Palestine

Palestinian, Turkish ethnic mixture persists over times

Many Palestinians from Gaza are leaving the besieged enclave for Turkey in search of better living conditions.

Hadeel Al Gherbawi | Palestine | Jan 17, 2022

This photograph taken on May 14, 2014, shows a Gaza-Turkey solidarity flag projected on a wall of Ankara Castle in Ankara.

Fatah builds bridges with Syria after rupture with Hamas

A senior Fatah delegation visited Syria, carrying a message from President Mahmoud Abbas to his Syrian counterpart about the need to bring the Palestinian cause back on the table in the run-up to the Arab summit scheduled to take place in Algeria in March.

Mai Abu Hasaneen | Palestine | Jan 16, 2022

Samir al-Rifai, the Palestinian ambassador to Syria, speaks during a ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of the Fatah movement's foundation at the ravaged Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus, Syria, Jan. 7, 2022.

Son of top PLO official released after two years in Egyptian prison

Egyptian-Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath, an advocate for the Israel BDS movement, was released after Shaath agreed to renounce his Egyptian citizenship.

Daoud Kuttab | Palestine | Jan 12, 2022

Egyptian-Palestinian political activist Ramy Shaath holds up the arm of his wife, Celine Lebrun-Shaath, as he arrives at Roissy Airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on Jan. 8, 2022.

Israeli settlements threaten Negev once again

The Negev Desert is threatened by huge settlement projects that the Israeli government is planning to implement in order to force the Bedouins into small population clusters.

Ahmad Melhem | Palestine | Jan 8, 2022

Members of the new Jewish community of Hiram walk with their children in their temporary village in Mahane Yatir located in the northern Negev Desert, Nov. 24, 2013.

Hamas plans to continue using cryptocurrencies for operations

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed an order to seize more than $800,000 on cryptocurrency on its way to Hamas, but a spokesperson for the movement said that the Israeli announcement was exaggerated.

Ahmad Abu Amer | Palestine | Jan 7, 2022

Hamas holds memorial tribute for Soleimani in Gaza

Hamas still depends on Iran for support.

Mai Abu Hasaneen | Palestine | Jan 7, 2022

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi delivers a speech during a ceremony in the capital, Tehran, on Jan. 3, 2022.

Palestinians seek Israeli citizenship in Jerusalem

Israel hopes Jerusalemites seeking Israeli citizenship would break their affiliation to the West Bank.

Taghreed Ali | Palestine | Jan 5, 2022

A Palestinian woman shows Jordanian passports in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem, Aug. 5, 2019.

Palestinian West Bank villages face attacks by settlers

Burqa has turned into a confrontation point in the West Bank, in light of fierce attacks by hundreds of settlers, amid fears of rebuilding the Homesh settlement, at a time when the Israeli government launched a huge settlement scheme in the Syrian Golan Heights.

Ahmad Melhem | Palestine | Jan 5, 2022

Israeli soldiers scuffle with Palestinians in the village of Burqa, northwest of the city of Nablus, following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel, West Bank, Dec. 13, 2019.

Palestinian embroidery: social, cultural identity on the UNESCO list

Palestinians praise the registration of embroidery on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List after Israeli attempts to attribute the traditional embroidered Palestinian dress to themselves.

Aziza Nofal | Culture | Jan 4, 2022

Palestinian university students wearing traditional embroidered dresses take part in an event entitled "Don't Steal Our Heritage" in Gaza City, on Dec. 16, 2021.

Kurdish Gazan families interwoven in Palestine’s national fabric

Kurds came to Palestine for several purposes over the centuries. They then continued to flock for trade and work in the Ottoman and Mamluk eras, when they merged and built archeological sites in Palestine.

Hadeel Al Gherbawi | Palestine | Jan 2, 2022

Mahmoud Abbas shakes dormant Palestinian-Israeli relations

The Palestinian president’s daring visit to Israel to meet at the home of Defense Minister Benny Gantz has brought a huge storm to both of them, but Abbas and his aides insist that the visit was a final warning to Israel before things explode due to settler violence and absence of any political horizon for Palestinians.

Daoud Kuttab | Palestine | Dec 31, 2021

Reasons behind Mohammed Dahlan's Democratic Reform Current elections in Gaza

Mohammed Dahlan’s Democratic Reform Current held its first internal elections in Gaza, ahead of Fatah’s general conference next March and in light of failed reconciliation efforts within the movement.

Ahmad Melhem | Palestine | Dec 30, 2021

Palestinian youths hold a framed portrait of Mohammed Dahlan during a wedding in Gaza City, June 29, 2017.

Palestinians decry 'cultural theft' as Miss Universe contestants wear Bedouin clothes

Palestinians found it offensive for the contestants in Miss Universe 2021, which was held in Eilat, to wear the traditional Palestinian dress, and are now demanding that Israel be held accountable for what they deemed cultural "theft."

Mai Abu Hasaneen | Palestine | Dec 28, 2021

Palestinian university students wearing traditional embroidered dresses take part in an event titled "Don't Steal Our Heritage," Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Dec. 16, 2021.

Gaza at Christmas: a bleak outlook

A Christmas tree brings some joy; Gaza’s Jewish quarter and a new wall; "We want to live" protests Hamas policies; Hamas, PIJ killings continue; Racism persists against Black Gazans.

Week in Review | Palestine | Dec 23, 2021

The lost history of Gaza's Jewish quarter

A look into the history of a neighborhood in Gaza City that was once home to a Jewish population

Hadeel Al Gherbawi | Palestine | Dec 23, 2021

Palestine

Palestinian, Turkish ethnic mixture persists over times

Many Palestinians from Gaza are leaving the besieged enclave for Turkey in search of better living conditions.

Fatah builds bridges with Syria after rupture with Hamas

Son of top PLO official released after two years in Egyptian prison

Israeli settlements threaten Negev once again

Hamas plans to continue using cryptocurrencies for operations

Hamas holds memorial tribute for Soleimani in Gaza

Palestinians seek Israeli citizenship in Jerusalem

Palestinian West Bank villages face attacks by settlers

Palestinian embroidery: social, cultural identity on the UNESCO list

Kurdish Gazan families interwoven in Palestine’s national fabric

Mahmoud Abbas shakes dormant Palestinian-Israeli relations

Reasons behind Mohammed Dahlan's Democratic Reform Current elections in Gaza

Palestinians decry 'cultural theft' as Miss Universe contestants wear Bedouin clothes

Gaza at Christmas: a bleak outlook

The lost history of Gaza's Jewish quarter

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