French President Emmanuel Macron urged fresh Middle East peace talks after Israel and the UAE agreed to normalize ties in a move praised by many Western governments, including Paris, but unanimously denounced by the Palestinians. Taking to Twitter after a phone conversation with Mahmoud...

The agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise ties would kill the two-state solution, strengthen "extremists" and undermine the "possibility of peace", chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday. The fractured Palestinian leadership -- from the Palestinian...

After two years under house arrest, Palestinian resistance icon Raed Salah began a 17-month jail term on incitement charges. The sentence was scheduled to start in March, but was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Salah, the leader of the northern branch of Islamic Movement in...

 The United Arab Emirates has summoned Iran's charge d'affaires in Abu Dhabi in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as "unacceptable", state news agency WAM said Sunday. Rouhani said in a speech on Saturday the UAE had made a...