPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will chair a congress of his Fatah movement today – the first such gathering of the… 04/08/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, West Bank, Bethlehem
‘Progress’ made in US-Israeli talks“Good progress” that is how the US envoy to the Middle East described talks on reviving the peace process in the… 28/07/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, USA
US peace envoys continue whirlwind Middle East tourUS peace envoy George Mitchell has continued his whistle-stop tour of the Middle East with a visit to Ramallah to meet… 28/07/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories, USA
Fatenah hits the festival circuitPalestinian short film “Fatenah” is about to start the rounds of the world’s film festivals. The eponymous heroine… 02/07/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Animation
Palestinian artists have a voice in ParisThe world of politics intertwines with the world of art at a new exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris… 26/06/2009 - tags: France, Palestinian Territories, Exhibition
Carter calls for Palestinian reconciliationFormer US President Jimmy Carter is calling on Palestinian militant Hamas leaders to make peace with Fatah which runs… 16/06/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories, USA
Israeli foreign minister backs peace movesIsrael’s foreign minister has backed his Prime Minister’s conditional endorsement of a future Palestinian state as long… 15/06/2009 - tags: European Union, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Livni gives Netanyahu tacit supportIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding a meeting with his faction at the Knesset less than 24 hours… 15/06/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s ‘step in the right direction’ – EU ministersMinisters in the European Union have given a cautious welcome to words from the Israeli Prime Minister, saying he will… 15/06/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Mixed Middle East reaction to Obama’s speechOn both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the US President’s speech was closely followed. For Barack… 04/06/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Barack Obama
Six killed in internal Palestinian clashA firefight between rival Palestinian groups has killed 6 people. In what is being seen as the bloodiest… 31/05/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Demonstration
Israel refuses to stop settlement expansionIsrael has refused to heed Barack Obama’s call to stop extending its settlements in the West Bank. An end to… 31/05/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Six dead in West Bank as Palestinian rivals clashA gunfight between rival Palestinian groups has claimed six lives in the West Bank. The shootout occurred after… 31/05/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Conflict
Palestinians unimpressed with Netanyahu’s wordsPalestinian officials from both Fatah and Hamas have rejected the Israeli Prime Minister’s comments. There was praise… 19/05/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Israeli and US leaders in key White House talksThe American and Israeli leaders have met for the first time to trade their visions of a peaceful Middle East… 18/05/2009 - tags: Iran, Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, USA
Palestinians commemorate the “Nakba”Palestinians have been commemorating the 61st anniversary of the “Nakba”, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of… 15/05/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Pontiff calls for Palestinian homeland and an end to Israeli blockadePope Benedict XVI has offered Vatican support for an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel and his prayers for… 13/05/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Religion, Benedict XVI
Italy urges stronger EU-Israel tiesItaly has said ties between the EU and Israel must be strengthened. Israel’s controversial foreign minister is in… 04/05/2009 - tags: European Union, Israel, Italy, Palestinian Territories
Alleged Palestinian attack at Israeli checkpointTwo Israeli police officers have been injured, one seriously, after a vehicle was reportedly rammed into a security… 18/04/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Palestinian anger over Lieberman commentsPalestinians have reacted angrily to comments from Israel’s new foreign minister on the question of a future… 02/04/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Netanyahu promises peace driveIncoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to push for peace with the Arab world. In a… 30/03/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Roadside bomb kills senior Palestinian in LebanonA senior Palestinian official has been killed in a roadside bomb attack in Lebanon. Kamal Medhat, the deputy head… 23/03/2009 - tag: Palestinian Territories
Palestinians unity talks adjournedTalks between the main Palestinian factions on forming a unity government have broken up without a deal. The… 19/03/2009 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories
EU is briefed on Palestinian unity talksEU leaders in Brussels have been given a first-hand briefing on how Palestinian power-sharing talks are progressing… 16/03/2009 - tags: European Union, Palestinian Territories
Billions donated to rebuild GazaWorld leaders meeting in Egypt have promised billions of euros in aid to war torn Gaza. At the conference in the… 02/03/2009 - tags: Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Aid
