Palestine

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…

U.S. Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib respond to the travel restrictions to Palestine and Israel imposed on them. USA TODAY WASHINGTON  Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib blasted both President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister…

Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) defended her aborted plan to attend a trip to Israel and Palestine sponsored by a notoriously anti-Semitic group on Monday, arguing that criticisms of the organization were intended to serve as a distraction from Israe…

A CNN panel Monday afternoon got seriously heated as The Atlantic’s Peter Beinart and National Review’s Rich Lowry clashed over Israel and Palestine following a press conference from Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who were recently d…

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The congresswoman was denied access to visit Israel on a congressional oversight trip by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration.