The recognition of Palestine: what it does, what it doesn’t do, and why now
The recognition of Palestine as a state is more of a symbolic gesture than a meaningful act, like imposing sanctions on Israel would be. Still, it shows that even...
Read MoreIf Israel’s settlement plan goes through, the West Bank will soon cease to exist
Netanyahu officially approved a settlement plan last week and announced his intentions to greenlight other settlements just like it. Together, these plans would end the West Bank as a...
Read MoreIn display of ‘humiliation,’ Israeli army detains over 1,000 Palestinians at random in West Bank city
Following the Tulkarem Brigade’s first armed operation against Israeli forces in eight months, the Israeli army arrested over 1,000 Palestinians at random and marched them through the streets of...
Read MoreWhat it takes to be a Palestinian journalist
In Palestine, journalistic integrity isn’t derived from AP or the New York Times. It is grounded in the faithfulness of Palestinian journalists to their people and to the truth...
Read MoreIsrael bombed Qatar to assassinate Hamas’s lead ceasefire negotiators
Amid ongoing ceasefire talks, Israel attempted to assassinate the Hamas negotiating team in an airstrike on the Doha office of its lead negotiator, senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya. Hamas...
Read MorePalestinians in the West Bank brace for Israeli retaliation after six Israelis killed in Jerusalem shooting
In the aftermath of a Palestinian shooting attack that killed six Israelis, Israeli analysts and security officials warn of an “explosion” in the West Bank. Meanwhile, Palestinians are bracing...
Read MoreThe new Israeli map proposing to annex 80% of the West Bank, explained
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich released a map proposing to annex over 80% of the West Bank. He’s not far off from the rest of the Israeli political establishment...
Read MoreIsrael wanted to punish a Palestinian village. So it destroyed 10,000 of its olive trees.
Israel uprooted 10,000 olive trees in al-Mughayyir during a three-day siege of the West Bank Palestinian village. The Israeli army stated that uprooting the trees was intended to “deter”...
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