Linah Alsaafin Linah Alsaafin is a writer and editor based in the West Bank. On Twitter: @LinahAlsaafin Palestine | Jun 7, 2013 West Bank Palestinians Indifferent To New Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah's appointment as new prime minister has failed to move the mostly apathetic Palestinian street in the West Bank. Palestine | Jun 3, 2013 Israeli Settlers Escalate Violence Against Palestinians Settler violence against Palestinians, including reprisal attacks, has risen in the aftermath of the stabbing death of an Israeli settler. Palestine | May 23, 2013 Jerusalem Eviction Postponed, Offering a Glimmer of Hope The Shamasneh family, residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem, are facing eviction under Israeli laws that allow Jewish residents to take back property owned prior to 1948. Palestine | May 20, 2013 Palestinians Demolish Part of Separation Wall A group of 20 Palestinians drilled a hole in the separation wall near Jerusalem to reconnect two Palestinian villages. Palestine | May 13, 2013 PA Helpless to Combat Expansion By Israel in Jordan Valley The Palestinian Authority is struggling to come up with answers to Israel's settlement expansion in the Jordan Valley. Palestine | May 2, 2013 Alleged Beating by PA Interrogators Costs Palestinian Man His Speech Reports of beatings and torture by PA security forces are common, but there is no follow up or accountability, reports Linah Alsaafin. Palestine | Apr 25, 2013 Palestinians Turn to Facebook In Fight Against Occupation Despite a spike in social-media usage, Palestinian activists still face challenges translating online activism into mass mobilization, writes Linah Alsaafin. Palestine | Apr 17, 2013 Palestinian Prisoners Are Low Priority for PA Linah Alsaafin reports on how Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails remain a low priority for the Palestinian Authority in its negotiations with Israel. Palestine | Apr 12, 2013 'Slow Food' Project Encourages Organic Palestinian Produce The Palestinian chapter for Slow Food International is seeking to revive Palestinian agricultural identity by producing organic food, Linah Alsaafin reports. Palestine | Apr 2, 2013 Palestinian Family Fights To Remain in Israeli Settlement With the help of human rights groups, Hani Awad has resisted Israeli attempts to evacuate him and his family from an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Linah Alsaafin writes. Pagination Show more Latest News US envoy touts 'potential' of Israel-Saudi deal in Netanyahu talks Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 19, 2024 Cannes film follows Egypt feminists on brink of adulthood by Alice Hackman | AFP | May 19, 2024 Prayers and concern in Iran as Raisi's helicopter remains missing by Majid SOURATI | AFP | May 19, 2024 See more Podcasts Why did Kuwait, one of the most democratic countries in the Mideast, take a sharp autocratic turn & what comes next? The Gaza showdown between Biden and Netanyahu As Greek PM heads to Ankara to meet Erdogan, is this truly 'a new era' between Turkey & Greece? See more
Palestine | Jun 7, 2013 West Bank Palestinians Indifferent To New Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah's appointment as new prime minister has failed to move the mostly apathetic Palestinian street in the West Bank.
Palestine | Jun 3, 2013 Israeli Settlers Escalate Violence Against Palestinians Settler violence against Palestinians, including reprisal attacks, has risen in the aftermath of the stabbing death of an Israeli settler.
Palestine | May 23, 2013 Jerusalem Eviction Postponed, Offering a Glimmer of Hope The Shamasneh family, residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem, are facing eviction under Israeli laws that allow Jewish residents to take back property owned prior to 1948.
Palestine | May 20, 2013 Palestinians Demolish Part of Separation Wall A group of 20 Palestinians drilled a hole in the separation wall near Jerusalem to reconnect two Palestinian villages.
Palestine | May 13, 2013 PA Helpless to Combat Expansion By Israel in Jordan Valley The Palestinian Authority is struggling to come up with answers to Israel's settlement expansion in the Jordan Valley.
Palestine | May 2, 2013 Alleged Beating by PA Interrogators Costs Palestinian Man His Speech Reports of beatings and torture by PA security forces are common, but there is no follow up or accountability, reports Linah Alsaafin.
Palestine | Apr 25, 2013 Palestinians Turn to Facebook In Fight Against Occupation Despite a spike in social-media usage, Palestinian activists still face challenges translating online activism into mass mobilization, writes Linah Alsaafin.
Palestine | Apr 17, 2013 Palestinian Prisoners Are Low Priority for PA Linah Alsaafin reports on how Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails remain a low priority for the Palestinian Authority in its negotiations with Israel.
Palestine | Apr 12, 2013 'Slow Food' Project Encourages Organic Palestinian Produce The Palestinian chapter for Slow Food International is seeking to revive Palestinian agricultural identity by producing organic food, Linah Alsaafin reports.
Palestine | Apr 2, 2013 Palestinian Family Fights To Remain in Israeli Settlement With the help of human rights groups, Hani Awad has resisted Israeli attempts to evacuate him and his family from an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Linah Alsaafin writes.
US envoy touts 'potential' of Israel-Saudi deal in Netanyahu talks Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 19, 2024
Prayers and concern in Iran as Raisi's helicopter remains missing by Majid SOURATI | AFP | May 19, 2024
Why did Kuwait, one of the most democratic countries in the Mideast, take a sharp autocratic turn & what comes next?