Palestine

Just metres away from the towering concrete separation barrier in Palestines West Bank is a skatepark overlooking the small village of Jayyous and its undulating landscape. The site was constructed in 2017 by the charity SkatePal to enhance the lives of the a…

The Israeli government has announced that it will ban the only two Muslim women in Congress, representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, from entering the country. But the two weren't headed to Israel; their planned congressional trip was to Palestine. The…

United States congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have called Israel's decision to bar them from entering the country ahead of a planned visit to the occupied West Bank "a sign of weakness" and "an insult to democratic values". Tlaib, a 43-year-old De…

When we first started telling people that we were going to hike in the West Bank, Palestine, they were incredulous. You’re going where? You’re doing what? Over a 3 week period, starting in Rummana at the northern Israeli/ Palestine border and ending in Beit…

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I have long advocated a plebiscite in Kashmir, allowing the Kashmiris to split way if they so choose, as the only moral, liberal solution. Alas, all political parties reject that... Continuing with Article 370 of the Constitution — as many liberals and polit…

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday condemned a U.S. blueprint to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and called on haj pilgrims to oppose it, Iranian state media reported. “The trick called ‘Deal of t…

It happens twice a year. The beach between Tel Aviv and Jaffa fills with Palestinians from the West Bank. For many children this is the only time they get to visit the seaside, even though their homes in the Occupied Territories may be no more than twenty or …

A New York State judge has ordered Fordham University to recognize a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine as a university-sanctioned club after the dean of students, Keith Eldredge, rejected the student groups petition for recognition based on its pol…