Palestine Politics News

Settlement freeze will be fully enforced Defense Minister Ehud Barak addressed the settlement construction freeze during a tour of the Judea and Samaria Division, saying that "the IDF, and particularly the administration systems, the police and Border Guard, are preparing...

Israel Radio cited the London-based paper's report, adding that Hamas had informed Egypt that due to progress in negotiations, it wants to focus on the Schalit deal for the time being. Also Tuesday, Al-Hayat quoted Israeli sources as saying that...

IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrived via helicopter to the Samarian town of Beit El moments ago, accompanied by dozens of security and army personnel.

Kadima's number-two man, former defense minister Shaul Mofaz, presented his plan for a Palestinian state with temporary borders to his faction at the Knesset on Monday, taking heat from other former ministers. Mofaz presented the plan two weeks after Kadima...

Hamas political bureau official Muhammad Nazzal said, “Hamas is not afraid of elections since we know we have the people's support,” but insisted that the party had to have some say in the makeup of the election commission. Nazzal, interviewed...

Palestinian history is at one of its most serious and important junctures. The peace negotiations that commenced with the Oslo accords in 1993 are at an end. Even hardened devotees of the peace process with Israel have now given up...

Young men had linked arms and performed the Palestinian folk dance, the Dabkha, with its fast, stamping steps. But this was not quite enough excitement for some in the crowd, and a brawl broke out...And as he led us away...

Hadar Shavit, 39, from the town of Lapid.   Shavit, a veteran pilot, revealed only upon boarding the helicopter that Ran Lapid, a distant relative of his, would be at the helm. Lapid was also killed in the crash. "I...