Many films have been made about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the 1948 Nakba, documentaries especially. With few exceptions, until the early 1990s they were produced by Palestinian or Arab companies. That is because the Palestinian cause (...)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has asserted Egypt's unwavering support of the Palestinian cause and its rejection of anything that could undermine Jerusalem's Arab, Islamic and Christian identity, violate the city's sacred places, or change (...)
The United States and the United Kingdom joined Israel on Sunday in alleging Iran carried out a fatal drone strike on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, putting further pressure on Tehran as it denied being involved in the (...)
I remember Albert Einstein's definition of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." I've been thinking about this quote in relation to the recent bizarre behavior of all the parties involved in the (...)
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused the Israeli military of carrying out attacks that "apparently amount to war crimes" during an 11-day war against Hamas in May.
The international human rights organization issued its conclusions after (...)
The Palestinian Ministry of Works, in cooperation with Egyptian technical and engineering teams, will soon complete removing the rubble from the latest Israeli military onslaught on the Gaza Strip (10-11 May). This is a record time compared to (...)
Over 100,000 Palestinian Muslim worshipers celebrated Eid Al-Adha at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, WAFA reported Tuesday.
The worshipers made their way in the early morning hours to the mosque compound to attend the prayers of Eid Al-Adha, (...)
Brief clashes erupted on Sunday between Israeli police and Palestinians at Al Aqsa mosque over visits by Jews to the compound revered in Judaism as the site of two destroyed Biblical temples.
No serious injuries were reported in what police (...)
The British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) has held an event to bid farewell to Sir Geoffrey Adams, the UK's Ambassador to Egypt, who is stepping down from the role.
The event was attended by: Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance; Yehia Zaki, (...)
Like her husband Anwar Sadat, Jehan Sadat, who died this week, is the focus of conflicting views and contradictory sentiments. Below, Al-Ahram Weekly recalls some of the most significant moments in the life of this controversial but remarkable (...)
Egypt and the US have started work on creating a path to jumpstart negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis in an effort to reinforce calm in the region and defuse the recent rising tensions.
The current regional and international (...)
In a meeting on Tuesday, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell tackled the latest developments in several issues of mutual concerns, including the (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met, on Sunday evening in Brussels, with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid.
During the meeting, Shoukry noted the importance of removing the stalemate between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, in (...)
Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank amount to a war crime, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Friday, calling on countries to inflict a cost on Israel for its "illegal occupation".
Michael Lynk, U.N. special (...)
Jordan reached an agreement Thursday to purchase an additional 50 million cubic meters of water from Israel and to increase its exports to the occupied West Bank from $160 million a year to around $700 million, the two countries announced in (...)
نشر مرصد الأزهر لمكافحة التطرف، عبر موقعه الرسمي بموقع التواصل الاجتماعي، تقرير تحت عنوان "هل تغير الخطاب الإعلامي الغربي بشأن الأزمة الفلسطينية الأخيرة؟".
وقال المرصد، إنه على مدار عقود، ومهما تغيرت الملابسات والظروف، تظل القضية الفلسطينية تستحوذ (...)
على مدار عقود، ومهما تغيرت الملابسات والظروف، تظل القضية الفلسطينية تستحوذ على الساحة الإعلامية العالمية كلما تطورت الأمور بين الطرفين (الفلسطيني والصهيوني) إلى حد حالة الحرب كما حدث في التصعيد الأخير الذي استمر على مدار 11 يومًا.
فالصراع الفلسطيني (...)
Israel's parliament early on Tuesday failed to renew a law that bars Palestinian citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or residency rights to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, in a tight vote that raised doubts about the (...)
Israel's parliament is set to vote Monday on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Palestinian citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or even residency to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
Critics, (...)
The European Union (EU) said on Monday that Israel's measures of displacing the Palestinians in East Jerusalem and demolishing their homes "are illegal and lead to more violence."
In a press statement, the EU mission in Palestine said that the (...)
The death of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat from Hebron in the West Bank last week has sparked widespread anger and political and security repercussions, setting off protests that have quickly escalated due to the brutal response of the (...)
On Tuesday morning this week, the Israeli authorities began the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Bustan neighbourhood of the Salwan district of Occupied East Jerusalem.
The 21-day grace period that the Israeli-run Jerusalem municipality had (...)
Israel's top diplomat will travel to the United Arab Emirates next week in the first official visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf state since the two countries established diplomatic relations last year.
Yair Lapid, who was sworn in last week (...)
Angry demonstrators clashed with Palestinian security forces for a third day Saturday during a protest in the West Bank over the death of an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority who died while in custody.
Hundreds gathered in the city of (...)
The United Nations on Thursday accused Israel of flagrantly violating international law by expanding settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, saying settlements are illegal and urging the country's new government to halt their enlargement (...)
