Gaza’s blockade: Palestine’s Nakba lives on in new generations Israel’s 16-year blockade of Gaza isn’t just a political issue, but a daily reality that affects all aspects of life Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2023
Police called to airport after Ryanair crew member announces Tel Aviv is in Palestine Police were called after a row broke out on the Ryanair plane due to a junior crew member’s ‘innocent mistake’ The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2023
Fresh pressure on Albanese govt to recognise Palestine Motions calling on the Albanese government to recognise Palestine and rethink the AUKUS deal ensured a fiery finish to the Victorian Labor conference. AAP · Jun 18, 2023
Police called to airport after Ryanair crew member announces Tel Aviv is in Palestine Police were called after a row broke out on the Ryanair plane due to a junior crew member’s ‘innocent mistake’ The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2023
Police called to airport after Ryanair crew member announces Tel Aviv is in Palestine Police were called after a row broke out on the Ryanair plane due to a junior crew member’s ‘innocent mistake’ The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023
'We're approaching Palestine': Ryanair crew member tells passengers landing at Tel Aviv airport The flight from Bologna was making its descent into Tel Aviv when the crew member announced "we are approaching Palestine" Irish Mirror · Jun 16, 2023
Gareth Evans: the case for recognising Palestine Since a United Nations General Assembly Resolution vote in November 2012, Palestine has had the status of a state within the UN system. It is not a full member state but, like the Holy See, a non-member observer state. Australia – after a heady debate within the Gillard cabinet –… The Conversation · Jun 14, 2023
US decides to rejoin UNESCO and pay back dues, to counter Chinese influence U.N. cultural and scientific agency UNESCO has announced that the United States plans to rejoin — and pay more than $600 million in back dues — after a decade-long dispute sparked by the organization’s move to include Palestine as a member The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023
Greens say Israel is 'practising crime of apartheid' and call for boycotts of far-right figures The Greens adopt a new party position on Palestine and Israel, saying Israel is practising the "crime of apartheid". ABC News · Jun 5, 2023
Bristol woman honours dying mother’s wish to build schools in Palestine One school has a plaque on the wall with her mother’s name on it Bristol Post · Jun 4, 2023
On a culinary homecoming, influencer chefs look to perpetuate Palestinian dishes For Canadian celebrity chef Suzanne Husseini, a first culinary tour of the Palestinian territories was a chance to preserve and promote the dishes and folk-remedies of her ancestry. Reuters · May 29, 2023
‘Day of mourning’: 200,000 Palestinian families lose UN food aid By August, the WFP will be forced to suspend operations in the West Bank and Gaza if no funding is received. Al Jazeera · May 28, 2023
An endless interrogation The intimidating experience of being questioned again and again in Palestine and Israel after covering the Prime Minister’s visit The Hindu · May 18, 2023
Palestine’s Abbas calls on UN to ‘suspend’ Israel as Nakba marked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas insists that Israel must respect UN resolutions on Palestine or cease as UN member. Al Jazeera · May 16, 2023
Chronicle Live · May 15, 2023 Palestine activists remain in rooftop stand-off on Scotswood Road after 12 hours Photos from the scene show a person standing on the rooftop of Pearson Engineering Ltd armed with a sledgehammer
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023 A just and democratic society that benefits all: that’s what Palestinians are fighting for On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, we strive for a single state where all citizens have equal rights, says Mustafa Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian National Initiative
Al Jazeera · May 15, 2023 ‘We fled on foot’: Palestinians in US recall Nakba dispossession For Palestinians in the United States, memories of the 1948 ‘catastrophe’ sit alongside frustration with US policy.
The Conversation · May 15, 2023 Before and after the Nakba: Palestinian literature of resistance and love for a lost homeland When a society experiences oppression and trauma, literature helps its people by giving them a voice and reinforcing their identity. It gives the trauma those people have suffered a universal resonance. So it is for Palestinians, whose literature – particularly that of resistance – plays this role. Indeed, Palestinian writers…
Al Jazeera · May 15, 2023 Cafe Yafa: A Palestinian bookshop reviving literary culture Cafe Yafa continues a rich Palestinian literary culture, decades after the Nakba destroyed the libraries of Palestine.
The Independent UK · May 15, 2023 UN to commemorate Palestinians' 1948 flight from Israel for the first time For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus
The Conversation · May 11, 2023 The Nakba: how the Palestinians were expelled from Israel Until 1948, Lajjun was a small village about ten miles south of Nazareth in one of the most fertile valleys in Palestine. Since 1949, the area has been occupied by Jewish settlers who established Kibbutz Meggido there. In the early 1980s, I interviewed Ali Jabareen, a refugee from Lajjun. He…
The Conversation · May 11, 2023 The Nakba at 75 – Palestinians' struggle to get recognition for their 'catastrophe' On May 15, 2023, the United Nations will stage a high-level special meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the mass displacement of around 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948.
Al Jazeera · May 11, 2023 Shireen Abu Akleh killing: Advocates decry ‘abhorrent’ US stance One year after Al Jazeera journalist was killed, rights advocates say Biden administration is shielding Israeli abuses.
Al Jazeera · May 11, 2023 One year on, no justice at ICC for Shireen Abu Akleh Request to investigate death of Al Jazeera journalist has been received by the ICC, yet no steps have been taken.
The Conversation · May 10, 2023 Israel at 75: how inept British intelligence failed to contain Jewish independence groups Before they were Israeli, the Jewish community of Palestine – the Yishuv – had been Britain’s close junior partner. A dispute over Britain’s restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine began in 1939, but was set aside during the struggle to defeat Hitler.