JERICHO, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - The Palestinians on Sunday marked the 10,000th anniversary of the founding of Jericho, an oasis town in the West Bank that may be the world's oldest city.
The festivities included a special cabinet meeting chaired by prime minister Salam Fayyad that was to be followed by a 4.5 kilometre (2.8 mile) foot race, a military band and fireworks.
"This occasion [...]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - After nearly two decades of sputtering peace talks that have failed to bring about their promised state, the Palestinians are exploring other options.
President Mahmud Abbas, fed up with Israel's refusal to halt settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land, this weekend said there would be no further negotiations until the construction sto [...]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - The Western-backed Palestinian Authority has sentenced a Hamas fighter to 20 years in prison over a deadly 2009 shootout with Palestinian police, a court official said Tuesday.
The sentence infuriated Hamas and cast a shadow over plans to hold a second round of reconciliation talks in Syria with its Fatah rivals later this month.
Alaa Hisham Diab [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - The Palestinians want peace talks with Israel to continue, US envoy George Mitchell insisted on Sunday, as he visited Egypt and Jordan in a last-ditch effort to salvage fledgling direct negotiations.
"Despite their differences, both the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority have asked us to continue these discussions in an effort to establish the conditions un [...]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Israel's insistence on building settlements has blocked EU and US efforts to salvage peace talks, a top Palestinian official told AFP Friday after days of intensive negotiations.
"The American efforts are ongoing but there has been no breakthrough so far because Israel is pursuing settlement activities," a spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmud Abba [...]
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Palestinian leaders from Hamas and Fatah paid tribute to the Al-Aqsa intifada on Tuesday as they marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating Palestinian uprising.
"The intifada restored the dignity of the Palestinian people and brought them closer to victory and liberation," Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya said during a special meeting of his government in Gaza.
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JERUSALEM (AFP) - Eighteen Palestinians have been detained in connection with clashes in east Jerusalem, police said on Friday.
"Since Thursday night we have arrested 18 Arabs from Jerusalem suspected of involvement in acts of violence" in the annexed eastern part of the city, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
On Friday, violence erupted in the Arab districts of Wadi Joz, Ras al-Amud and [...]
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