Palestine

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority considers itself free of all agreements and understandings with both Israel and the U.S. — including on security matters — because of Israel's annexation plans.Why it matters: Abbas appears now to be following through on a drastic threat he had…

An Etihad Airways plane flew from the capital of the United Arab Emirates into Israel on Tuesday to deliver coronavirus aid to the Palestinians, the airline said, marking the first known direct commercial flight between the two nations. The flight took place despite the UAE having no formal diplomatic ties…

During the 1948 Palestine War around half the Palestinian people were forced from their homes. Nearly the entire urban Palestinian population was expelled before the Israeli Declaration of Independence in May 1948. For this year's Nakba Day the Palestine Open Maps project has created an interactive story map exploring the…

Laylat al-Qadr, or the night of power, is considered by Muslims to be the holiest night of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The exact date of Laylat al-Qadr is unspecified, but it is believed to occur on one of the last 10 days of the month. Many Muslims…

( Middle East Monitor ) – Between 1947 and 1949, Zionist militias and the newly-formed Israeli army expelled more than half of the indigenous population of Palestine. Some 800,000 Palestinians were either forced out literally at the barrel of a gun, or fled in fear of being massacred by the…

(This May 14 story has been refiled with tweaked wording in paragraph 2 to make clear not all Palestinians marking Nakba were uprooted in 1948) FILE PHOTO: A man holds a large piece of keffiyeh, the national black-and-white checkered scarf, in a factory as Palestinians prepare to mark Nakba amid…

Allegations of Islamophobia against India are an attempt to defame the country by those engaged in “nefarious propaganda” here and abroad, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said. He also alleged that the women who protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh were misguided…

By Hatem Bazian | – ( Al Shabakah) – Palestine Legal recently published a report noting that the majority of suppression of Palestine advocacy in the US targets students and faculty. In particular, 89% of such incidents occurred on college campuses in 2014, and 74% in 2019. While these statistics…

The Australian government has told the International Criminal Court it should not investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine because Palestine is not a state, arguing the court prosecutors investigation into alleged attacks on civilians, torture, attacks on … Read More

( Middle East Monitor ) – One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened at San Remo, a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera. Together, they sealed the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat in World War I. It was…