Palestine

Hisham Ahmed was born in Deheisheh refugee camp on the outskirts of Bethlehem, Palestine in 1963.  Blind from birth, Hisham somehow surmounted all odds and ultimately earned a PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  He taught for many years a…

JERUSALEM: A short handwritten letter by Mahatma Gandhi 80-years-ago on the same day the World War II broke out, wishing the "afflicted (Jewish) people" an "era of peace", has been unveiled for the first time by the National Library of Israel. Gandhi wrote t…

The Palestinian soccer team celebrates during a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Malaysia in June of 2015. (AP Photo / Vincent Thian) Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Thank you for signing up. For more f…

To prepare himself, Ben-Gurion traveled to Turkey to study law along with his friend Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, who later became Israels second president. After their studies were cut short by World War I, they eventually headed to New York City, where Ben-Gurion met a…

The Palestinian national football club championship has been called off after Israel denies travel permits to Gaza players who had hoped to face-off with their opponents in the occupied West Bank. Israel on Wednesday refused to let players from Gaza's Khadam…

Israeli police said they have arrested Jerusalem Affairs Minister Fadi al-Hadami of the Palestinian Authority (PA) - a move Palestinians said was "routine" and part of a "harassment campaign". The Jerusalem Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday t…

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend "Howdy, Modi!" at NRG Stadium in Houston: AFP/Getty Images Indias prime minister Narendra Modi has been accused of interfering in the next US presidential election, after he gave a spee…

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Within one of the worlds most spectacular ancient sites lies a small, humble tomb. Unlike most tombs in such sites, it does not contain a long-dead monarch, emperor, or any other character from the distant past. Instead, it houses a 20th-century man whose pas…

For years the number of countries using technology to monitor and track their citizens has been growing. China and Russia have been the most active in applying the technologies; Beijing increasingly uses surveillance methods within its own country, Moscow eng…