Temple Mount's contentious history

While some Palestinians use the Temple Mount for political means, denying its Jewish history, Jewish far-right extremists use the Temple Mount as a means of provocation.

Palestine

Female athletes keep ball rolling in Palestine

Many female soccer players in Palestine are fighting an uphill battle given their towns’ traditions, which discourage women from participating in athletics.

Palestine

Israeli journalist archives lives of Palestinian citizens

Jewish Israeli photojournalist Miki Kratsman has been posting photos of Palestinians he took while covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for over 30 years, and asking about what happened to them.

Palestine

What's behind PA's call to welcome Syrian refugees?

The Palestinian Authority says it is ready to welcome Palestinian and Syrian refugees displaced from Syria, despite the current unlikeliness of such a measure amid restrictions imposed by Israel.

Palestine

Who are Temple Mount's Mourabitoun?

In an Al-Monitor interview, a female Muslim activist discusses her organization's perspective on defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound against what it views as encroaching Jewish pilgrims and activists.

Palestine

Security chaos in Nablus haunts PA

The Palestinian Authority is concerned about the escalating security incidents occurring between the security services and members of Fatah in the West Bank.

Palestine

How one of the smallest religious communities in the world is struggling to sustain its community

The Samaritans are desperately trying to sustain their lineage in their West Bank enclave on Mount Gerizim.

Near East

Will the Palestinians abolish the Oslo Accord?

Growing despair might drive Palestinian leadership to announce the abolition of the Oslo Accord, which would lead to chaos and consequently breakouts of violence.

Palestine

Tightened security backfires at Al-Aqsa

Israel has taken measures to limit the number of Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque so that Jewish visitors can pray there, but the steps seem to be increasing rather than soothing tensions.

Palestine

Netanyahu's double standards on settlement product labels

Israel reached agreement in 2005 with the European Union to identify settlement products on export certificates, yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hints at the Holocaust in objecting to the Europeans' decision to require labeling these products to inform consumers of their origin.

Palestine

Why Israeli politicians choose not to call for 'peace'

The murder of Alexander Levlovich by stones thrown at his car provoked Israeli politicians into superficial statements on security, instead of prompting a public debate over ways to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Palestine

Right-wing cyber 'soldiers' take on Israeli human rights organization

The Israeli conservative organization My Israel has rallied its members to vote for human rights activists from around the world in a campaign to sabotage the candidacy of B'Tselem, currently a finalist for the Human Rights Tulip award.

Palestine