Palestine

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spell may have finally worn out. He tried every trick in the book to win Tuesday's Knesset elections but failed to secure enough seats to form a government. For months, the incumbent premier lied to his constituenc…

Subscribe to the Deconstructed podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Radio Public, and other platforms. New to podcasting? Click here. Israeli voters returned to the polls this week for the second time in five months to elect the 120 members …

The German city of Dortmund has withdrawn its decision to award a British Pakistani writer a literature prize, citing her support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.  Acclaimed novelist Kamila Shamsie was announced as th…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving quickly to alter the political reality in Palestine, and facing little or no resistance. On September 10, Netanyahu declared his intentions to annex swathes of Palestinian land adjacent to the Jordan River,…

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told CBS News on Sunday that she believes peace between Israel and Palestine is more likely to be achieved if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not re-elected. "I certainly hope that the people of Israel make a different …

Days ahead of Israel's second election in six months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for his political life. The long-serving leader faces potential indictments in three corruption cases, while his right-wing Likud party has failed to open up …

When the Romans weren't busy conquering their enemies, they loved to waste massive quantities of water, which gurgled and bubbled throughout their cities. The engineers of the empire invented standardized lead pipes, aqueducts as high as fortresses, and water…

Three people, all relatives, are being charged in the death of a 21-year-old woman in a suspected "honour killing" in a village near the Palestinian town of Bethlehem.  Make-up artist Israa Ghrayeb died last month after being taken to hospital with severe wo…

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HASSAN AL ABEDI, 55 YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN, SAYING: "We tell Netanyahu, and whoever follows him, you will not break the Palestinians' will, you will never break our will, never, never." Palestinians tilling the land of the fertile Jordan …

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to annex the Jordan Valley and his frequent accusations against Tehran were ploys to win re-election, the semi-official news agency Tasnim repor…