So far, the EU’s response to the Arab spring has largely failed to address how to deal with countries where no regime change has taken place or where large-scale popular uprisings are unlikely to lead to revolutionary overhaul. The Palestinian Te...
A Google representative from the company’s global headquarters has discussed the decision to use “Palestine,” not “Palestinian Territories,” across the tech giant’s products. At the Knesset committee meeting Wednesda...
دمشق: مخيم اليرموك: اشتباكات عنيفه بين الجيش الحر وجيش النظام في سوق السبوريات ومحيط شارع فلسطين Damascus: Yarmouk Camp: Fierce clashes between the FSA and regime's ...
Une fois de plus, une institution culturelle doit être protégée par la police en plein Paris, pour échapper aux attaques, aux menaces, à la censure. Cette fois, c’est le Jeu de Paume, un établissement public consacré à la photographie, situé...
Reports have come out that Palestine backed down from plans to ask UNESCO to include the ancient West Bank village of Battir, southwest of Jerusalem, on its World Heritage in Danger list during its World Heritage Committee convention in Cambodia this w...
Violence / Raids / Attacks / Clashes / Arrests 2 arrested for suspicion of attacking 80-year-old Palestinian Ynet 18 June by Itamar Fleishman -- Two young men, 18 and 19, were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attacking and causing severe … Continue reading →
When international businessmen cross into the West Bank, they take out their passports, turn off their now-lifeless smartphones, and change their mindset from investment to assistance. The only parts of the Palestinian territories with reliable mobile coverage are in major cities or Israeli settlements; high-speed mobile Internet is all but nonexistent. So here’s an idea: Light up the
Femmes enceintes et jeunes, ne mangez pas de saumon plus de deux fois par semaine. Telle est la nouvelle recommandation du gouvernement norvégien, forcé de reconnaître – tardivement – que ce poisson gras est aussi bourré de produits toxiques. L...
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Over 30 California state legislators have signed on to a letter criticizing the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement and the passage of divestment...
Found here:IRNA news agency (Tehran, in English 1910 gmt 4 Apr 94) reported that Rohani, who is also the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, reiterated "Iran's firm support for Islamic resistance in southern Lebanon".According to an ...
This year's festival includes filmmakers from Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Algeria, Morocco, Jordon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Australia. The festival will open in Sydney from 27 June to 30 June, followed by Canberra 4-7 July and Melbourne 12 ...
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has recently launched the Palestine Business Council for Dubai and northern emirates. This is in line with the long felt need for boosting economic cooperation and enhancement of trade and commerce between the...
The Arab Idol competition featuring Mohammed Assaf has become explicitly political. Hussam Shaheen, a Palestinian prisoner serving a 27-year sentence in an Israeli jail, sent an open letter to the judges of Arab Idol describing the impact the Gazan sensation has had on the lives of ordinary Palestinians, and a judge read from the letter on air,
Current Events are moving quickly so let's take a break in the past, from the Friends of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Jeffrey A. Blakely on "The Archaeology of World War I in Palestine and the Beginning of the Modern Middle East."
Current Events are moving quickly so let’s take a break in the past, from the Friends of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Jeffrey A. Blakely on “The Archaeology of World War I in Palestine and the Beginning of the Modern Middle Ea...
