For years the Palestinian Authority (PA) urged Arabs and Muslims to visit Jerusalem and the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque arguing that “visiting a prisoner does not mean normalising relations with the jailer.”
Today, the rush by Gulf states to normalise (...)
World War I caused much grief, tragedy and dramatic political changes across the world. Palestine as a land and people, however, was the major victim and suffered grave affliction and harm that touched its holy sites and history and conspired (...)
Jerusalem is the largest city in Palestine and the most important religiously and economically. Founded by the Arab Canaanites about 5,000 years ago, it is situated between the mountain ranges of Nablus to the north and Hebron to the south. It is 52 (...)
Jerusalem has been the natural social, political and economic centre of Palestine throughout the ages. For long periods of its history, the city, stretching from Ramallah in the north to Bethlehem in the south, was the engine of the Palestinian (...)