Topic: Palestine

An explosion at a home in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed a leader of the Palestinian militant group, the Popular Resistance...

Iceland formally recognises Palestinian state

Iceland formally recognised the Palestinian state at a ceremony in Reykjavik on Thursday, becoming one of the first Western European countries to do so."This is the day I formally submit to you the declaration of Palestine independence in accordance to the ...

Abbas raises Palestinian flag at UNESCO

PARIS (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Abbas symbolically hoisted the Palestinian flag at the headquarters of the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO Tuesday to celebrate the Palestinians' admission in October as a full member of the organization.Some 50 diplomatic guests watched as Abbas ...

Palestinians will keep knocking on U.N.'s door

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Tuesday endorsed a decision by President Mahmoud Abbas to request a United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution recognizing a Palestinian state, even though it is destined to fail.The endorsement came ...

S.Africa supports Palestinian UN statehood bid

South Africa on Tuesday threw its weight behind Palestine's bid to become a full member of the United Nations and called on the international body to settle the bid quickly."South Africa looks forward, sooner (rather) than later, to welcoming Palestine ...

Photos of the Day, July 4, 2011

Today's best photos from around the world selected by the Photo Editors of the National Post.. . View previous gallery. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty...
Today's best photos from around the world selected by the Photo Editors of the National Post. . View previous gallery. Tom Pennington/Getty Images...

Photos of the day, May 30, 2011

Photos of the day selected by the Photo Editors at the National Post. . . REUTERS/Ahmad Masood . U.S. soldiers salute during Memorial Day ceremony...

Israeli killed, two wounded in West Bank

0 . Palestinians shot and killed one Israeli and wounded two others early Sunday near Joseph's Tomb, a Jewish holy site inside the Palestinian city ...

Nablus: Tourists Welcome

After working as a reporter in Cairo, Theodore May wanted to know more about the history, culture, and people of the Middle East. So he decided to...