Israeli authorities on Thursday released Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras, who had been on a hunger strike for 104 days. Al-Akhras was immediately escorted to the Najah hospital in Nablus, north of occupied West Bank, Quds […]
The 20th century’s greatest footballer, Diego Armando Maradona, died in San Andrés, Argentina, at the age of 60. The Argentine Football Association reported that the cause of death was cardiac arrest. Maradona has been struggling […]
Bahrain and Israel cemented their diplomatic agreement with a visit to Tel Aviv on Wednesday by a top Bahraini official. The Bahraini foreign minister Abdullatif al-Zayani arrived in Israel on his first official visit to […]
Christian symbols are a form of “idol worship”, was the explanation provided by an Israeli health worker to justify his repeated spitting on Christian icons in the city of Jaffa. Jaffa, known in Arabic as […]
In a clear message to the next US administration, which will, presumably, be headed by Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, the Israeli government has decided to approve the construction of 108 homes in the illegal Jewish […]
For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the election victory of US Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris will not make any difference as far as the United States government’s strong […]
Palestinian justice activists in Gaza held an outdoor conference to protest the death of Palestinian prisoner Kamal Abu Wa’ar, who died in an Israeli prison on Tuesday, November 10. The activists, representing national and Islamic […]
Only hours after Democratic nominee Joe Biden was projected to be the 46th President of the United States, the Israeli government approved the construction of a new settlement adjacent to the border of the besieged […]
US President Donald Trump has arguably been the most staunch supporter of the state of Israel than any other US president since the launch of the so-called peace process in the early 1990s. Now that […]
Palestinian Archbishop Atallah Hanna condemned the targeting of Muslims in France and around the world through degrading paintings and cartoons. Hanna, who is the Archbishop of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in […]
On Monday, Palestinian religious scholars in Gaza joined worldwide protests condemning inflammatory anti-Islamic practices and official statements by French media and government officials. Like many Muslims across the world, the Gaza scholars called for an […]
The human rights group Amnesty International responded to reported accusations made earlier by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in which he accused the group, among other organizations, of ‘antisemitism’. In a statement issued on […]
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi became the second member of the PLO’s Executive Committee to test positive for Coronavirus, the official Palestinian news agency, WAFA reported on Monday. Ashrawi, a renowned Palestinian politician, leader and intellectual is […]
Aleida Guevara, the daughter of iconic revolutionary figure Ernesto Che Guevara, spoke to Al-Maydeen news network in Lebanon about her father, his views on the Middle East and Palestine. The far-reaching interview was conducted on […]
The wife of Palestinian prisoner and hunger striker Maher al-Akhras announced on Wednesday that she will be joining her husband in his ongoing hunger strike. Al-Akhras has just completed his 73rd day of hunger strike […]
Israeli military officials are celebrating the imminent arrival of German missile boats, which they claim are designed to protect the Israeli natural gas industry from future attacks by the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah. The Israeli […]
The month of September has been the harshest month in Palestine in terms of the spread of the COVID-19 disease according to the latest statistics released by the World Health Organization (WHO). A ‘situation report’, […]
“Hats off to the engineers who designed it,” Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, said in reference to the Israeli-made attack drones which Azerbaijan is reportedly using in its war with its neighboring […]
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, passed away at the age of 91. Known for his ceaseless diplomatic effort to bridge the gap between conflicting Arab countries, and for his strong solidarity […]
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The Israeli and Italian governments concluded a major arms deal, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Israeli Defense Ministry. According to Israeli sources, the deal would allow Israel to sell “Spike anti-tank guided […]
We Are Not Numbers develops the communication skills of Palestinian youth living under occupation, enabling them to share the human stories behind the numbers in the news with a Western world that knows them mostly […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu never ceases to surprise in his propaganda war targeting Palestinians. The latest revelations contained in a highly anticipated book that was just published in the United States said that Netanyahu […]
The country of Bahrain became the latest Arab nation to normalize ties with Israel, less than a month following a similar decision by the United Arab Emirates. The Bahraini decision, which was announced by US […]
Arab countries rejected Wednesday a Palestinian draft that, if passed, would have censured the ongoing normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The failure to pass the resolution is considered a victory for […]
What if the story of Palestine was retold, this time by Palestinian prisoners? Ramzy Baroud’s latest book, “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons” attempts to answer that […]
The United States has officially sanctioned International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for investigating war crimes committed by the US and its allies. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also said that Phakiso Mochochoko, […]
A Palestinian prisoner, Daud Al-Khateeb, 45, died in Ofer prison today only four months before completing his 18-year prison sentence. Al-Khateeb died as a result of what Palestinian rights activists describe as medical negligence by […]
The Palestinian Hamas movement declared on Monday that it has reached an ‘understanding’ to contain the Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip. The agreement seems to have been the outcome of intense Qatari diplomacy […]
Palestinians in Gaza City took to their windows and balconies to thank the Gaza’s medical staff and local police force during the mass curfew imposed on besieged Gaza to contain the spread of the COVID-19 […]
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