When the UN officials gave Majid Asamna the keys to his new mud-brick home they told him it was just a temporary replacement for the house the Israelis demolished nearly a year ago. But like many Gazans left homeless by the devastating Israeli offensive launched on the Hamas-ruled territory, he is not so sure. "There will never be reconstruction ...

The legal status of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will remain "unchanged," Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said on Monday in an apparent attempt to quell Lebanese fears of permanent resettlement. "The status of Palestinian refugees will remain unchanged until a comprehensive, final solution is reached" with Israel, Abbas said after meeting Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on a day-long visit to Beirut ...

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas arrived in Lebanon on Monday for talks with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and other officials on relations and the plight of Palestinian refugees. His brief trip comes amid renewed efforts to revive the Middle East peace process and concern among politicians that any deal on the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon would be at the ...