Palestine

Some language discovered on Joe Biden’s website site has sparked significant backlash online from left-wing activists. On a section of his website, Biden declared his opposition to the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement, an effort to highlight businesses that work with Israel, which the movement says is committing criminal acts…

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced after a cabinet meeting that his government will move to implement the end of Palestinian cooperation with Israel and the United States and its withdrawal from all agreements it had signed with them. The steps were announced Tuesday by…

The United Nations' special Middle East envoy called on Israel to drop plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, joining a growing international chorus of opposition. Envoy Nickolay Mladenov also called on the Palestinians to resume talks with the so-called Quartet, comprised of the United States, Russia, the…

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has warned that Israeli annexations in the occupied West Bank would spell the end of all security coordination, as international opposition to the plans grows.US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday became the latest high-profile figure to oppose Prime Minister…

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…