Jordan king highlights Palestinian issue...

AMMAN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Sunday that the Palestinian issue has been and will always remain the foremost concern for all Arabs. In his speech at the ongoing 30th

Palestinian president reiterates indepen...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said that "a free and independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital is inevitable." Abbas said in a statement published by the offi

Palestinian PM slams Israel seeking to s...

RAMALLAH, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye Saturday accused Israel of seeking to take over "the largest geographical area with least possible Palestinian population."

Palestinian president reiterates indepen...

RAMALLAH, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said that "a free and independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital is inevitable." Abbas said in a s

Israeli gunfire kills Palestinian in eas...

GAZA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli soldiers' gunfire on Saturday predawn east of Gaza City, Palestinian medical sources said. Mohammed Saad, 20, was killed by shrapnel

Feature: Israeli airstrikes kill wedding...

GAZA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- In the Palestinian Gaza Strip, wedding plans of a Palestinian couple were torn apart after an Israeli airstrike destroyed the residential building that housed their future

266 Palestinians killed, 30,000 wounded ...

GAZA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Friday that 266 Palestinian demonstrators were killed during the past one year of the "Great Marches of Return" prote

Arab summit in Tunisia important for Pal...

RAMALLAH, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Palestinian Authority (PA) said on Wednesday that holding the Arab League (AL) summit in Tunisia at the end of March is important amid the curr

PLO official urges Gaza factions to coop...

RAMALLAH, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian official urged on Wednesday the Palestinian factions and their armed wings in the Gaza Strip to cooperate on enforcing a cease-fire with Israel. Sa

Two-state solution fundamental to resolv...

UNITED NATIONS, March 26 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese UN envoy said Tuesday China wishes to stress once again that a two-state solution is the fundamental solution to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflic