Palestine

The Saudi man cannot believe his ears.“You told him that the Israelis are right and that you want to do business with them?” he asks in response to the suggestion that perhaps, after years of open animosity, Israel isn't the enemy Saudi Arabia once believed them to be.“The enemy is…

Nathan Bomey USA TODAYPublished 4:56 PM EDT May 4, 2020The USA TODAY Network's Louisville Courier Journal won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting on Monday for its coverage of last-minute pardons issued by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin before he left office. The Pulitzer board honored the staff of the Courier Journal…

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is about to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank, making the territory formally part of the Zionist state according to Israeli law. The millions of Palestinians living in the West Bank will continue to be denied the vote and even the…

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is arrested by Israeli security forces for resisting efforts to shut down a synagogue in the Me’a She’arim neighborhood in Jerusalem, April 17, 2020. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty ImagesMost prominent rabbis around the world support government health regulations intended to curb the spread of coronavirus, even…

Most of Facebook is a cesspool, filled with conspiracy theories, pyramid schemes, and baby photos posted by someone you think you probably went to high school with, or maybe you used to work together, but whatever, it’s mostly garbage. Enter the only wholesome social Facebook group on the planet, “View…

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that it was Israel's decision whether to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, and the US will offer its views on this to the new Israeli government in private. "As for the annexation of the West Bank, the Israelis…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas enters a news conference with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (not seen) at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York, U.S., February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Yana PaskovaRAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks aired on Wednesday that his administration would regard…

By Humeyra Pamuk and Arshad MohammedWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank and said that Washington would offer its views privately to Israel's new government, drawing a warning from Palestinians who vowed…

St George's Day is here, offering us all a chance to fly English flags, celebrate our country's heritage and honour the patron saint of England. While St Patrick's Day, St David's Day and St Andrew's Day are all celebrated with patriotic community events, St George's Day has become less significant over time and has left the nation…

Banging pots and pans and waving homemade banners, scores of Palestinians have expressed their solidarity with women enduring various forms of domestic violence during a lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative on Monday, which saw both women and men stand at their windows and balconies across the…