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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced Sunday that he will postpone the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners, alleging that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is not upholding his promise to pressure Palestinian militants into a ceasefire. Abbas...

Israeli Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky resigned Monday saying that Israel's upcoming withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is a mistake that will spawn more Palestinian violence. Sharansky has insisted that Israeli concessions must be matched...

Israel's Supreme Court Monday dismissed an attempt by Jewish settlers to bar legislation enabling the government to accomplish its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The settlers filed eight petitions challenging the Evacuation Compensation bill, ratified in...

The UN Human Rights Commission passed a resolution Thursday condemning Israel's settlements on Palestinian territories by 39-2, with 12 abstentions. The resolution called for the Israeli government to reverse the policy and to take measures meant to...

Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor have appealed death sentences they received in Libya for infecting hundreds of children with HIV. The appeals court hearing the case said it would rule on May 31. The...

After a Monday meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas , UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced that the UN will establish a register of property damage caused by the construction of Israel's two-year-old West Bank separation barrier [Israel...

Following up on a report submitted last week to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , the Israeli Cabinet Sunday agreed to remove the 24 Jewish outposts established on the Palestinian West Bank since Sharon took power in March 2001....

The vast majority of Tunisia's 1400 lawyers went on a one-day strike Wednesday to protest alleged police brutality last week when 200 police stormed a Tunis court to remove 50 lawyers gathered in opposition to an upcoming visit by...

A Israeli government-commissioned study of Jewish settlements on the West Bank submitted Tuesday and made public Wednesday has concluded that 105 outposts are illegal, including 54 built on land not belonging to the Israeli state,...

An Israeli cabinet minister has called for the Palestinian Authority to reverse a decision publicized Thursday to reintroduce capital punishment and to immediately stay the scheduled execution of accused collaborators with Israel [PCHR news release on two...