Palestine

The business item calls for public support of Palestine and is similar to business items that have been proposed in the past. Classroom (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) The National Education Association (NEA), a teachers' union with over three million members, defeated New Business Item 29, which calls to publicize support…

Several verified profile pages on Gettr, the new social media platform from Jason Miller, once an advisor to former President Trump, were apparently hacked and defaced briefly on Sunday (via Insider). The accounts of several well-known Republicans, including Miller, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene…

The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Marc Garneau, paid a landmark visit to an installation run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Jerash Palestine refugee camp, Jordan. The Honourable Mr. Garneau was accompanied by the Ambassador of…

The Palestinian Monetary Authority is considering issuing a digital currency to facilitate monetary independence from Israel. According to accords signed with Israel in the 1990s, the Palestinians agreed not to immediately create their own currency. As a consequence their economy primarily depends on the Israeli shekel, the Jordanian dinar and…

Experts in Australia and the United States have argued that the resumption of hostilities between Israel and Palestine this week is the result of a failure of the Biden administration pursuing a failed Obama-era policies. Arthur Tane, the executive director of the Canberra-based Council on Middle East Relations, told The…

Efforts to revive Malaysia-Egypt bilateral relations and cooperation, especially in the political and economic contexts, were discussed by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday. Muhyiddin said the discussion, held via video conference, touched on fostering greater cooperation in trade, education, tourism, and infrastructure development. "I…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Two members of the paper's board told The StarPhoenix they resigned the same day. Author of the article: Zak Vescera Signage inside a doorway on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, SK on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Photo…

Actress Urvashi Rautela has extended a helping hand and donated oxygen concentrators. The actress recently made her debut internationally with the album 'Versace Baby' opposite the Egyptian actor Mohamed Ramadan. After garnering a good response, Urvashi Rautela contributed her earnings from her song to the Covid-19 Relief Fund in India…

Listen to this episode of The Times: Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Google As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict keeps a cease-fire, its proxy wars continue to rage worldwide. One of the latest battlefronts has been in California classrooms. This past March, the California Department of Education approved an ethnic studies…

A social media campaign by pro-Palestine activists has pushed down the ranking for Facebook’s app in Apple and Google’s app stores, NBC News reported. The activists are seeking to protest Facebook’s alleged censorship of Palestinian accounts on its platform, and are instructing people to leave Facebook’s app a one-star review.…