PALESTINE

An activist waves a Palestinian flag at the entrance to Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, on 25 June 2021 (AFP)   Palestine’s landed class could have organised to fight Zionist land grabs. Its negligence and collaboration with the occupation has left ordinary Palestinians to resist alone.   The main trigger to the uprising and resistance that engulfed Palestine last May was no different …

Israeli security forces take a Palestinian inmate into custody, one of the 6 escapees from Gilboa prison, after being arrested in Umm al-Ghanam town on September 11, 2021 [Israeli Police / Anadolu Agency]   Member of Hamas Political Bureau Khalil Al-Hayya announced on Friday that the six Palestinians who escaped from Gilboa Prison would be the priority in any potential prisoner swap. …

A Palestinian child is seen near a car wreck as Palestinians living in makeshift homes in El-Zohor neighbourhood in the city of Khan Yunis on the Gaza Strip are facing difficult conditions under the cold weather on December 14, 2016 [Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu Agency] Fifteen years ago, the Israeli authorities imposed a severe blockade on the Gaza Strip’s population …

Palestinian youths carry a poster by militant group Islamic Jihad reading in Arabic: “the second great escape from the prisons of the Zionist enemy [JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images] An escape from Gilboa Prison in Bisan, northern Palestine, yesterday is reminiscent of the great escape in 1968 and an attempt to escape 20 years ago from the same prison. The escape operation …

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz (L) and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority (R) Why was anyone astonished when Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the “sacred” security collaboration Palestinian Authority, met with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz? After all, the bottom line is that Abbas’s loyalty lies with Israel, not the people of Palestine. Didn’t he announce proudly that …

A picture taken on 18 October 2018 shows the US Consulate in Jerusalem before its operations were merged with Israel’s US embassy (AFP)   Yair Lapid warned that reopening the consulate for Palestinian outreach could ‘destabilise’ Israel’s coalition government Israel’s foreign minister has slammed the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the US consulate in Jerusalem to provide diplomatic outreach to Palestinians, warning it could destabilise …