Provides the latest RSS feeds for Palestinian News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Arab Herald.com http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/cat/c74bd9d030a73230/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 03:21:26 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:21:26 -0400 30 TEHRAN, Iran: Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214611219/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:55:39 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214611219/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Ramallah, May 19 (Prensa Latina) President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, will soon visit Palestine, announced the Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad Malki, according to a note released here by official sources. The foreign ministers of Lithuania, Finland and Greece also plan to travel to the territory of the Palestinian autonomy, adds the source. President Ortega has accepted an invitation to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214610266/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:44:24 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214610266/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Al-Assad: Syria will slash roots of Israeli adventurism Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has emphasized on Tuesday that Damascus is able to confront the Israeli regime's adventurism, alluding to the recent Israeli aggression against the Arab country. The Syrian president stressed that the Israeli offensive is evidence of interference by Tel Aviv and its Western and regional allies in the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214608818/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:40 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214608818/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt -- In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo. They had not planned to stay long in Egypt's Sharqiya province, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214608285/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:53 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214608285/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 By Ed Flanagan, Producer, NBC News BEIJING – An official visit to Beijing by Israeli and Palestinian leaders last week has prompted speculation that China may finally be ready to claim its place as a world power by trying to negotiate an end to one of world's most caustic conflicts.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214608289/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:46:55 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214608289/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 First create a Palestinian state, and then make peace, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday in Washington, in a reversal of the conventional wisdom regarding what is needed to achieve an Israeli- Palestinian agreement.Erdogan, who called Hamas as well as Fatah his "brothers," said during the question and answer period following an address at the Brookings ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607773/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:16:14 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607773/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state Palestine-El Salvador, Politics, 8/26/2011 El Salvador Thursday recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the president of El Salvador for the recognition, expressing hope that it will bolster bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki had ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607753/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:31 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607753/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Gandhian protest is 'more relevant' in Palestine: Shaath Palestine-India, Politics, 8/26/2011 Terming the Gandhian way of protest as "more relevant" in Palestine, its ambassador Nabeel Shaath yesterday said Mahatma Gandhi has inspired the new generation in his homeland to carry out their struggle in a non-violent way. IRNA reported him saying the "Gandhian formula ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607755/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:30 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607755/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 China Announces Its Full Support of Palestinian Move Date : 24/8/2011 Time : 23:34 Palestine-China, Politics, 8/26/2011 The Chinese Middle East envoy to the peace process, Wu Sike, transferred on Wednesday a message from the Chinese leadership confirming China's full support for the Palestinian UN bid in a meeting with Presidential General Secretary, Tayyeb Abdul Rahim, in the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607758/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:30 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607758/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Five palestinians killed, 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Five Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured at dawn yesterday in two Israeli air strikes targeting a sports club in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, and a tunnel in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Israeli F16 warplanes bombed the sports club, located in a ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607761/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:30 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607761/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Reporters Without Borders condemns mistreatment of Palestinian journalists Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Reporters Without Borders reported Tuesday about what it described as "the complete failure to punish abusive treatment of Palestinian journalists by the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank." It said in a statement that Israel carried out "many arbitrary ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607759/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:29 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607759/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607096/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:52:24 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607096/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Excerpts: Syrian Government quadruples price of fuel oil. Hamas influence in Egypt? Iran to head UN Conference on Disarmament 13 May 2013 +++SOURCE:The Syria Report 13 ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607072/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:52 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607072/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 The Bank of Israel will purchase foreign exchange in order to offset the effect of natural gas production on the exchange rate 13/05/2013 Natural gas production in Israel is causing an improvement in the current account, which is leading to appreciation pressures on the shekel. This phenomenon, often referred to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607019/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:52 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214607019/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 JERUSALEM -- From Al-Walajah, a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium, one of the venues for the European Under-21 Football Cup in June, is only a few hundred meters away. But this village on a hill couldn't be further from the city and the international audiences watching games broadcast from so close. Soon, it will be enclosed by the separation ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214606545/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:23 