Tag: Palestinian Territories
Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after rocket attack
Israeli warplanes have fired missiles at several targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding eight people, after a rocket fired from the strip hit a southern Israeli city.[MORE]
Kites fill Gaza skies as children reach for record
Thousands of kites filled the sky over Gaza on Thursday as children gathered break their own Guinness World Record.[MORE]
Arab League agrees to Palestinian talks
The Arab League said on Thursday it approved of face-to-face negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians but it was up to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to decide if the conditions were ripe.[MORE]
Israel rejects 'impossible' terms for direct talks
Israel says conditions imposed by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas for moving back to direct peace talks are impossible.[MORE]
Hamas bans lingerie displays
Gaza's Hamas rulers have ordered shops in the Palestinian enclave to cover up their mannequins in their latest campaign to enforce Islamic public morality.[MORE]
Israel to return Gaza aid ships to Turkey
Israel will return the Turkish aid ships on which its troops killed nine activists in May, in what appears to be a new bid to repair frayed ties with its former ally.[MORE]
Hamas clamps down on water-pipe smoking
The Hamas-run government in Gaza has banned women from smoking water pipes in public, placing an unpopular restriction on one of the few remaining vices left there. [MORE]
EU urges Israel to open Gaza border
Europe's top diplomat has urged Israel to go beyond the easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip and open the territory's border. [MORE]
MPs travel to Gaza to assess aid situation
Two New South Wales MPs say they are travelling to Gaza today in an attempt to better understand how much overseas aid is needed in the area.[MORE]
Fatah rejects calls to resume peace talks
The Fatah movement of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has poured cold water on calls by the United States and Israel to resume direct talks on a Middle East Peace agreement.[MORE]
Gaza-bound aid ship docks in Egypt
A Libyan-chartered aid ship headed for Gaza has docked in Egypt after a warning from Israel.[MORE]
Gaza aid ship heading for Egypt: Israel
There are conflicting reports about whether a Libyan-chartered ship carrying aid to Gaza is still heading for the Palestinian-ruled coastal enclave.[MORE]
Gaza-bound ship given midnight ultimatum
Israeli authorities have contacted a Gaza-bound Libyan aid ship by radio to give the vessel an ultimatum to change course.[MORE]
Israeli inquiry faults deadly flotilla raids
An Israeli military inquiry has blamed flawed intelligence and poor planning for its deadly raids on Turkish aid ships.[MORE]
Netanyahu heads to Cairo
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Egypt this week to talk to president Hosni Mubarak about gaining his support for getting direct talks with the Palestinians under way again.[MORE]
Libyan aid boat stays on course for Gaza
Israeli forces could be set for another ugly confrontation on the high seas as another aid ship tries to break the blockade in Gaza.[MORE]
Thousands march for captured soldier's release
Traffic came to a standstill in Jerusalem as 15,000 supporters of the family of a Jewish soldier being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza marched on the prime minister's official residence.[MORE]
Egypt raids tunnel smuggling cars to Gaza
Egyptian authorities have discovered a tunnel being used to smuggle cars into the Gaza Strip, the official MENA news agency has reported.[MORE]
Israeli soldier to be charged over Gaza killings
The Israeli military has announced it will prosecute one of its soldiers for killing civilians during its invasion of Gaza in late 2008.[MORE]
Israel to let building materials into Gaza
Israel has published a list of construction materials which will be allowed into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip under the easing of its blockade.[MORE]
Turkey threatens to cut ties with Israel
Turkey will cut ties with Israel unless it receives an apology over a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza.[MORE]
Israel rejects bill to foil settlement freeze
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had a victory over members of his own government who sought to tie his hands on extending a freeze on new settlements in the occupied West Bank.[MORE]
Gaza flotila inquiry given greater powers
Israeli will give broader powers to the inquiry into the raid on a Gaza-bound international aid flotilla.[MORE]
Munich Olympics massacre mastermind dies
Palestinian leader Abu Daoud, who planned the daring deadly attack against Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, has died.[MORE]
Israel offers prisoner swap for Shalit
Israel has offered to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held captive in Gaza for more than four years. [MORE]
