Palestine

The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Donald Trump has announced the “full normalisation of relations” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, suspending Israel’s efforts to declare sovereignty over a third of occupied West Bank territories to…

There was a time when Lebanon's coastal cities and snowy peaks were leading tourist destinations for the Jewish residents of Mandatory Palestine By AMIT NAOR/NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL  AUGUST 9, 2020 17:36 An advertisement for a trip for Jews from Mandatory Palestine to Lebanon, Syria and Transjordan, seen in English…

A century of struggle in Palestine. Here’s the script: Criminalize the boycotts, deport the human rights advocates, rebrand anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism, smear the leftist Jews, infiltrate the leftist organizations, defund the aid programs, torpedo the political campaigns, fire the high school teachers and speech pathologists and network commentators, and pinkwash…

The killers of Rina Shnerb are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terrorist group in the EU. Rina Shnerb, 17, was killed by an improvised explosive device in the West Bank, August 23 2019 (photo credit: Courtesy) Dutch civil servants took a picture with…

Since the post went viral, the communications minister has said that it was reason enough to find an alternate search engine for the PA. Map of Israel - Google Maps (photo credit: Courtesy of Google Maps) The Palestinian Authority's communications minister has reportedly announced that the government is searching for…

Amid a global pandemic, economic recession and simmering racial tensions around the world, Israel's threat to formally annex parts of occupied Palestinian territory presents yet another international crisis in the making. This is because, with this outrageous move, the Israeli government threatens to unravel the rules-based system of international relations.  Today's…

Palestinian online station Radio alhara has organised a three day protest broadcast. Radio alhara is a loose knit collective of clubbers, DJs, producers, and artists, brought together by an urge to communicate their experiences with the world. In the space of three of months Radio alhara has caught the imagination, gaining…

My book Wrestling with Zionism: Jewish Voices of Dissent was published by Interlink Books in 2020, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the crucially important and ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, and the outrageous announcement of Israel's annexation plans. The first half of this year has been tumultuous,…

TEL AVIV, Israel: Israel ordered thousands of people into quarantine after a contentious phone surveillance program resumed as Palestinians in the West Bank returned to life under lockdown after both areas saw surges in coronavirus cases. A statement Sunday from Israel’s Health Ministry said “many” messages had been sent to…

The rule of law, as Gandhi said about Western civilization, would be a good idea. I thought this as I listened to Justice Joseph Di Luca drone for hours, literally, while ruling on the Therieault brothers' case. I've sat through those rulings (this one was, uniquely, virtual) and it's always similar: you…