Palestinian Mandela
In the shadow of Israel’s sprawling prison system, more than 10,000 Palestinians languish in detention as of early 2026 – men, women, and children branded “security threats” for resisting occupation.…
Palestinian solidarity
In the bustling streets of Rome, Palestinian flags were conspicuously the only foreign flags to occupy public spaces. They hung from light poles, were glued onto street signs, or flew…
Prisoners exchange
For the first time since the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling its willingness to engage in negotiations regarding the…
Palestinians in financial crisis after Israel, US moves
The Palestinian Authority faces a suffocating financial crisis after deep US aid cuts and an Israeli move to withhold tax transfers, sparking fears for the stability of the West Bank.…
Palestinian refugee camps breed new generation of militants
Nearly 30 years ago Hisham and his brothers - natives of the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee camp south of Bethlehem - lobbed stones at soldiers in the first uprising against Israel's…
Palestinian refugee camps breed new generation of militants
Nearly 30 years ago Hisham and his brothers - natives of the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee camp south of Bethlehem - lobbed stones at soldiers in the first uprising against Israel's…
Tool of tyranny
To grasp the full scope of Israeli punitive policies, we must look beyond aggregated statistics to individuals whose detention has become emblematic of the struggle for Palestinian rights. Marwan Barghouti…
Bringing peace to Gaza?
On the occasion of the meeting of foreign ministers of the Muslim bloc held in Istanbul on November 3, Turkiye's foreign minister Hakan Fidan said, “Our principle is that Palestinians…
Now, the hard part
HECTIC diplomacy and decisive intervention by President Donald Trump produced a ceasefire in Gaza after two years of a brutal Israeli military offensive that left over 67,000 Palestinians dead, a humanitarian catastrophe…
Chance for Gaza peace
DRAMATIC developments have followed President Donald Trump’s announcement of a Gaza ‘peace plan’. His plan was cautiously welcomed across the world in the hope that it might end the two-year war.…
