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After a popular satirical Twitter profile criticised Jesus' depiction as a white man, Israel's official account appeared to take issue with its description of Jesus as a "Roman-era Palestinian".
Comment: An open letter from more than 150 personalities from the Arab world, calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and prisoners of conscience in the region.
Armenians across the Middle East commemorate 105th genocide anniversary
A vigil on wheels in Lebanon and commemorative blood donations in an iconic church in Syria. Armenians in the coronavirus-hit Middle East mark the 105th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
Are Palestinians on the cusp of a coronavirus outbreak?
Confirmed cases among Palestinians in Israel and the occupied West Bank are proportionally very low, but here’s why that will change.
Palestinian-Israelis are not being tested for coronavirus
Palestinian citizens of Israel say they are being discriminated against with the coronavirus outbreak.
The Palestinian women behind Joint List's Israeli election surge
Israel's male-dominated political stage is set for a small but significant shake-up as four Palestinian women championing equality on all fronts prepare to be sworn into parliament.
Music preserves Palestine in the face of Israel
Music makes the world a better place, but for Palestinians, it imprints their place in this world.
From Lebanon to Chile, the patriarchal state must fall
Comment: For revolution in the Arab world to be truly successful, women's rights must be at the forefront of reform, writes Malia Bouattia.
Israel bars Gaza Christians from Christmas celebrations in Jerusalem
Gaza's Christians will not be able to visit the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas with their friends and relatives ...
Palestine's Le Trio Joubran feature on Coldplay's new album
Le Trio Joubran is an oud playing group of the Joubran brothers. Hailing from Nazareth, they play traditional Palestinian music.
Israeli students must pass 'propaganda' course before going abroad
The course is meant to train teenage students to act as "ambassadors" of Israel abroad and present a positive image of the state in the face of ...
Journalists from Saudi Arabia, UAE are now visiting Israel
A delegation of six Arab journalists, including for the first time a Saudi and an Emirati, have visited Israel at the invitation of the Jewish ...
Israel overturns 'racist' ban against Arabs entering parks
An Israeli court ruled on Sunday that the city of Afula could no longer stop Arabs from entering its municipal park, following a campaign by the ...
Israel hands demolition orders to Palestinian refugees in Jerusalem
Israel has handed demolition orders to a number of families in the Qalandia refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem.
Refugees at home: Palestinians in Gaza refuse to forget
Despite technically living in Palestine, Gaza's 1.4 million Palestinian refugees refuse to forget their homeland, which they were expelled from ...
Thirteenth Century Palestinian mosque 'converted to nightclub' in Israel
A 13th century Palestinian mosque has been turned into a nightclub in Safed, northern Israel.
Netanyahu, Gantz both claim victory amid split exit polls
Exit polls show Benyamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz were neck and neck, and final official results were not expected until ...
Netanyahu's party 'hides cameras' inside Palestinian voting stations
Israel's ruling Likud Party has planted hidden cameras in Palestinian polling stations.
Palestinian sentenced to jail for 'incitement' with poems
An Israeli court sentenced an Arab woman to five months in prison for incitement to violence for poems and other social media posts, the justice ...
Silwan seethes at Israeli heritage centre in Palestinian neighbourhood
A $1.2m cultural centre for Yemenite Jews is to be housed in a former synagogue in Silwan, East Jerusalem, from where a Palestinian family were ...
House arrest confirmed for Israeli over Palestinian deaths
An Israeli suspect in a 2015 firebombing that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents has been rejected an appeal against house arrest, his ...
The hijacking of AFP: Lessons for beginner journalists
Comment: AFP has made some crucial - and elementary - mistakes in its profile of academic Azmi Bishara, writes Abdelwahab El-Affendi.
Literary world rages as Palestinian poet convicted of incitement
Dareen Tatour has been charged with incitement to violence for posting a poem online calling Palestinians to 'resist', in a case that has ...
Legendary Palestinian singer Rim Banna laid to rest
Palestinian icon Rim Banna was buried in her home town Nazareth after a nine year battle against breast cancer.
Blog: The stories of five Palestinian women fighting the occupation in unique ways
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