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214606545/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Two Palestinian journalists said they were detained and questioned this week by the Palestinian authority, despite a promise to respect freedom of the press. One of the journalists, a documentary filmmaker, said he was forced to reveal the passwords to his personal email and Facebook page, the Jerusalem Post reported. Haroun Abu Arrah said he was questioned for more than 2 hours by agents of ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214606546/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:51 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214606546/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Gaza . The action left hundreds of Gaza residents stuck at the border, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported. Police refused to open the crossing even after Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim sent an assistant to Rafah to intercede. Police said they would only open the crossing when their colleagues are released. The seven police officers and soldiers, including four who ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214606477/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:50 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214606477/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian protesters Saturday near a mosque in East Jerusalem, Palestinian officials said. Israeli security forces arrested five people and fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on Palestinians protesting an Israeli decision to close Aqsa Mosque to Muslims Thursday and Friday in Jerusalem's Old City so ultraorthodox Jews could enter the compound to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214606547/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:50 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214606547/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 A hiker was hospitalized after a sheep attacked him Saturday on the Israel National Trail, authorities said. The attack occurred near Kfar Qara, south of Haifa, Ynetnews.com reported. The hiker, a 56-year-old man, was conscious and was able to call for help on his cellphone. Paramedics treated the hiker at the scene and he was then transported to the Hillel Yaffa Hospital in Hadeera. He had ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214605444/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:12:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214605444/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Israel of "directly supporting terrorist groups" in Syria, referring to rebels fighting against his regime, in an exclusive interview with Argentinian ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604900/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:39:10 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604900/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 CAIRO - Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said.The protest began on Friday when police strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, local residents said, a day after the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604879/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:39:08 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604879/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday that advanced weapons supplied by Russia to war-torn Syria could end up in the wrong hands and be used against the Jewish ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604857/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:20 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604857/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo, Palestinian refugee Sulaiman al-Namodi, 92, sits outside of his house in Gezirat al-Fadel village, Sharqiya, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Cairo, Egypt. As Palestinians around the world recently marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, the refugees in Gezirat al-Fadel say they have it ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604880/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:07 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604880/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 A 25-year-old climber who this weekend become the first Saudi woman to scale Mount Everest said she hopes her accomplishment inspires others. Raha Moharrak was among a four-member team of climbers from the Middle East that reached the summit of Mount Everest. She has said she hoped the climb would "inspire someone else to be the second," CNN reported. The university graduate made her ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604989/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:13:56 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604989/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 It is not a comparison that many people thought would ever get much traction. But, assailed this week by multiple scandals and at the mercy of a furious press, President Obama has endured a legion of pundits wondering if he is the 21st-century Richard Nixon - and whether his second term is already a lame-duck disaster. Certainly conservative writers have leapt at the idea that the now ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604441/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604441/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 ‘s reporter Marcelo Cantelmi from the library of his palace, said that a continuing lack of unity between the myriad rebel groups meant that opposition leaders would be unable to implement any ceasefire measures agreed at a summit, such as surrendering arms. ';They are not a single entity,'; he said. ';They are different groups and bands, not dozens but hundreds. They are a ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604442/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:19 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214604442/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Anahid Melikian, left, and her niece Anahid Melikian Helewa have tried to find out about their family's books from the Israeli Embassy in Ottawa. Marianne Helm for The ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214603654/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:49:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214603654/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken to be delivered through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt, on May 13, 2013 in Rafah. AFP ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214603715/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:39:00 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214603715/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 A weakened Bashar Assad is preferable for Syria and the whole region, to a takeover by rebel forces increasingly ruled by Islamic extremists, Israeli officials said overnight Friday-Saturday. "Better the devil we know than the demons we can only imagine if Syria falls into chaos and the extremists from across the Arab world gain a foothold ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214602608/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:46 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214602608/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Underlining growing concerns over friction between Jerusalem and Damascus, the highly-respected former head of the Israeli army's Military Intelligence hierarchy on Friday compared current Israeli-Syrian tensions to the strains that presaged the 1967 Israel-Arab war. He also said Moscow, by continuing to stand by President Bashar Assad, was signaling to that it was not going to let the US ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214602609/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:45 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214602609/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 After opposing the inclusion of Iran in negotiations over Syria for more than two years, the administration of US President Barack Obama may finally decide to change course. Secretary of State John Kerry, appearing on Wednesday, May 15, at ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214602610/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:44 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214602610/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 There was this Israeli man who, from time to time, put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors -- as Jews have been doing for centuries. They believe that the gates of heaven are located directly above the Wall, making it easy for their missives to arrive quickly. The man always wondered what all the other petitioners were requesting from the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214602508/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:08 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214602508/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 In past week Palestinian Authority security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media; interrogators forced reporter to provide them with email and Facebook ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601903/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:40:27 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601903/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Statement on Academic Boycotts " which states, not for the first time, its "opposition to academic boycotts as a matter of principle." The statement was issued in response to two recent victories for the movement for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel: physicist Stephen ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601991/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:22:03 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601991/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 been shackled , though other witnesses supported Hussan’s account. The Saudi government didn’t appreciate Hussan drawing attention to his clients’ case. In less than 24 hours, the 32-year-old American-educated lawyer found himself the target of the same crackdown that had claimed his clients. He was summoned for interrogation over his tweets, targeted by pro-government media, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601992/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:22:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601992/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Last week, two car bombs exploded in Reyhanli in southern Turkey, close to the Syrian border, killing almost 50 people and injuring more than 100. While nobody claimed responsibility for the deadly incident, it raised the immediate question of whether Turkey would escalate its intervention in Syria, either alone or with others. However, that reaction was too narrow and missed the wider context. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601993/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:22:00 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601993/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Manama, May 18. (BNA) -- Muharraq Governor Salman bin Isa bin Hindi said that his governorate spared no effort to provide the best services for the citizens, and always welcomed constructive cooperation with members of the Representatives Council, members of the Muharraq Municipal Council and the local inhabitants in order to remove all obstacles facing the citizens in Muharraq. This came as ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601483/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:32:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214601483/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Filmmakers in Gaza have finished making what is believed to be the first Palestinian animated feature in 3-D, in a bid to show a fresh perspective on life through a child's ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214600915/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214600915/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said. The protest began on Friday when police strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, local residents said, a day after the abductions. Gunmen demanding the release of jailed Islamist militants had seized seven policemen and soldiers on a road between the Sinai towns of ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214600839/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:15:43 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214600839/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 A public flap has erupted after the Israeli government spent more than $127,000 to build a bedroom for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and his wife Sarah on a flight to attend the funeral of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214600918/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:09:07 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214600918/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 An explosive American TV appearance by an Israeli expat and his wife, and their subsequent aggressive online reaction, have gone viral and made headlines in the US news. Samy and Amy Bouzaglo let rip at critics in a spectacularly public fashion after they and their restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona was panned by Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares reality show. Ramsay had few good words ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214600303/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:33:35 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214600303/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 The demand for KFC in the Gaza strip has led one company to beat the Israeli blockade by smuggling the fast food through tunnels from Egypt. NBC's Annabel Roberts ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214599853/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:04:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214599853/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Israeli intelligence officer tells 'Times of London' that Israel prefers a "devil it knows than demons it can only imagine"; another source said Assad's staying power had been ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214597566/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:01 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214597566/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 May 5th Interview, Posted on TakePart TV http://youtu.be/f8_TkG04bHU is One of Few Fayyad Has Given since Resigning from Office LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On May 5th, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad sat down for a short interview with Dan Setton, director of Participant Media's documentary State 194, which opens in theaters today in New York and Los Angeles. Their conversation, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214594913/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:50:13 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214594913/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators pack the streets in Jerusalem to protest against government plans to force students at yeshiva religious seminaries to enlist in the Israeli army. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214594048/scat/c74bd9d030a73230 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:22 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214594048/scat/c74bd9d030a73230