Leave it to KGO, San Francisco’s most historic broadcast station, to be one of the only mainstream U.S. media groups to tell what appears to be, a fair story about the Greek authorities blocking of the Gaza blockade breaker: Freedom Flotilla II. KGO has always been a hallmark of media freedom on both radio and television. Today it is clear that a spirit of greatness still resides in this in their... 

Moscow has greeted the reconciliation between the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas groups with enthusiasm, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokesperson, Aleksandr Lukashevich. ­“On May 4, 15 Palestinian movements, including the two largest, Fatah and Hamas, signed an inter-Palestinian reconciliation agreement. Based on this, a transition government of independent “technocrats”... 

Sarkozy tells L'Express: "France will face up to its responsibilities on ... recognition of a Palestinian state". France may recognise a Palestinian state later this year Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, said in an interview with a leading weekly magazine. “If the peace process is still dead in September, France will face up to its responsibilities on the central question... 

Palestinian Fatah delegation chief Azzam al-Ahmed (R), Hamas deputy leader Mussa Abu Marzuq (L). The Palestinian movements of Hamas and Fatah will sign a deal to form a unity government next week in the Egyptian capital Cairo, a senior Fatah official says. Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal will meet Fatah leader and acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo to sign the deal, AFP... 

A partially built Israeli 'separation barrier' and the sprawling Gilo neighborhood (Right) as seen from the Palestinian village of Walaje. Washington is desperately trying to head off a United Nations resolution condemning Jewish settlements in Jerusalem and the disputed West Bank territories that is presenting Barack Obama with one of the most acute dilemmas of his presidency. Senior Palestinian... 

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is seen in Quito on October 2010. Ecuador formally recognized Palestine as an independent state on Friday, following the lead of its neighbors Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay earlier this month. Ecuador formally recognized Palestine as an independent state on Friday, following the lead of its neighbors Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay earlier this... 

The Mövenpick Hotel Ramallah has state-of-the-art security and pricey international cuisine. With plush suites and an Italian chef, Ramallah’s first luxury hotel opened yesterday, bolstered by a Palestinian economy prospering despite a seemingly intractable conflict with Israel that threatens to undermine it. The five-star, US$42.6 million (Dh155.89m) Mövenpick Hotel Ramallah towers over this... 

Interpol is looking for Israelis International laws are making it increasingly difficult for Israeli diplomats, intelligence officers, generals and even former top military officers to travel the globe without being arrested on international warrants. Judging by the sheer number of outstanding warrants, any Israelis deemed to have committed crimes against Palestinian civilians are now at a higher... 

Nancy Anderson, left, is comforted by her husband Michael during a press conference about their son, injured American activist Tristan Anderson, in Jerusalem, Monday, March 23, 2009. Anderson, 38, of Oakland, Calif., was hit in the head with a tear gas canister during a protest against Israel's separation barrier March 13, 2009 and has undergone three brain surgeries at a hospital near Tel Aviv... 

Israeli security forces arrested residents of a West Bank settlement in connection with last month’s torching of a Palestinian mosque. Ten settlers were arrested at two yeshivas in the northern West Bank community of Yitzhar in a late Sunday night raid. Five are accused of burning down a mosque in the nearby village of Yasuf, allegedly in retaliation for an Israeli government-imposed freeze... 

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Israel is denying Palestinians fair share to water while giving Jewish settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories unlimited supplies, Amnesty International said in a report released on Tuesday, October 27. “Water is a basic need and a right, but for many Palestinians obtaining even poor-quality subsistence-level quantities of water has become a luxury that they can barely afford,” said Donatella... 

An Israeli Foreign Ministry official rebuked Turkey’s acting ambassador Thursday over a TV series Israel says depicts Israeli soldiers murdering children. Naor Gilon, deputy director for the Western Europe desk, said he told Turkish envoy Ceylan Ozen the series was “incitement” and could spark attacks against Jews visiting Turkey. Gilon met Ozen at ministry headquarters in Jerusalem... 

Israel will not heed President Barack Obama’s powerful appeal to halt all settlement activity on lands the Palestinians claim for a future state, officials said Friday, a position that looks sure to cause a policy clash with its most important ally. The government plans to allow construction inside existing West Bank settlements to accommodate for growing families, said the officials. In... 

Prodding the international community, President Barack Obama called Friday “for all of us to redouble our efforts” toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states. “The moment is now for us to act,” he declared. Alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel one day after his trip to the Middle East, Obama said: “The United States can’t force peace upon the parties.”...