Movement restrictions
Brides and bridegrooms are now being smuggled through the Gaza tunnels, adding to the usual fare of medicine, building materials and commercial goods. Read more about Love and light at the end of Gaza’s tunnels
Palestinians in Gaza, half of whom are under 18 and more than a million dependent on food aid, were optimistic about Egypt’s new president. Their hopes for support are now quickly fading. Read more about Hopes for freedom of movement dashed, once again, in Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza are being collectively punished for an attack in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula that left 16 border guards dead. Read more about Why are we in Gaza being punished for Egypt border guard killings?
Israeli boycott activist Ronnie Barkan on the role of Israeli and international solidarity activists in the Palestine liberation struggle. Read more about "I can't dictate methods of Palestinian struggle": Israeli boycott activist interviewed
Needing a simple, life-saving operation with equipment not available in Gaza hospitals, Yousef Aljamal’s sister died because Israel denied her access to a Jerusalem hospital. Read more about How Israel's siege on Gaza killed my sister
An exhibition at Amman’s Darat al Funun explores varying responses to decades of conflict in the Middle East, in which the Palestinian people have often played an involuntary and tragic role. Read more about Exhibition review: when lemons have more freedom than humans
“For decades Israel has pursued a policy that has led to the debilitation of East Jerusalem in every respect,” says new report. Read more about Study: 78% of Palestinians in Jerusalem live below poverty line
Aging Palestinian refugees recount their exile from Palestine during the Nakba and demand the right to return to their homeland. Read more about Palestinians in Egypt insist on right to return
My mother recently spent 32 days in the West Bank, where she was born and raised. A day for every year she has lived in Gaza. Read more about Too many tears have been shed in Palestine; let us laugh again
In a unique protest action in the threatened village of al-Walaja, residents and local artists harnessed the power of music, theater, dance and poetry. Read more about Al-Walajah village explores theater as a form of resistance
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