Consortium News | The Battle for Palestine Consortium News From the Archive: On the centennial of the British-French Sykes-Picot deal to carve up the Mideast, it's worth recalling other ways Europe worsened the region's problems, including the Israeli-Palestinian mess, ex-JFK adviser William R. Polk recalled ... A century later, the tide turns on Palestine Do You Think Palestine Has the Right to Exist? BDS movement slams UK government attack on Palestine solidarity |
Aljazeera.com | 'We are the generation that will return to Palestine' Aljazeera.com Palestinian youth hailing from refugee camps across historic Palestine and Lebanon have launched a joint campaign to commemorate the 68th year since Nakba - or the "catastrophe" that befell the Palestinian people when Israel proclaimed statehood in ... |
Aljazeera.com | Media forum seeks to boost image of Palestine Aljazeera.com The two-day event, hosted by the Palestine Media Forum in partnership with Middle East Monitor (MEMO), aims to encourage dialogue and provide an opportunity for discussion in an attempt to formulate a true image of the Palestinian cause in Arab and ... Support for Palestine growing despite media bias |
teleSUR English | A Safe Place for Unsafe Ideas, 1st Palestine Museum Opens teleSUR English The first institution of its kind, a Palestinian national museum, has opened its doors Wednesday in the West Bank after almost 20 years of planning and construction which is aimed at preserving the memory of the embattled people of Palestine. Deemed a ... Palestine museum opens without exhibits A symbol of and for Palestine First Palestinian Museum opens in West Bank |
CounterPunch | Roots of the Conflict: Palestine's Nakba in the Larger Arab 'Catastrophe' CounterPunch On May 15th of every year, over the past 68 years, Palestinians have commemorated their collective exile from Palestine. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine to make room for a 'Jewish homeland' came at a price of unrelenting violence and perpetual suffering. |
Indianapolis Star | New Palestine's Keegan Watson among state's top sluggers Indianapolis Star New Palestine's Keegan Watson put together strong seasons on the baseball diamond his freshman and sophomore seasons. But what he's done as a junior has been a step or two above. The University of Nebraska-bound Watson is tied for the state lead in ... |
Boing Boing | Apple rejects game about Palestine because political messages disqualify games from consideration Boing Boing Liyla and the Shadows of War (Google Play link) is a game about a child's struggles living in the Gaza strip, and Apple says it is ineligible for consideration for inclusion in the Ios App Store because it would be "more appropriate to categorize your ... Apple Rejects Game Based on Palestine Conflict as Inappropriate for Gaming Category Apple Rejects Palestinian-developed 'Liyla and The Shadows of War' for Being "Not Appropriate in the Games Category" |
Middle East Monitor | Moroccan media agrees to improve international coverage of Palestine Middle East Monitor The Palestine Media Forum, National Syndicate of the Moroccan Press and the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers signed an agreement of cooperation to further the Palestinian cause. Hisham Kassim, head of the Palestine Media Forum which is ... |
Egyptian Streets | Middle East peace talks for relaunch of Palestine-Israel talks re-scheduled for June 3 in Paris Daily Sabah French-led peace talks on the Middle East will take place on June 3 in Paris, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday, after a scheduling conflict scuttled an initially intended date in late May. The new date will allow "everyone to ... Israel, Palestine Praise President Sisi's Renewed Calls for Peace Egypt president backs French proposal for Mideast talks Palestinian factions welcome Egypt's declarations about restoring the peace process |
Al-Monitor | Will new agreement lead to increase in Palestinian exports? Al-Monitor RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Ministry of Economy announced May 6 that it reached an agreement with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the export of Palestinian products to Jordan in small 20-foot containers via the King Hussein (Allenby) ... |