The strawberry harvest season in Gaza is bittersweet. This is a time of community, beauty, and hope, of family and friends coming together, and helping each other. In the process of doing so, they become […]
Mays Abu Ghosh, a 23-year-old Palestinian student from the refugee camp of Qalandiya, is finally free. She was released from the Damon Israeli prison after spending 15 months under harsh physical and psychological conditions. The […]
Although November 29 has galvanized pro-Palestinian communities around the world for decades, a few facts and problems about this day must be acknowledged and redressed. To start with, the history behind that specific date is […]
The Iranian Defense Ministry confirmed on Friday, November 27, the assassination of prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadhe. Fakhrizadeh died of injuries in hospital after armed assassins fired on his car, Iranian media reported. In 2018, […]
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 […]
Editor’s Note: The following statement was issued by the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC) on November 15, 2020. The ODSC is one the largest initiatives of Palestinians and Israelis championing a one-state solution as an […]
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 […]
I always hear about demolitions and confiscations after the fact. But this is the first time I witness the act of destruction in real-time; the first time I witness the turmoil experienced by the victims […]
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 […]
A group of prominent organizations, along with Palestinian and Arab public figures, issued a letter of solidarity with British MP Jeremy Corbyn following the decision of the Labor Party to suspend him based on ‘allegations […]
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 […]
Factories belonging to Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, Elbit System, woke up this morning to groups of protesters demanding their closure. Protests led by the direct action campaign group Palestine Action were organized to coincide with […]
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 […]
In this wide-ranging interview with Palestine Deep Dive, Palestinian academic, author and journalist Ramzy Baroud speaks about Maher al-Akhras, Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian narrative and the challenge of overcoming media bias. This urgent conversation focuses […]
The Popular Committee for Solidarity with the Prisoner Maher Al-Akhras staged a protest in Gaza following the Friday prayer as the latest show of solidarity with the Palestinian hunger striker. As of Friday, al-Akhras completed […]
Palestinians in Gaza staged an indefinite protest Tuesday at the building of the International Committee of the Red Cross in solidarity with a Palestinian prisoner who began a hunger strike 80 days ago against his […]
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 […]
Gaza authorities began easing up COVID-19 restrictions Saturday, allowing Tawjihi students (final year of high school) to resume their studies, although under strict safety measures. Gaza’s Ministry of Education issued a statement stating that they […]
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 […]
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