Palestinian culture

Singing together across the divide: What a Jerusalem chorus taught me - comment

One familiar melody on a Jerusalem street became a reminder that music can open doors where conversation alone often cannot

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall. A shared song on a Jerusalem street can offer a rare moment of connection in a city where identity and politics so often shape encounters between strangers. Premium
A child wears a Hamas head banner after Friday prayers in Gaza City.

Indoctrinating innocents: From the Khmer Rouge to Hamas, the art of child indoctrination

 Remains of destroyed buildings in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, are pictured through the Egypt-Gaza border, in Rafah, Egypt, July 4, 2024.

‘Traders in our blood’: Gazan pleads to be saved from Hamas ‘before the Jews’

 FAMILY MEMBERS of Hallel, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, who were shot and killed in a terror attack in Huwara in February, speak to the media the next day. Seventy-one percent of Palestinians asked, expressed support the shooting of the brothers

The Palestinian conflict with Israel is rooted in antisemitism - opinion


US-Palestinian comedian brings laughter to Ramallah

Absurdities of life in territories give me new material every day, Amer Zahr says

AMERICAN-PALESTINIAN COMEDIAN Amer Zahr performs at the Movenpick Hotel in Ramallah on Sunday.

First green school arrives in Palestinian town

“We want to have a proactive, on-the-ground impact in terms of providing the means to help Palestinians understand the problems of climate change.”

Students in classroom at Aqqaba Secondary Girls' School.

Inside the bedroom, Palestinian artist explores sexual taboos

The artist explained that she is not trying to offend anyone by exploring sexuality so publicly, but rather looking to fracture social taboos on issues rarely discussed in Palestinian society.

‘INTIMATE SPACE XII,’ by Rana Samara. At first glance, many do not understand that Samara’s paintings depict intimate spaces. ‘You need to read the statement to understand,’ she said.

Gunmen kill two PA police officers in Nablus

The deadly clash comes more than a month after another firefight between PA security services and gunmen in Nablus’s old city, which left two other officers dead.

Palestinian Authority police officers stand guard in the West Bank [File]

Liberman summons Army Radio director over program on Palestinian poet

Mahmoud Darwish, who died in 2008, is considered a Palestinian national poet and his works often reflect anti-Israeli sentiments.

(left to right) Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Darwish & George Habash in Syria circa 1980

A toast to Beit Sahour

Rafat Houary opens a brewery in the West Bank’s beer capital.

RAFAT HOUARY shows off his Wise Men Choice spiced ales brewed in Beit Sahour.

A Proper Response to Terror

The Jerusalem Post

Some right-wing pipe dreams

We do not even seem able to reach an agreement among ourselves as to what should be done about the three Balad MKs who have crossed almost every conceivable red line. So what would we do with 30, 40, 50 or even 60 Palestinian MKs, who at best have Fatah leanings, and at worst Hamas ones?

PALESTINIAN SCHOOL girls walk past Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint at a entrance to the village of Beit Einun near Hebron

How many Palestinians live in the West Bank? Don’t ask the IDF

The Civil Administration tells Knesset committee that Israel doesn’t have exact figures for the number of Palestinians living in the West Bank.

A Palestinian man hangs a Palestinian flag atop the ruins of a mosque, during a snow storm in West Bank village of Mufagara

SCHEPING NACHAS FROM THE CHILDREN – PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

The Jerusalem Post