Tagged: Israel/Palestine conflict
SE Asian nations “push back” boats crowded with migrants, leaving thousands stranded at sea EU calls for migrant resettlement quotas and maritime military action Millions in limbo as DACA/DAPA case winds through courts Striking...
Each May 15th, about five million Palestinian refugees worldwide commemorate the ‘Nakba’ (Arabic for ‘the Catastrophe’) – when nearly half of the Arab population within the borders of what used to be the British...
An Israeli group called Breaking the Silence released a collection of testimonies this week given by nearly 60 Israeli soldiers who served in last summer’s operation against the Gaza Strip. In the 242-page book,...
Click on any image to launch slideshow with captions. Hear/read the accompanying report by Rami Almeghari.
White House and Senate leaders reach rare compromise to allow Iran negotiations to proceed Asylum-seeking mothers protest family detention from inside of for-profit facility in Texas Palestinian couple separated by Israeli policy; launch FB...
Christmas is an occasion that once attracted hundreds of thousands of tourists to Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus. But the Palestinian tourism industry is reeling from the effects of Israeli settlements and a...
Wikileaks this week published a CIA assessment of its program to assassinate so-called “high value targets.” In the internal secret report from 2009, the CIA recognized the program could be counterproductive in that targeted...
In Jerusalem, tensions continue to run high. Eleven Israelis and more than 17 Palestinians have died in a recent cycle of violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Israel proper. The friction began in...
U.S. House votes on the Keystone XL pipeline; Senate to do same next week U.S. & China announce carbon emissions deal; the non-binding agreement is sparse on specifics Mexican president leaves country as news...
A new arts medium is gaining popularity in the Palestinian Territories. Comics and graphic novels depicting the reality of Israel-Palestine tensions were showcased in a home-grown festival attended by hundreds of fans and internationally...