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Trump’s Ally: Saudi Arabia’s drive for Aristocratic Hegemony in the Middle East

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Arabia is making a drive to become a regional hegemon. It has long used its oil wealth to achieve a great deal…

Everyone could celebrate Easter in Jerusalem except Palestinian Christians

By IMEMC. | - - Thousands of Christian followers of the Orthodox and Catholic faiths from all over the world, gathering at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City,…

Photo of the Day: Gaza (the Old Town), 1862

The New York Public Library | Francis Frith | - - The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gaza (the…

Racist Trump blocks UN Envoy for Libya because, Palestinian

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) slammed the United States for objecting to a proposal by the United Nations to appoint former Palestinian Prime…

And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A Palestinian teacher from the occupied West Bank on Sunday won the Varkey Foundation's 2016 Global Teacher's Prize "for her work educating children…

Palestinian Refugees in Syria, besieged by ISIL, receive critical UN Aid at Last amid Faltering Ceasefire

TeleSur | - - Humanitarian aid has reached refugees in the Syrian town of Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, for the first time in nine months, according to UNRWA, the U.N.…

200 Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village with firebombs

Ma'an News Agency | - - HEBRON (Ma’an) -- More than 200 Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Wad al-Haseen and Wad al-Nasara near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba…

Palestine: Death of a Stone-Thrower: Intifada 3.0

VICE News | (Video Report) | - - "Tension builds in Israel and the West Bank with three new stabbing attacks on Israelis reported on Saturday, and the funeral for a young…

The anger of Palestine’s ‘lost’ generation

By: Killian Redden | - Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A few weeks before an Israeli soldier shot him through the stomach, Mutaz Zawahreh discovered a love of…

Education under occupation: everyday disruption at a Palestinian university

Brendan Browne | (The Conversation) | - - As the clock moves towards 12.45pm I begin to anxiously await the flurry of emails that I’ve come to expect in advance of my…

Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

By Samer B. Jaber | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - We, a group of professional and trade union figures, intellectuals, and political activists, appeal to the Palestinian leadership within the Palestine…

Elderly Palestinian man confronts Israeli soldiers over shooting at Youth, before collapsing

Lauren Hampshire | (ODN Video News Report/ ITN) | - - An elderly Palestinian man confronted a group Israeli troops after they clashed with Palestinian youths in Hebron, before he collapsed on…

Israeli settlers carry out attacks in East Jerusalem, West Bank

Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers on Saturday carried out a number of attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, witnesses told Ma'an.…

Israeli Army kills 6 Palestinians, wounds 145 at Gaza Border Demonstration

Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Six Palestinians were killed and 145 others injured as Israeli military forces opened fire at a demonstration by the border fence east…

Violence in Israel & Palestine: It’s the Occupation, Stupid!

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | - - "When you think of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, you probably think of clashes, rockets, checkpoints and Gaza – but what's really at the heart…

How much Palestinian unrest is work of Undercover Israeli Agents?

By Celine Hagbard | IMEMC | - - A Reuters camera operator captured on film a group of Israeli undercover agents dressed as Palestinian youth during a demonstration in Beit El on…

Far Right wing Israelis rally for more Land Theft, destruction of Palestinian homes

By Celine Hagbard | IMEMC News | - - Thousands of Israelis, including legislators and , gathered Monday in front of the home of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, calling for increased theft…

Civil War: Israeli troops shoot 96 Palestinians after 4 Israelis Killed

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLHEM (Ma'an) -- At least 96 Palestinians have been wounded by live rounds or rubber-coated steel bullets in clashes with Israeli forces and settlers since Saturday…

Union: 70 percent of Gaza workers live in poverty

Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA (Ma'an) -- Around 70 percent of workers in Gaza live in poverty, the director of the Gaza General Federation of Trade Unions, Sami al-Amsi, said…

It is Israel that abrogated Oslo Peace Accords, as Netanyahu Boasted

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, renounced the Oslo Peace accords Wednesday, on the grounds that Israel itself has long since reneged on every…