Palestine

By Yara Asi | – Al Shabaka) – For decades, political barriers have obstructed the Palestinian health system in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, impeding rights and protections. Al-Shabaka Policy Analyst Yara Asi examines how the Israeli occupation has decreased…

Last year, we walked with Daniel Nahmias through the Old City of Jerusalem to experience the collaborations he fostered in conjunction with the Matchmaker project, which paired older craftsmen with younger designers in order to come up with new, hybrid invent…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has released from custody a Palestinian businessman arrested for taking part in the US-led economic conference in  Bahrain, a family source has said. The PA's intelligence service detained on Saturday Salah Abu Mayala, a busine…

By Ramona Wadi | @walzerscent | – Palestinians have rejected the Manama summit taking place today for several legitimate reasons all pointing to how the US prelude to the so-called deal of the century normalises Israel at an unprecedented level. This normal…

RAMALLAH/GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders accused the Trump administration of punishing them with one hand and offering to reward them with the other, as protesters turned out in the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday to demonstrate against a U.S. economic p…

Jared Kushner accused the Palestinian Authority of failing to help its own people after officials boycott his two-day Middle East peace conference in Bahrain.  Trump's son-in-law and special adviser hoped to kick-start a peace deal between Israel and Palesti…

Bahrain: The head of FIFA promised Wednesday to build more football pitches in the Palestinian territories as he joined a US-led economic workshop in Bahrain on drawing investment. Gianni Infantino, president of world football's governing body, took part in …

Oman will open an embassy in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the sultanate's foreign ministry said. The decision announced on Wednesday was made "in continuation of the sultanate's support for the Palestinian people" it said. "A delegation from the…

Oman said Wednesday that it has decided to open an embassy in the Palestinian territories in support of the Palestinian people, in a first for a Gulf Arab state. The announcement coincides with a US-led economic workshop in Bahrain to unveil a Middle East pe…

DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman said on Wednesday it is planning to open a new diplomatic mission in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and that a delegation from its foreign ministry will be going to Ramallah for that purpose. “In line with the Sultanate’s support for …