Palestine

Francis Bedford, Jerusalem: General View from the Mount of Olives (April 6, 1862) Albumen silver print 3 7/8 × 5 1/16 in., from The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens, Etc. Etc., 1866, pl. 14, (image via J. Paul Getty Museum, Open Content program) What…

LONDON (Reuters) - Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world's biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist, researchers said on Tuesday. Publishing the findings of …

Palestinian officials have denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reiteration of a pledge to annex all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, warning such a move would not lead to "any peace". Nabil Abu Rdainah, a spokesman for Palesti…

Cancelling Palestine (Palestinian Authority or Palestinian Territories) from the U.S. State Departments list is not related to American national interests, PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said.  *** Palestinian officials slammed the United States Sunday f…

A Palestinian student and incoming Harvard University freshman was barred from entering the United States after the teenager said he was questioned for hours by US immigration officials about his religious practices and friends' social media activities. Isma…

Banksy’s mural depicting a worker chipping away at a star on the flag of the European Union has disappeared from the side of a building in a coastal English town, CNN reports. The artwork, symbolizing the U.K.’s impending exit from the E.U., had become a tou…

(Adds fresh comments by Palestinian faction, details) BEIRUT, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Israeli drone strikes hit a military position belonging to an Iranian-backed Palestinian faction in Lebanon's Bekaa valley near the Syrian border early on Monday, the group said…

The Cannes Film Festival always introduces a selection of ultimate foreign-language contenders for what is now called the Best International Feature Film Oscar. Last year’s final Oscar nominations were culled from 87 submissions from around the world. Bong J…

The drone itself is like a missile, said Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli military spokesman. Israel aimed only to destroy offensive infrastructure, Colonel Conricus said, but fighters belonging to both the Quds Force, an elite unit of the Iranian Revo…

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib did a press conference on Monday in response to their having been barred by the Israeli government from leading a visit to Israel and Palestine. They repeatedly referred to Occupation a…