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6 days, 6 hours ago

Extract from Original Sin by Stanly Johny: A Journey Through Palestinian Territorial Constraints

Published : Dec 17, 2024 17:28 IST - 5 MINS READ My first visit to the West Bank was in October 2015 to cover the visit of India’s then President, Pranab Mukherjee, to Jordan, Israel and Palestine. ‘Israeli vehicles are not allowed on the other side of the wall,’ the External Affairs ministry official accompanying us had briefed us earlier, …

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6 days, 18 hours ago

Palestinians learn about atrocities Syria's Assad carried out against his own people

NPR

Palestinians learn about atrocities Syria's Assad carried out against his own people As horrific details emerge from Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's jails, many question the man who once claimed to champion their cause. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Palestinians are confronting painful new information about a man many had viewed as a defender of their rights, the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

‘Rooted in this land until death’: A Palestinian family’s olive harvest

Al Jazeera

Umm Safa, Occupied West Bank – Six-year-old Nasser Tanatra is scared of the rock-strewn hilltop where he used to play and pick flowers near his family home. Our house, our land, we are surrounded and strangled and attacked, and even to harvest our olives is a danger.” The annual olive harvest season in October and November is a time when …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians struggle to access water

NPR

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians struggle to access water toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank — Mansour Arara, 24, sits in the shade of a tree with a group of friends next to the Al-Auja freshwater spring. Interim agreements from the 1990s have allowed for a water disparity between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israel’s occupation of the …

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3 months ago

Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera's bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israeli troops raided the offices …

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3 months ago

Israeli forces raid, shutter Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank

Salon

Israeli forces raided and shuttered the West Bank bureau of news organization Al Jazeera, accusing the newsroom of "supporting terrorism" in an order that compelled the office to close for 45 days. The broadcaster railed against the Ramallah raid this week, noting that their Ramallah studio is well within territory that is meant to be under the authority of the …

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3 months ago

Israeli forces raid, shut down Al Jazeera’s Ramallah bureau in the West Bank

LA Times

Al Jazeera broadcast engineer Mohammad Salameh works in the master control room at the network’s office in the West Bank city of Ramallah in May. Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank protest against Haniyeh’s killing

Al Jazeera

Rallies take place in several cities with demonstrators pledging the fight for freedom will continue. Palestinians have gathered in different locations across the occupied West Bank to protest against the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and dozens of green Hamas flags and chanted, “The people want Qassam Brigades,” a reference to the …

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6 months ago

Israeli Strikes Across Northern Gaza Kill At Least 39 People: Officials

Huff Post

GAZA CITY, GAZA - JUNE 22: A view of destroyed buildings following the Israeli attacks on Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza on June 22, 2024. Anadolu via Getty Images DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors beneath the rubble, …

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6 months ago

At least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say

Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors beneath the rubble, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. The Palestinian Civil Defense, an emergency group active in Gaza, said its emergency workers were digging for survivors at the site of a strike in …

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6 months ago

At least 39 killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say

LA Times

Palestinians on Friday carry a person killed by Israeli bombardment to burial in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. At least 39 people were killed Saturday by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors beneath the rubble, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. A separate Israeli strike Saturday in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley killed …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

To understand my dad, I needed to learn about the day he was shot

Al Jazeera

My father, Anthony Shadid, was shot while reporting on the second Intifada. “Most journalists write stories about what is happening in the West Bank from Jerusalem,” Said told me, “but your father wanted to be in the middle of the action. “They were snapshots of war,” he wrote, “bodies disfigured by the geometry of death, the unreal look of a …

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7 months ago

'I visited Palestine on Jordan's chopper and Israeli jets escorted my trip': PM Modi at India TV event

India TV News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the much-awaited event of India TV on Thursday, denounced the theories framed to define "secularism" in India while deciding the foreign policies during the Congress-led UPA government. PM Modi in an exclusive interview with India TV's Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, recalled his earlier days in the Prime Minister's Office …

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7 months ago

Colombia’s Petro orders opening of embassy in West Bank’s Ramallah

Al Jazeera

Petro had recalled the Colombian ambassador from Tel Aviv, where the embassy was closed on May 3. “President Petro has given the order that we open the Colombian embassy in Ramallah, the representation of Colombia in Ramallah, that is the next step we are going to take,” Murillo said on Wednesday. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused Petro of being …

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7 months, 1 week ago

The Latest | Israel says it will send more troops to Rafah, as fighting also rages in Gaza’s north

Associated Press

Israel’s defense minister said the military would send more troops into Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt, as fighting also rages in northern Gaza, where Hamas has regrouped. But he asked why the U.S. was focusing on Oct. 7 “when there are many indications that genocide is being committed against Palestinians in Gaza – and when the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local operation and seizes some of its equipment

Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. Palestinian politics analyst Nehad Abu Ghoush is live at Al Jazeera broadcast inside the network’s office in …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Palestinian man killed in Israeli settler raids in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera

Dozens of settlers stormed villages, setting fire to homes in search for missing teenager. A Palestinian man has been killed in an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, where tensions remain high amid fears of more violence. Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid criticised “violent riots” by settlers in the occupied West Bank and urged the country’s leadership …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Palestinians forgo Eid celebrations to mourn for Gaza

NPR

Palestinians forgo Eid celebrations to mourn for Gaza Enlarge this image toggle caption Catie Dull/NPR Catie Dull/NPR RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank — Rafe' Rummaneh is covered in flour. Enlarge this image toggle caption Catie Dull/NPR Catie Dull/NPR Enlarge this image toggle caption Catie Dull/NPR Catie Dull/NPR Enlarge this image toggle caption Catie Dull/NPR Catie Dull/NPR "This year, we are limiting …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hamas’s feud with Palestinian rivals adds to doubts over Gaza’s postwar future

Live Mint

RAMALLAH, West Bank—Signs of a civil conflict between Hamas and its Palestinian rivals are beginning to build, raising far-reaching questions about what a postwar government in Gaza might look like—and how long it might last. Hamas’s interior ministry told Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV that its police on March 30 arrested six people from a “suspicious force" managed by Palestinian Authority intelligence …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Two friends, each with family trapped in Gaza, are united by anguish. ‘I should be there to protect them’

LA Times

Since the war began, two friends have spent most evenings holed up at the Ramallah television studio where one of them works. Mohammad Al Farra, center right, carries son Yosef, 8, on his shoulders as he and his family march at a Ramallah rally calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. Mohammad Al Farra reacts to news of the death of …

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10 months ago

Palestinian Authority’s financial plight threatens US plans for post-war Gaza

Live Mint

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is looking to financially prop up the Palestinian Authority amid warnings from officials in Ramallah that it is close to running out of money, potentially jeopardizing U.S. hopes that the organization will be able to govern Gaza when Israel’s war with Hamas is over. The administration is trying to work around a law that prevents it from …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Allies fear the US is becoming less reliable, with growing concern over a possible Trump return

Associated Press

LONDON — As chances rise of a Joe Biden-Donald Trump rematch in the U.S. presidential election, America’s allies are bracing for a bumpy ride. French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent verdict was blunt: America’s “first priority is itself.” The first Trump administration stress-tested the bonds between the U.S. and its allies, particularly in Europe. But former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson …

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10 months, 1 week ago

West Bank ‘paralysed’ by Israeli checkpoints as Gaza war rages

The Hindu

To arrive at work in Jerusalem on time, Murad Khalid must be at the Israeli checkpoint by 3:00 a.m., despite living nearby in the occupied West Bank — a constant challenge made worse by the Gaza war. Largely unaffected are the 4,90,000 Israelis living across the West Bank in settlements — considered illegal under international law — who can bypass …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Middle East has changed since October 7 — and Israel and Gaza may never go back to how they were

ABC

The war between Israel and Hamas is escalating dramatically and dangerously. But it's not just the realpolitik of the Middle East being changed — both Israel and Gaza are different places from what they were before October 7. Loading One war, two versions Before October 7, about 16,000 Palestinians entered Israel from Gaza each day for work. The pictures from …

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Extract from Original Sin by Stanly Johny: A Journey Through Palestinian Territorial Constraints

Palestinians learn about atrocities Syria's Assad carried out against his own people

‘Rooted in this land until death’: A Palestinian family’s olive harvest

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians struggle to access water

Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera's bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank

Israeli forces raid, shutter Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank

Israeli forces raid, shut down Al Jazeera’s Ramallah bureau in the West Bank

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank protest against Haniyeh’s killing

Israeli Strikes Across Northern Gaza Kill At Least 39 People: Officials

At least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say

At least 39 killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say

To understand my dad, I needed to learn about the day he was shot

'I visited Palestine on Jordan's chopper and Israeli jets escorted my trip': PM Modi at India TV event

Colombia’s Petro orders opening of embassy in West Bank’s Ramallah

The Latest | Israel says it will send more troops to Rafah, as fighting also rages in Gaza’s north

Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local operation and seizes some of its equipment

Palestinian man killed in Israeli settler raids in occupied West Bank

Palestinians forgo Eid celebrations to mourn for Gaza

Hamas’s feud with Palestinian rivals adds to doubts over Gaza’s postwar future

Two friends, each with family trapped in Gaza, are united by anguish. ‘I should be there to protect them’

Palestinian Authority’s financial plight threatens US plans for post-war Gaza

Allies fear the US is becoming less reliable, with growing concern over a possible Trump return

West Bank ‘paralysed’ by Israeli checkpoints as Gaza war rages

The Middle East has changed since October 7 — and Israel and Gaza may never go back to how they were