Full Coverage: Palestine

07.08.2008 Human rights advocates in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are calling for a stop to the violence in Ni'lin village in the West Bank, after two Palestinian boys were killed within a week by Israeli forces.

06.08.2008 The Israeli national trade union centre Histadrut and the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions have reached a landmark agreement to protect the rights of Palestinian workers employed by Israeli employers.

21.06.2008 Londoners will soon be able to get off the tube at King’s Cross and walk into a Palestinian refugee camp.

04.06.2008 Israel's conflict with the Palestinians and the occupation of captured territory has undermined its economic growth and pushed up defence expenditure by at least £11 billion in the last 20 years, according to an Israeli think-tank report.

26.05.2008 Britain and other European governments should break from the United States over the international embargo on Gaza, according to former US president Jimmy Carter.

29.04.2008 It is impossible to promote a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace without engaging Hamas, says a women-for-peace group referring to former U.S. President Carter's talks with the governing political party in Palestine, which is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.

21.03.2008 IsraelÂ’s 60th birthday celebrations look increasingly unpalatable, says Mike Marqusee.

19.03.2008 The first Arab-language production of My Name Is Rachel Corrie, the play based on the writings of the young American killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Palestinian territories, opened on Sunday -- the fifth anniversary of her death.
From: Al Jazeera

07.03.2008 For the first time since the assassination of Al-Ali, 50 of his original illustrations are being exhibited at the Political Cartoon Gallery in London.

03.03.2008 A large-scale military attack on the densely populated Gaza Strip will worsen already unacceptable levels of civilian casualties, a leading international charity warned.

17.02.2008 It's Oral History Day, Saturday 1 March, which brings together scholars, filmmakers and oral history specialists to reflect on the 1948 Nakba.

15.02.2008 Senior Israeli defense officials have drafted a plan to replace the existing closure regime in the West Bank with a system that would maintain Israeli security while facilitating Palestinians' movement and allowing the territory's economy to grow.

14.02.2008 The Lebanese government will reconstruct the Nahr El-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, which was destroyed in a battle last year between the army and militant Islamists. So far, 1,500 families have returned to the camp.

23.01.2008 Despite President Bush's optimism at the end of his Middle East peace tour, analyst Jamal Dajani paints a very different picture, citing recent bouts of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as political complexities within their respective governments.

17.12.2007 Palestine will require "significant aid" over the next couple of years in order to avert a dangerous plunge in poverty levels, says a new report issued by an international development bank.

28.11.2007 "By their very presence [at the Middle East Peace Conference to be held in Annapolis, MD], the Arab states are signaling they are willing to normalize ties with Israel without receiving any concessions on borders, East Jerusalem or refugees," says Jalal Ghazi.
From: New America Media

22.11.2007 A warning of an increasing public health risk in Gaza has been given by an international development group as water and sanitation services begin to buckle under the strain of Israel's restrictions on fuel, vital maintenance goods and spare parts.

15.11.2007 War on Want, as part of the Enough! coalition, is organising a mass lobby of Parliament on 28 November in support of the Palestinian people.

06.11.2007 This year a delegation of interfaith peace advocates joined Palestinians to celebrate their annual olive harvest and meet with locals working for peace and justice.

28.10.2007 Recent violence between Hamas and Fatah has compromised the safety of hundreds of civilians, who have no protection from indiscriminate attacks and detentions, said an international human rights group.