Palestine

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said that both the United States and Iran must observe conventions obliging states to protect cultural sites after US President Donald Trump threatened to target Iran's cultural…

The Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories increased by 70 per cent in 2019, according to a report issued here. Israel announced tenders to build around 10,000 new settlement units in 2019, compared to 6,800 in 2018, Xinhua news …

Hackers who claim to be working for the Iranian government have hacked a US government website in a "revenge" attack. In a brutal take-down of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) the hackers warned this first move was only a small part of Irans cyb…

On December 15, Brazil opened a trade office in Jerusalem and announced that it would soon relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to the contested city. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his appreciation by declaring Israel has "no better frien…

Our writer reports from Hebron about the Israeli settlements, the tensions there, and those who reject violence.HEBRON, PALESTINE Located 20 miles south of Jerusalem on the West Bank, the city of Hebron is a flashpoint of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Its Ca…

( Middle East Monitor ) – “They will run and not grow weary, is a quote from the Bible (Isaiah, 40:41) that adorns the homepage of Kairos Palestine. This important document, which parallels a similar initiative emanating from South Africa during the anti-apar…

( Middle East Monitor) – This has been a defining year for Palestine and Israel. Despite the usual political stagnation of the Palestinian leadership, two factors contributed to making 2019 particularly eventful and, looking ahead, consequential as well: The …

It has been a big year for Arabic fiction in English translation. Two Arabic books were longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International, with the prize going to Omani writer Jokha al-Harthi's brilliant Celestial Bodies in Marilyn Booth's inspired translation…

At the newly-renovated Church of the Nativity where, the story goes, Jesus, the Prince of Peace was born, pilgrims from around the world are gathering for midnight mass. But for some, the real celebration of peace happened last week, a 10-minute drive away f…

Israeli forces detained a prominent Palestinian writer during a raid on his home in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to local residents. Soldiers raided the Ahmed Qatamesh's house in the city of al-Bireh and took him into custody, the residents s…