Pessimism among Palestinians over Israeli resultPalestinian reaction to election results in Israel has been predictably low key. Both Hamas and Fatah officials have… 11/02/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Elections
Abbas appeals for Palestinian unityPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It comes a day after the Fatah… 04/02/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Palestinian Territories, Bernard Kouchner
Israel strikes again at Gazan tunnels into EgyptViolence has continued to flare up around the Gaza Strip, casting the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas into… 29/01/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
EU leaders call on Palestinians to unify.The EU has urged divided Palestinian groups to unite so that vital humanitarian aid can reach the people of war torn… 26/01/2009 - tags: European Union, Palestinian Territories
Hamas says Israeli offensive was a “failure”The political leader of Hamas has claimed that Israel failed to achieve its goals with its three week bombardment of… 22/01/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Palestinian civilians paying a heavy in combatMissile strikes and the street battles in Gaza have reportedly pushed the Palestinian death toll above 540. At least… 05/01/2009 - tag: Palestinian Territories
Aid trickles in as Gazans face desperate situationThe Israeli authorities have allowed a convoy of 80 trucks carrying much needed humanitarian aid to cross the Kerem… 05/01/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Abbas condemns Israel’s “brutal aggression”The Palestinian President has used his toughest language yet to condemn the Israeli offensive, describing it as brutal… 04/01/2009 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories
Rocket attacks continue against IsraelThe aim of the Israeli operation is to stop Palestinian rocket attacks. So far that seems to have failed, despite the… 04/01/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Dozens of Palestinians reportedly killed by Israeli shellsLatest reports coming out of Gaza City say Israeli tanks shells have exploded in the middle of a shopping area… 04/01/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Israel launches Gaza assaultIsrael had carefully planned the invasion. A week of air strikes had prepared people on both sides of the border for… 04/01/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, War
Several deaths as Gaza mosque is bombedJust hours before the ground offensive in Gaza, an Israeli air strike reportedly killed some 15 people and wounded… 04/01/2009 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
Death toll rises in Israel’s “all-out war” with HamasFor a third day running, Israel has pursued what it is calling its “war to the bitter end” with Hamas. As Gaza took a… 29/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Gaza
Huge rallies in Egypt against Gaza air strikesThousands of people have taken to the streets of Cairo to demonstrate against Israel’s air strikes in Gaza. With other… 29/12/2008 - tags: Egypt, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Gaza
Aid groups send out Gaza SOSAid organisations say medical supplies and food are urgently needed in Gaza. Even before the airstrikes, a blockade on… 29/12/2008 - tags: Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Gaza
Death toll rises in Israel’s “all-out war” with HamasFor a third day running, Israel has pursued what it is calling its “war to the bitter end” with Hamas. As Gaza… 29/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Gaza
Hamas targets obliterated in Gaza raidsHamas sites have been reduced to rubble as Israel relentlessly pursues its air raids. Broadening their targets to… 29/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Gaza
Beirut protest in support of PalestiniansExpressing their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, thousands of people have gathered in Beirut in Lebanon. The… 29/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Demonstration
Swathes of Gaza lie in ruinsDaybreak brought the first clear view of the destruction suffered by people in Gaza overnight. Homes, offices, shops… 29/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Gaza
Israeli tanks mass on Gaza borderThere has been no let-up in the bombardment by Israeli aircraft of the Gaza Strip today, the third consecutive day of… 29/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Gaza
No let-up expected in Israeli-Palestinian violenceThe attacks on Gaza come in the wake of Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s decision to increase reprisals for… 27/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Ehud Olmert
Israeli strike on Gaza kills Palestinian militantA renewal of violence in the Gaza strip has already claimed its first victim, one day after the end of a truce between… 20/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Mideast, Palestinian Territories, Gaza
Palestinians hurt in Jewish settler riotAt least 13 Palestinians have been hurt in a violent protest over a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron… 02/12/2008 - tags: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Clashes
A new page in Palestinian peace talksThe Palestinian president has taken an unprecedented step in the search for Middle-East peace. Mahmoud Abbas has… 20/11/2008 - tags: Israel, Media, Mideast, Palestinian Territories
