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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in the Palestinian territories for the delay. Our correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more.
Israeli settlers steal olives and attack Palestinian farmers during this year’s harvest.
November 2026 vote delayed; joint presidential and legislative elections set for next year, president says in decree.
The football club founded in a West Bank refugee camp has built a global movement of solidarity.
Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank are calling on international activists to protect them.
At least 19 settler attacks recorded across territory on Friday as Israeli forces separately detain 16 Palestinians.
A Palestinian boy was seen fleeing after Israeli settlers attacked his father and stole their car in Ramallah.
Islamic Relief calls for global action as deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza continue and humanitarian conditions worsen.
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are destroying olive trees.
As Israeli settlers harvest olives on Palestinian land, farmers face growing violence and loss of an ancient tradition.
Israel’s foul-smelling weapon turns Palestinian repression into a sales pitch.
The upcoming Doha Film Festival has unveiled its 15-title competition lineup made up mostly of Middle East premieres of movies from the region, seven of which directed by women. As previously announced, Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq’s timely drama “The Station,” which looks at the impact of Yemen’s civil war on the country, is set as […]
After shrinking briefly in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 attacks, Israel's GDP is predicted to grow by 4 percent this year. The country's tech sector – specifically its defence startups – has played a big part in this performance but challenges, notably demographic ones, are on the horizon. Meanwhile, the destruction caused by Israel's war in Gaza has reduced GDP per capita in the Palestinian enclave by 83 percent and reconstruction plans there have yet to begin.
Three years ago, the war between Israel and Hamas began. In Gaza, it has meant three years of bombardment that have dramatically transformed the Palestinian territory. Residents of the enclave try to survive the best they can, caught between hope for a better future and resignation.
The party’s new policy reflects ignorance of Zionism and does nothing to advance Palestinian self-determination.
A 44-year-old Palestinian man was killed during Israeli settler assaults on olive harvesters in the West Bank.
An Israeli soldier was filmed assaulting a Palestinian woman during a raid on a family home in the occupied West Bank.
Phil Davies called for Welsh Greens to set up their own party in the wake of the conference row.
Progressive US representatives seek to bring attention to Israeli abuse and detention of Palestinian medical worker.
