The political detainees were denied release despite having spent half their sentences and suffering from diseases which entitles them to release.

CAIRO – Almost two months since Egypt announced it would reopen its Rafah border terminal with the Gaza Strip, operation of the crossing remains sorely limited.

Palestinian minister of public works and housing Yousuf Al-Mansi appealed to the Arab and Muslim worlds, and the international community to intervene to save the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied

Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported Monday that Israeli Shin Bet interrogators employ psychological pressure and physical torture to extract information and confessions for crimes attributed to Palestinian prisoners.

Catherine Ashton, the European foreign policy chief, called on Monday for allowing exports from Gaza to the outside world in order to boost its economy.

A large group of extremist settlers escorted by troops provocatively entered the Palestinian city of Nablus at the pretext of visiting Joseph's Tomb near Balata refugee camp in the early

Human rights organizations strongly criticized a military court under the authority of Fatah faction for acquitting officers charged with torturing to death Hamas-affiliated prisoner Haitham Amr in the intelligence headquarters

Christopher King calls on Britain’s coalition government to release the postmortem report – so far kept secret – on the death of Iraq war whistleblower and UN weapons inspector David

Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic Movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, called on Mahmoud Abbas to admit the failure of the settlement option, which did nothing for the

The US Foreign Relations Committee received a drafted resolution by US senators Russ Finegold, Robert Casey and former presidential nominee John McCain urging Egypt to abolish its 30 year old