Country: Palestine

Shias in Palestine: A Foothold of Iran?

THE LEVANT NEW - By: Labib Taha*-- Shias is one of the major sects in Islam; their name emerged in the first years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Although Shias and Sunnis sects comply with Islam in general, the disparity between both sides has its aspects in political, intellectual and jurisprudential life of […]

Hamas caught between Tehran and Riyadh

by Ali Hashem - THE LEVANT NEWS -- Who wants to be in Hamas’ shoes? Probably no one in the greater Middle East, where the Palestinian group is trapped between two major blocs who used to have much in common prior to the Arab Spring. On one side there’s the ideological link with Turkey, Qatar and […]

Jewish settler's violence: A Colonial Approach

The LEVANT EXCLUSIVE -- By Labib Taha* -- As Israeli settlers set fire to a dwelled house and burned Dawabsha family in Duma village, the leaders of Israel rush to repudiate and condemn that thing. The scene seems contradictory between the crimes of the settlers on the one hand, and the Israeli government […]

Conflict between Abbas and Palestinian NGOs re Israel's Crimes

By Jasmin Rasheed -- Exclusive to THE LEVANT NEWS -- Palestinian well informed sources say that on Aug. 26 the Palestinian civilian organizations intend to submit an independent report on the violation of the international law by Israel to the office of the ICC Prosecutor, Mrs. Fatou Bensouda. This report is being submitted following bitter disagreements […]

Neturi Karta Condemnes the Zionist Brutal Murder of Dawabsha's Baby

The Levant News -- The Orthodox Jewish anti-Zionism organization, Neturi Karta, has Condemned the Zionist Brutal Murder of Dawabsha's Baby in West Bank. It has issued the following statement: "In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Condemnation of the cruel Zionist Brutal Murders We Palestinian Jews are participating in the grief and deep sorrow of […]

Turkey and PA to confront Israeli attempts to change the status quo in Jerusalem

By Jasmin Rasheed -- THE LEVANT NEWS EXCLUSIVE -- Palestinian well informed sources told The Levant News that in recent days Turkey is coordinating its attempts to obtain foothold in the Aqsa Mosque with the PA. For example, recently, Turkish security elements met in Ramallah with members of the Palestinian security apparatuses to discuss coordination […]

Mahmoud Abbas Plans to Visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar

By Jasmin Rasheed -- The Levant News -- Palestinian sources revealed that President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and a high-ranking delegation will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the coming days. The Palestinian delegation is to include figures such as Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, PA spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina, Fatah Central Committee member […]

King Salman of Saudi Arabia Meets With Hamas Leaders

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and BEN HUBBARD for The New York Times -- The Levant News -- CAIRO — King Salman of Saudi Arabia met Friday with top political leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, in the most striking example yet of the new king’s willingness to work with Islamist organizations long considered foes. Analysts […]

Our Ever Blest Rachel Corrie

THE LEVANT EXCLUSIVE -- By Geoffrey Cook -- Your writer is in the great American Pacific Northwest, in the State just south of Rachel Corrie’s home, the State of Washington. I am revisiting/revising an article of over decade ago because of the unjust verdict on the appeal in the Israeli civil case for her wrongful […]

Hamas struggling with emerging Islamist parties

Author: Hana Salah - Translator: Pascale el-Khoury for AL-MONITOR -- Gaza Strip — Tensions are ongoing between the Hamas movement and the Salafist Ansar al-Dawla movement, which in February publicly declared its support for the Islamic State (IS), to which Hamas is opposed and which in turn does not look favorably upon Hamas. Meanwhile, on […]

Congress Moves to Protect Israeli Settlements

By Mitchell Plitnick -- On Wednesday, the Senate adopted an amendment to the Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA) designed to defend Israel against the global “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement” (BDS). A similar amendment was adopted in the House of Representatives. Whatever one thinks of the bill’s intentions, the actual content […]

Hamas treads carefully with support for Yemen war

By Adnan Abu Amer - Translator: Tyler Huffman for Al-Monitor -- With the continuation of Operation Decisive Storm, which the Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out against the Houthis in Yemen since March 26, more positions continue to emerge on the operation — some in support and some opposed — thus redrawing the map of […]

In Lebanon, destitute camp becomes jihadist refuge

By Layal Abou Rahal for AFP -- Ain al-Helweh (Lebanon) (AFP) - Lebanon's Ain al-Helweh camp has long provided a stable, if destitute, bolthole for Palestinian refugees, some of whom have lived within its walls since fleeing their homes more than six decades ago. But the war in neighbouring Syria has transformed parts of the […]

Gaza bomb hits car of Hamas security official

AFP, Gaza - Unidentified assailants blew up the car of a Hamas security official in Gaza during the night, the interior ministry said Tuesday, in a sign of increasing instability in the Palestinian territory. “A home-made bomb damaged a car belonging to a military police officer which was parked in front of his house in […]

Arab states endorse new Palestinian move at U.N. Security Council

Reuters - Arab foreign ministers on Thursday endorsed a Palestinian plan to resubmit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council calling for Israel to withdraw from occupied territories by late 2017. The United States helped defeat a similar draft resolution in a Security Council vote on Dec. 30. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said […]

« Previous 1 … 79 80 81

Stay up-to-date

Latest news

Biden mulling Gulf visit as fuel prices skyrocket

World Bank extends partnership scheme for Lebanon by only one more year

Lebanese forces scuffle with FPM, army intervenes

Biden now to send medium-range missiles to Ukraine

Israeli air drill for possible Iran attack