Israel celebrated the 60th anniversary of its creation today with fireworks, air force flyovers and street parties, but the atmosphere of heady jubilation

By Jim Teeple Sixty years ago, May 8, 1948, Israel declared its independence - following a decision by the United Nations to partition the area known as the

Ahmed Sanakreh's mother and other relatives mourn over his body. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade member was killed by Israeli soldiers in a raid on the Balata

Gaza City, 6 May (AKI) - A militant belonging to the Islamist movement Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades was killed on Tuesday after an Israeli

The de-facto Hamas government in Gaza described yesterday the latest Palestinian-Israeli peace talks as ' aimless and useless'. Al-Nuno asserted on what he

The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the

An Israeli officer checks the shopping bag of a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint near Nablus, 2007. US monitors will observe the lifting of Israeli