Palestine
Palestinian Authority to hold presidential elections in 2027, Mahmoud Abbas says
The report also mentioned that Abbas is expected to issue a decree calling for elections to the PA's legislative council, which are scheduled for November 2026.
Israel's police, security forces support and enable West Bank settler violence - opinion
West Bank settlements are Israel's forward position, and its first line of defense - opinion
How UN ‘human rights experts’ became a tool of dictatorships - opinion
The kippah controversy: when Israel's overreach becomes a global issue - editorial
A controversial incident in Modi'in, where Israeli police confiscated a kippah with Palestinian flags, highlights Israel's growing police overreach and the limits on free expression.
Palestinian Authority local elections start for first time in years, including voters from Gaza
The elections, the first of their kind since the October 7 massacre in 2023, will be held in the West Bank and the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah.
'Blood libel repackaged': Israeli ambr. condemns Stockholm mock slaughter protest
"It's the same centuries-old stereotypes and blood libels, repackaged by replacing ' Jews' with 'Zionists," said Israel's ambassador to Sweden Ziv Nevo Kulman.
Right-wing activists disrupt joint Israeli-Palestinian Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv - KAN
Activists, including Mordechai David, Rami Ben Yehuda, and Sheffi Paz, attempted to break into the south Tel Aviv venue, where hundreds of people, including Oct. 7 victims' relatives, attended.
Israel's Somaliland envoy sparks regional backlash from 15 Arab, Muslim states
Several Arab and Muslim states condemned Israel's decision to send a diplomatic envoy to Somaliland, while the Republic of Somaliland responded, accusing them of hypocrisy.
Antisemitism in UK schools hit all-times high over last three years, investigation reveals
According to The Telegraph, since the Hamas October 7 attack in 2023, there has been a significant increase in antisemitism in Britain, with record numbers recorded in 2023, with 4,298 incidents.
Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial shut down by German authorities
The rally was slated for April 12, marking the 81st anniversary of Buchenwald’s liberation by US troops. But the city of Weimar said on Monday it would ban the event on the memorial grounds.
Pro-Palestine French politician banned from Canada, blames 'Israel lobby'
French MEP Rima Hassan said Canada revoked her travel approval ahead of planned Montreal events, citing undisclosed entry issues and a prior offense.
New Zealand ministry gave $30K in taxpayers' funds to Gaza advocacy campaign
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union made the discovery after making an Official Information Act request about Asturlab Cultural Centre, a Muslim charitable trust in Christchurch.
Israel Apartheid Week marked globally with focus on student protests, BDS support
This year's theme is "IAW Back on Campuses Worldwide: Palestine Frees Us All," 21 years after the first IAW event at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2005.
