Palestinian Arabs
Ireland has voted in independent lawmaker Catherine Connolly as its president for the next seven years, marking a significant shift to center-left politics in the country. Connolly, a 68-year-old vocal critic of European Union policies and advocate for Palestinian rights, secured 63% of the votes in a landslide victory over
Palestinian Arabs
In a Sunday interview, Khalil Al-Hayya, Hamas leader in Gaza, underscored the movement's unwavering commitment to upholding the ceasefire in Gaza, emphasizing the Palestinian people's grave determination to achieve their internationally recognized right to an independent state. Al-Hayya highlighted the immense sacrifices of the Palestinian people,
Palestinian Arabs
Palestinians marked the National Day of the Palestinian Woman on Sunday amidst the ongoing detention of 49 Palestinian women by Israeli authorities. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) highlighted that the treatment of female prisoners has deteriorated since the start of the war on Gaza, with documented cases of torture,
Human rights
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, delivered a powerful message at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton on Friday. Her defense of international law and promotion of human rights for Palestinians resonated deeply with the audience, who were urged to
Hostages
A day after Egypt deployed a team of experts and heavy equipment to help retrieve the bodies of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, Hamas announced an expansion of its search efforts in new areas. Under the fragile US-brokered ceasefire reached on October 10, Hamas is expected to return all
Palestinian Arabs
Palestinian-American Yaser Alkam, a US citizen and resident of the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, feels under attack by the Israeli authorities backed by settlers. His six-bedroom home, modeled after an American villa, is a stark contrast to the violence and intimidation faced by Palestinians in the area. Despite
Barghouti, Marwan
US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering the release of Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader who has been imprisoned for over two decades. Barghouti, seen as a unifying figure by many Palestinians, was charged by Israeli authorities with connections to attacks that killed five people and sentenced to five life
Humanitarian aid
Caroline Willemen, project coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza, has spoken out against the use of humanitarian aid as a tool of pressure against Palestinians in the Strip. Despite a decrease in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire agreement, the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire, with water and
Genocide
The temporary ceasefire in Gaza has been met with a mix of emotions, with some hailing it as a triumph and others questioning the sincerity of the US and Israeli governments' commitment to peace. The ceasefire, which stopped the mass murder and starvation of the innocent in Gaza, has
Palestinian Arabs
Catherine Connolly, a radical left-winger with a history of promoting a united Ireland and criticizing Israel's actions, has won the Irish presidential election in a decisive victory. Connolly, who has been likened to 'an Irish Jeremy Corbyn', secured a record 63% of first-preference votes, more than
Palestinian Arabs
The Gaza Court, a symbolic tribunal established to investigate war crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, held its third day of hearings in Istanbul, Turkey. The sessions, led by former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Richard Falk, brought together prominent academics and researchers to
Apartheid
The four-day Gaza Tribunal's final session in Istanbul brought together jurists, academics, survivors, and civil society figures to examine Israel's crimes against Palestinians. The event highlighted the long-standing system of dispossession and discrimination, which the speakers termed as apartheid and ethnic cleansing. Palestinian-Egyptian poet and commentator
