Palestine

This past week, a liberal Israeli daily newspaper, Haartz, quoted a senior US official in Jerusalem who said that concern with Israel’s discriminatory treatment of Palestinian-Americans seeking to enter the West Bank was unrelated to Israel’s petition to enter the US Visa Waiver Program. They were two different issues, the…

CHICAGO: President Joe Biden needs to find the “will” to do the right thing and push Israelis and Palestinians together to achieve peace, one of his strongest supporters in Congress told Arab News Wednesday. Congresswoman Marie Newman, a Democrat, said the issue of Palestine and Israel is important to her…

Asian Cup campaign in peril as Azkals absorb 4-0 beating vs Palestine The Philippine Azkals absorbed a 4-0 beating at the hands of Palestine Tuesday, June 14 and found themselves in a difficult position in the third round of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers at the MFF Football Centre in…

The Hong Kong football team has qualified for the Asian Cup for the first time in 54 years after the Philippines lost to Palestine in their final qualifying match. Palestine’s 4-0 thrashing of the Philippines on Tuesday afternoon means Jorn Andersen’s Hong Kong side, which has six points from the…

HONG KONG: Palestine thrashed the Philippines 4-0 in Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday (Jun 14) to book their spot at next year's Asian Cup finals, a result which also sealed qualification for six other sides at the continental championship. Goals from Saleh Chihadeh, Tamer Seyam, Mohammed Yamin and Mahmoud Abu Warda earned the Palestinians…

The high levels of food insecurity could also be postulated by factors such as low economic status, poor dietary intake and low levels of nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP), and the lack of dietary diversity, based on a recent cross-sectional study​. The study, titled Households’ Food Insecurity and Their…

Published On 26 May 202226 May 2022 The Palestinian Authority has announced the results of its investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, saying that it shows Israeli forces deliberately shot and killed the veteran reporter. The findings echoed the results of a preliminary investigation announced nearly…

From the fact of Abu Akleh’s murder to the true, liberatory meaning of her funeral, the media proved yet again that it’s not equipped to cover Palestine. May 25, 2022 Western newsrooms generally love martyrs—men or women whom they can market to their readers as perfect victims. Shireen Abu Akleh,…

A picture of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in the West Bank on May 11, 2022. Imad Creidi/Reuters Abu Akleh was killed while covering an Israel military raid on 11 May.Al Jazeera says Akleh was “assassinated in cold blood” by Israeli forces.The Israel military said it had…

SEPANG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob(pix) has urged the Malaysian Family to rise up and criticise the atrocities of the Zionists against Palestine to restore the rights and dignity of its people. He said the matter is a joint responsibility of humans to act humanitarianly when a certain…