Palestine

The Pan African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) has accused the African Union (AU) of reneging on its founding values by supporting apartheid Israel's observer status

Bulldozers from Israel destroyed residential structures and shacks belonging to Bedouins in Deir Nidham village, northwest of Ramallah; Israel confiscated at least 22% of the village's land for the nearby Neve Tzuf settlement

The project aimed at strengthening the fiscal position of the Palestinian Authority by improving customs revenue collection and border management, a EU-Lithuania twinning, has ended

The Islamic Development Bank will finance four projects in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem: infrastructure projects, including in refugee camps, the redesign of a maternity hospital and the restoration of buildings in the old city of Hebron

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that Christmas is a "Palestinian message of hope that our people continue to embrace with love and aspirations towards achieving justice, freedom and peace"

Palestinians of the West Bank went to the polls yesterday for municipal elections to choose representatives from 154 villages; there will not be consultations in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas refused to open the polls until national consultations are held

The oldest complete waqfiyya inscription known in the Islamic world has now been deciphered: engraved on a soft limestone, the waqf entails the endowment of two farmsteads in 9th century Palestine, complete with quality animals needed to work the land

The country expressed its appreciation for Belgium's decision to label products from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories

October 2021 saw an increase in the number of violations against media freedom in the country, with the MADA Centre monitoring and documenting a total of 28 attacks, a 75% increase over the previous month's violations

To remind people of the beauty of the Gaza Strip and to protect the environment that has been severely affected by years of war, embargo and neglect, a group of artists have created Gaza's first ecological beach hostel, based on the principle of bartering

Since the beginning of the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank, Jewish settlers have committed daily violent against Palestinian villages and inhabitants, damaging land and uprooting trees

Palestine-based startup SunBox, founded by Majd Mashharawi and now powering thousands of homes in the Gaza Strip with cheap solar panels, is helping solve the electricity crisis and aims to expand to Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries