News Item Two For a week now, Palestinians have had to deal with a new political reality. Their territories are now split between control by Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. About one and one-half million people live in Gaza; more than two million live in the West...
It was first used in 1948, calling for a free Palestinian state for both Palestinians and Jews. For some, it is a call to end the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, but to others, including many Jewish groups, it is an antisemitic slogan. "Calling 'from the river to the...
Sinwar's final moments are, for manyPalestinians, emblematic of their struggle and resistance against an expansionist and aggressive Zionist state. For them, he's a hero, a symbol of steadfastness, dressed in a keffiyeh - a Palestinian headscarf - and carrying a rifle in...
"Over 40,000 innocent Palestinians have perished. How many more must die before this war ends?" She asked, her voice shaking. Abu Taha is a resident of Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. In May, she and her three surviving children were among the first group of 27 injure...
As Israel ramps up its current offensive against Hamas,civilians are already feeling the impact."There are no shelters or bunkers or safe routes or safe zones in Gaza," Omar Ghraieb, a resident of Gaza, told CBS News. "So it's not like you can sit down and plan with your family on ...
“Many Israelis and Palestinians are feeling justifiable anger right now, not just at Hamas, whose utterly heinous terrorist acts set this week’s events in motion, but also at the zealots and extremists across the board who consistently thwarted attempts at peace over the years,” Oliver said...
An investigation by The New York Times found that Israeli soldiers and intelligence agents, throughout the Israel-Hamas war, have regularly forced captured Palestinians like Shubeir to conduct life-threatening reconnaissance missions to avoid putting Israeli soldiers at risk on the battlefield. While...
How the Hamas Victory in Gaza Can Bring Civil Rights to Palestinians in LebanonFranklin Lamb
In other words, while not all entries on the named list are complete, there is good reason to believe those on it are dead. That would mean, as of April 30th, that at least 24,686 Palestinians had died during the war—of whom at least 13,816 were women, children or old people—aro...
“In the metropolitan region with the greatest number of Palestinians living in the diaspora at a time when 40,000 Palestinians are dead in Gaza, to deny Palestinian leaders a place on our stage is to miss an opportunity to prove we see and value them,” Ramirez said on social...