Palestine

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced new guidelines on Thursday that ban athletes from making political, religious and ethnic demonstrations at the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Olympics “are not and must never be a platfor…

NEW YORK (AP) Producers of the game show Jeopardy! have apologized for a clue that waded into political hot water involving Israeli control of the West Bank, saying an incorrect version of the show was sent to television stations. A game shown last Friday as…

"Jeopardy!" has issued an apology for initially ruling that the historic Church of the Nativity is in Israel and not Palestine. During last week's broadcast, "Jeopardy!" posed a question of where is the Church of the Nativity located. One of the contestants…

A representative for Jeopardy! is speaking out in response to the uproar over a question on the show last week, in which Palestine was not recognized as a correct response. The $200 clue for the “Where’s That Church?” category was, “Built in the 300s A.D., t…

House of Dance- Pampulha Modern Ensemble (Brazil) . Image © Hugo Martins Bajo Licencia CC BY-NC 2.0 World Heritage Site is the title given to specific places on the globe (landscapes, cultural routes, cities, or architectural structures) by the Unit…

The Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories increased by 70 per cent in 2019, according to a report issued here. Israel announced tenders to build around 10,000 new settlement units in 2019, compared to 6,800 in 2018, Xinhua news …

Hackers who claim to be working for the Iranian government have hacked a US government website in a "revenge" attack. In a brutal take-down of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) the hackers warned this first move was only a small part of Irans cyb…

On December 15, Brazil opened a trade office in Jerusalem and announced that it would soon relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to the contested city. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his appreciation by declaring Israel has "no better frien…

Our writer reports from Hebron about the Israeli settlements, the tensions there, and those who reject violence.HEBRON, PALESTINE Located 20 miles south of Jerusalem on the West Bank, the city of Hebron is a flashpoint of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Its Ca…

( Middle East Monitor ) – “They will run and not grow weary, is a quote from the Bible (Isaiah, 40:41) that adorns the homepage of Kairos Palestine. This important document, which parallels a similar initiative emanating from South Africa during the anti-apar…