Palestine

Israel approved the construction of 6,000 new homes for Israeli settlers and 700 new homes for Palestinians in an area of the occupied West Bank where it has full control. The announcement by an unnamed Israeli official on Wednesday came ahead of an expected…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) voiced her agreement with a radio host blaming "white supremacist Jews" for the unrest between Israel and the Palestinians in her latest anti-Semitic scandal. Ocasio-Cortez was being interviewed on the "Ebro in the Morn…

“We do not approve of silence on the state terror that Israel blatantly carries out in Palestine,” Erdogan said on Sunday, addressing senior provincial officials of his Justice and Development Party in Ankara, according to the Iranian PressTV. Also on rt.com…

New Yorkers protesting Gov. Andrew Cuomos anti-BDS executive order in June 2016. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press) Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, chec…

Screw Roland Barthes: if ever the identity of the author mattered to how a piece of literature is understood, it matters to Palestine +100. The nationality of the authors in this collection is relevant for several reasons. First, because this book is (accord…

A Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli army fire during the weekly protests in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in the besieged enclave. The ministry said on Saturday that Ahmed al-Qarra, 23, died "as a result of wounds sustained (from)…

This week we learned a lot about the toll of climate change on mental health how doctors will diagnose it in the future and how it impacts women versus men. And we met a 53-year-old table tennis champion from Palestine who wields a mighty paddle in the face o…

CorrectSolution: c) India pledges to contribute USD 5 million in 2019 to UN Palestine refugee agency. India has increased its annual financial contribution fourfold to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)…

A new lit festival set for next March is looking for support. Palestine Writes Back promises to be the first major fest “dedicated to the celebration and support of Palestinian literature in the United States.” To this end, organizers hope to raise $150,000.…

WASHINGTON The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to formally oppose the Palestinian-backed movement to boycott Israel, over the objections of Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. The measure, H.Res. 246 opposes efforts to delegitimize the State of Isra…