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Documenting the crime of torture in the Palestinian Authority’s Territories

The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain has issued several reports on human rights violations in the territory of the Palestinian Authority highlighting the practice of torture in prisons.

Sacking “Dangerous Dahlan” – a blow to Israel and a step towards Palestinian reconciliation

Rod Cox argues that Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to suspended Mohammed Dahlan from a key body of the ruling Fatah faction pending an investigation into allegations

A dialogue with Hamas – Part 1

In this extended two-part interview Hamdan engages in an in-depth discussion of the party's affairs, policies and interests. This dialogue follows Manuela Paraipan's recently published interview with Hamas leader Khaled

MB Slams Current Affairs and Renews Petition for Reform

MB condemns disregard to judicial verdicts the insulting of El-Baradei and Qaradawi and is activating the online petition

PA transfers six hunger strikers from Jericho solitary jail to other prisons

The families of the six Palestinian detainees who went on hunger strike in Jericho prison said the Palestinian authority (PA) and its security militias transferred their isolated sons from this

Wikileaks shocker: did Mahmoud Abbas know in advance about the devastating blitz on his countrymen

Stuart Littlewood scents the whiff of treason in the Wikileaks disclosure that Palestinian “President” Mahmoud Abbas had been forewarned by Israel about its planned onslaught on Gaza and had failed

Death toll of Haifa fire rises to 43 Israelis

The death toll from the massive bushfire in the heavily-forested Carmel hill, southeast of Haifa, rose to 43 on Saturday morning, while Israeli official sources said that the fire reached

Will the Palestinian Authority declare an independent state – or collapse?

The other day I looked back with sadness on how nothing had changed for the better since my last trip to Palestine three years ago.

Bahr calls on int’l parliaments to boycott Knesset after referendum law

First deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council Dr. Ahmed Bahr urged all parliaments of the world to boycott the Israeli Knesset and classify it as a terrorist legislative body

IOA renews travel ban against Jerusalemite expert

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has renewed the travel ban on Khalil Al-Tafakji, the settlement affairs expert and director of the maps section at Orient House in occupied Jerusalem, for