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Palestinian Hamas militants arrive to secure the area as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), search for the last two remaining bodies of hostages -an Israeli soldier and a Thai national- from under the rubble of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern of Gaza Strip on Dec. 1, 2025.

Analysis

How Hamas disarmament deal may test Iran's regional strategy

A possible Hamas decision to disarm would represent more than a Gaza development, testing Iran's decades-old strategy of projecting power through regional allies.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Flags of Spain and Argentina

Culture

How Argentina-Spain World Cup final became debate over Israel, Palestine

Governments and fans alike have turned teams and players into symbols of political division.

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Explainer

What does Hamas' move to dissolve its Gaza government mean?

Government Media Office Director Ismail Thawabteh (R) and Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem (L) speak at a press conference.

Interview

Ayman Odeh says Arab parties could back Bennett or Eisenkot to block Netanyahu

Joint List Party leader Ayman Odeh attends a meeting on April 5, 2021 in Jerusalem, Israel.

Ayman Odeh

Head of the Knesset's Hadash-Ta'al faction

Who is Melat Kiros, the pro-Palestinian who unseated a longtime Democrat?

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Amnesty International accuses Israel of state-led ethnic cleansing in West Bank

Israeli security forces attempt to disperse Palestinians who had gathered to protest the reported burning of land by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Idna, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on June 5, 2026.

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Daoud Kuttab

Palestine Columnist

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Abeer Ayyoub

In Istanbul, reporting on Palestine

Naima Morelli

In Rome, reporting on Middle East culture

Fatima AbdulKarim

In Ramallah, reporting on the West Bank

Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie (L) looks on as US Vice President Joseph R. Biden (C) and Amos J. Hochstein, US State Department Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, talk before the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative Luncheon during the Caribbean Energy Security Summit at the US Department of States January 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. Leaders from around the Caribbean attended the summit to discuss energy and regional issues. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo cre

Price impact of Iranian oil uncertain, says US official

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Amos Hochstein, special envoy and coordinator for International Energy Affairs at the US State Department, says Middle Eastern countries are increasingly investing in renewables, international oil companies are returning to Egypt and Israel needs get its regulatory house in order if it wants foreign investments in offshore natural gas.

Palestinian protesters hold signs that read in Arabic "Corruption is the reason for high cost of living" and "High prices and low wages are the policies of the government" during a protest against the high cost of living in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 11, 2012. Palestinain prime minister Salam Fayyad announced cuts to fuel prices and VAT after more than a week of protests across the West Bank over the spiralling cost of living. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MO

PA fails at curbing 'rampant' corruption

Surveys show that Palestinians believe that corruption is increasing under the Palestinian Authority, which has not even held required presidential and parliamentary elections.

Palestinian fishermen pull their net at the beach in Gaza City January 10, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) - RTR4KTRJ

Restricted by Israeli boats, Gaza resorts to fish farms

Israel prevents Gaza’s fishermen from going too far from shore to fish pushing consumers to buy from fish farms at lower prices.

Palestinians walk near an opening in Israel's controversial barrier in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of A-tur January 3, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a gloomy assessment of peace prospects with the Palestinians on Thursday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began his 10th visit to the region in pursuit of a deal. Leaders from both sides have to address core issues of the decades-old conflict, such as the question of borders, security, refugees and the status of Jerusalem. RE

US, international community should take lead on two-state solution

To advance toward a two-state solution, the United States and the international community must change the paradigm of seeking an agreement only through direct negotiations and adopt an approach favoring independent steps.

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh waves to people after attending Friday prayers at Tebah mosque in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip May 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RTX1B4H7

More divisions reported between Hamas' political, military wings

Hamas representatives have downplayed reports and said that the movement's leaders are on the same page.

A Palestinian national flag is seen during the Olympic games qualifying match between Palestinian and Thai national soccer teams at a stadium in the West Bank town of A-Ram near Jerusalem March 9, 2011. The match is the first official international fixture to be hosted on Palestinian home soil. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) - RTR2JOA8

Palestinian soccer chairman asks FIFA to suspend Israel

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Palestinian Soccer Association Chairman Jibril Rajoub accuses Israel of harassing Palestinian soccer by preventing the free movement of players and the importation of equipment.

Palestinians sit in a cafe, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seen on a television, in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 29, 2012. The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Thursday to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United Nations from "entity" to "non-member state," implicitly recognizing a Palestinian state. REUTERS/ Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3B1FV

Switch to digital television faces bumpy road in Palestine

As the date to move Palestinian TV frequencies from analogue to digital is approaching, concerned parties and ministries are worried about potential issues including interference by Israeli authorities and costs for poorer families.

Palestinian children walk past garbage discarded near a section of the controversial Israeli barrier, in Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem November 21, 2013. Marooned behind the wall, Israel's controversial barrier, the Shuafat refugee camp reveals the state's uneven treatment of Arab and Jewish neighbourhoods, creating a de facto partition of Jerusalem, which is the epicentre of the Middle East conflict. Picture taken November 21, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS SOCI

PA isolates West Bank camps

The PA’s crackdown on West Bank refugee camps and withholding of aid is adding to the marginalization of the youth.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shakes hands with former U.S. president Jimmy Carter (C) and former prime minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Abbas Momani/Pool - RTX1B7U7

Rejectionist Israeli government becomes Palestinian asset

In face of Israel's new right-wing government, the Palestinian Authority is planning a diplomatic offensive to reconquer the interest of the international community.

Palestinians cover cartons containing vegetables before exporting them to Israel, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip March 12, 2015. Israel imported its first fruit and vegetables from the Gaza Strip in almost eight years on Thursday, in a partial easing of an economic blockade maintained since the Islamist group Hamas seized control of the Palestinian territory. Twenty-seven tonnes of tomatoes and five tonnes of eggplants were trucked across the border under an Israeli plan t

Israel eases Gaza blockade, hopes for Hamas stability

Israel understands that Hamas is in Gaza to stay and is now searching for balance between easing the blockade for Gaza residents and limiting Hamas' military activity.

A Palestinian woman is watched by a young girl as she embroiders in a women programme center in Gaza City January 5, 2003, where women are taught hairdressing, stitching and embroidery and IT skills. [Palestinian women have been exposed to increased domestic violence since the beginning of the intifada, or Palestinian uprising, 29 months ago, according to the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO), which was commissioned by a Palestinian women's organization to conduct a poll. The poll showed that 86

Palestinian women sew to survive

Struggling to make ends meet, the women of Gaza sew painstakingly detailed embroidery work for small profits.

A room, which is part of an archaeological site, is seen in the Jewish settler neighbourhood of Tel Rumeida, in the divided city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank January 19, 2014. The Jewish settlers use such sites to deepen their claims on Biblical cities, while Palestinians see the move as a means to grab land they want for a future state and an attempt to scrub out their own historical ties. Picture taken January 19, 2014. To match Feature ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ARCHAEOLOGY REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (WEST

Settlements threaten Palestine’s historic sites

Violations carried out by Israeli settlers are destroying historic sites in Palestine in what many see as an attempt to bury Palestinian historic and cultural heritage.