Palestinian population

IDF evacuation of Gaza City reaches 700,000 civilians

Although approximately 300,000 Palestinian civilians remain, the general population is continuing to evacuate.

Palestinians evacuating amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas travel on a vehicle in Khan Younis in the Southern Gaza Strip May 6, 2024.
Protesters hold Jordanian and Palestinian flags and shout slogans during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed Middle East peace plan, near the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, January 31, 2020.

Palestinians living in Jordan deserve to be Jordanian citizens

The cover of Rashid Khalidi’s book

Controlling the Palestinian narrative

Palestinian boy Ahmed Abu Saman, 16, who was injured in a car accident, lies on a bed at the emergency department at Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest public medical facility, in Gaza City, March 29, 2017.

More Gaza parents allowed to escort children to Israel for treatment


Despite Israel's new settlement plans, construction plummets

"We are building the land and settling it," Netanyahu said.

The basic error is to treat all the settlements alike

PA arrests Palestinian who hosted right-wing MK at his home

MK Yehuda Glick visited Muhammed Jaber in Hebron to wish him a happy holiday.

Yehuda Glick outside Temple Mount.

Arab man says he murdered Jewish girlfriend to ‘free Palestinian prisoners’

The suspect was arraigned on first-degree murder charges at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court.

Michal Halimi.

Palestinian Journalists Union blasts PA for banning websites

The chairman of the The Independent Commission for Human Rights Ammar Dwaik sharply criticized the decision to block the websites.

Mahmoud Abbas

Cabinet ministers threaten rebellion over Palestinian building plans

Culture Minister Miri Regev demands thousands of new settlement units.

A Palestinian laborer works on a construction site in the new Palestinian town dubbed Rawabi or "The Hills", near the West Bank city of Ramallah

Palestinian Authority bans public eating during Ramadan

The highest religious official in the Palestinian Authority, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, called on security forces to ensure compliance.

A Palestinian woman prays on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City June 2, 2017.

The Trump effect: Slight uptick in Palestinian support for peace talks

Poll finds plurality of Palestinians believe Trump is at least somewhat capable of achieving a deal between Israel and the Palestinians.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and US President Donald Trump listen to anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Bethlehem on May 23, 2017

Thousands protest demolition of houses in Arab town

"It's a racist policy not to give permits to Arabs," protester says

Children playing in Kalansuwa

Palestinians face budget cuts after sharp fall in foreign funding

At its cabinet meeting, the government said it expected to run a budget deficit of 4.12 billion shekels in 2017 ($1.06 billion), approaching 15 percent of gross domestic product.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah

'Palestinians to outnumber Jews by year 2018,' PA Bureau claims

Some demographers see the projections as exaggerated.

Palestinian protesters wave Palestinian flags as Israelis carrying Israeli flags walk past in front of the Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City