Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was asked in a recent interview on Israeli television, "Would you like to go to Safed?" Abbas responded, "I want to see Safed. It's my right to see it but not to live there." The ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that his government is moving forward with plans to seek observer states at the United Nations next month, despite U.S. and Israeli resistance. In London, British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt met with chief ...

Bahrain Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid al-Khalifa announced a government ban on all protests and gatherings, citing "repeated abuses" of freedom of speech and expression. Al-Khalifa called rallies and gatherings “a major threat to the safety of the public,” and

The arrival of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani was welcomed by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh who thanked the Emir for his visit saying, “Today you have officially broken the unjust siege imposed on the Gaza Strip by ...

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is planning to visit the Gaza Strip on October 23 as part of a major investment project in the Palestinian territory. "The blockage of construction materials and equipment for reconstruction projects in Gaza has been completely lifted. ...

Thousands of Kuwaiti Islamist and nationalist opposition members took to the streets of Kuwait City on October 21 to protest the decision by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah to amend the electoral law, a move protesters call "a coup ...

Over 515,000 Palestinians have registered to vote in Saturday's West Bank municipal elections, Central Elections Commission director Hisham Khahil said. For the first time in seven years, West Bank residents will head to the polls to participate in ...

On September 25, President Barack Obama spoke at the U.N. General Assembly focusing heavily on foreign policy in the Middle East. His speech addressed recent violence directed at U.S. embassies, reiterated the administration’s support for democratic reform, encouraged ...

The exiled leader of the Hamas movement, Khaled Meshaal, is stepping down from his post. Meshaal, who has led Hamas for more than 15 years, made the announcement at a Hamas leadership meeting in Cairo. Although officials say ...

Protests across the West Bank continued as taxi drivers, teachers, refugees and youth groups took to the streets on Monday to call attention to the rising cost of living. A general public transportation strike slowed movement between cities and ...

The Secretary General of Egypt's Constitutional Assembly, Amr Darrag, announced Tuesday that the country's new constitution will be drafted by the week's end. According to Darrag, all committees have finished reviewing proposals and will submit their suggestions to the drafting committee, who will ...

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is calling for parliamentary elections in the West Bank to be held soon, without waiting for a reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. He compared the Gaza-West Bank split to that of East and ...

An Israeli man set himself on fire during a rally for social justice over the weekend, prompting protesters to demonstrate in solidarity. Moshe Silman, a 57-year-old resident of Haifa, was apparently distraught over his inability to obtain ...