Israel and Palestine

'Heritage as a weapon': How West Bank digs became a tool of dispossession - opinion

How archaeology in the West Bank has become a battleground over sovereignty, heritage, and international law

A Palestinian archaeologist works on a lead sarcophagus discovered in Gaza City in early 2022. A common Israeli claim is that Palestinians have ‘no interest’ in antiquities.
Palestinian children play in a Roman-era fountain in Battir, a village in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority accelerates heritage campaign as West Bank tensions rise

Israeli-Arab journalist Mohammad Magadli bridges the divide between Israeli and Arab media in Israel.

Between two worlds: Mohammad Magadli, an Arab voice in Israeli media

Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025.

WATCH: 'Palestine on British soil': Palestinian embassy in London officially inaugurated


PA minister: Khan al-Ahmar school will defeat the occupation

“Today we say to the world that this school is like Palestine and the Palestinian revolution,” PA Education Minister Sabri Saidam said at the opening ceremony for the school.

Palestinian children attend class at school that began in 2018 in Khan al-Ahmar that will be demolished in the West Bank

IfNotNow gatecrash new Birthright group, go on east Jerusalem tour

IfNotNow participants state that they knew they could not go to east Jerusalem with Birthright, so were leaving the group to do so.

Diaspora youngsters enjoy a Birthright Israel trip to the Jewish state.

A last chance for Mr. Abbas

According to the Defense Ministry, the PA in 2017 paid $198 million to the so-called “martyrs’ families fund” and an additional $160m. to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.

A Palestinian demonstrator protesting on ‘Nakba Day'

EU: The PA did not refuse to cooperate with us

According to Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern, the PA is not cooperating with the Europeans, and PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah refused to give an accounting to the EU of the use of the EU funds to the PA

PA Prime Minister Fayyad with EU Catherine Ashton 311 (R)

25 years of Oslo failure slammed at Knesset conference

“Twenty-five years ago, the Palestinians were in a terrific situation. Israelis and Palestinians worked together in Hebron. How many people have been killed since 1993? We haven’t achieved anything.”

A gaping hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria after a suicide bombing, August 9, 2001

BBC finds comment on Israel and Gaza was 'misleading'

After complaint from British journalist, BBC promises to issue correction about 'lots of Palestinian kids being killed'

BBC's Andrew Marr Show, during the Conservative Party Conference, in Manchester, Britain, October 1, 2017.

Greenblatt: After four decades of Erekat, Palestinians deserve better

“Dr. Erekat – we have heard your voice for decades and it has not achieved anything close to Palestinian aspirations or anything close to a comprehensive peace agreement,” Greenblatt wrote.

Saeb Erekat and Jason Greenblatt

State Dept. drops 'occupied' reference to Palestinian territories in report

US Ambassador to Israel Friedman reportedly directed the State Department to stop using the term.

A Palestinian woman argues with Israeli army soldiers as she is searched at a checkpoint during clashes in the West Bank Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron

The wars that defined us - A war like no other: The Second Intifada

A former military correspondent reflects on his time covering the bloody uprising.

Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

Friday's riot: Perceptions from Gaza and the U.N.

Hundreds of Palestinian youths ignored calls from the organizers and the Israeli military to stay away from the frontier.

Israeli soldiers patrol next to the border fence on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza Strip border, as Palestinians protest on the Gaza side of the border, March 30, 2018