Palestine

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…

Visualizing Palestine creates data-driven tools to advance a factual, rights-based narrative of the Palestinian-Israeli issue. Our researchers, designers, technologists, and communications specialists work in partnership with civil society actors to amplify t…

by Zena Agha | – Bipartisan legislation passed by the US Congress in 1997 limits the quality and availability of satellite imagery of Palestine-Israel. The Kyl-Bingaman Amendment (KBA) to the US National Defense Authorization Act was passed under the pretext…

Israeli work crews on Monday began demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes in an east Jerusalem neighborhood, in one of the largest operations of its kind in years. The demolitions capped a years-long legal battle over the buildings, built along the invisibl…

Iran’s supreme leader said on Monday during a meeting with a delegation from the Palestinian militant group Hamas that Tehran won’t give up its position on Palestine, AP reports. “Supporting Palestine is an ideological and religious matter,” Ayatollah Ali Kha…

Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Behind a razor wire fence at the Border Patrol detention center in Clint, Texas, hundreds of children were held in cells. Scabies, shingles and chicken pox, thriving in the insanitary conditions, were spreadin…