Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The first handwritten note mailed to Taylor Cheney’s small Seattle restaurant accused her of being a traitor and “sleeping with the enemy” after she held a fundraiser for Palestinian children. Cheney, 37, was unnerved, and asked friends to walk her to work each day at Yalla Seattle … Read more
RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday the Palestinian Authority could play a role in administering the Gaza Strip, on condition that there was a full political solution that also encompassed the occupied West Bank. With Israeli forces now deep inside Gaza, some two weeks after the start of a ground operation to … Read more
Makram Daboub may be struggling to prepare his Palestinian team for the start of 2026 World Cup qualification but he takes some comfort, for now at least, that his players stuck in Gaza are safe. The national soccer team’s head coach wanted to include Ibrahim Abuimeir, Khaled Al-Nabris, and Ahmed Al-Kayed in a training camp … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — Israeli tanks, explosions and falling artillery shells surrounded Gaza City’s overcrowded hospitals on Friday as Israeli forces escalated their battle against Hamas militants despite renewed concerns globally over civilian casualties. At least five hospitals reported being under siege or in close proximity to the fighting … Read more
With a full-blown war unfolding between Israel and Hamas, it’s hard to imagine a new dawn of peace. The body count in Gaza is rising daily, a month after Hamas stormed southern Israel, killing 1,400 people and taking hundreds more hostage. It’s a cycle of violence that threatens to paralyze the moral and political imaginations … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia said on Tuesday it will not recognise unilateral sanctions in response to a proposed U.S. law to level sanctions against foreign supporters of Hamas and other militant groups operating in Palestine. The Hamas International Financing Prevention Act, aimed at cutting off international financing to the groups, was passed by the U.S. … Read more
NABI SALEH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli troops on Monday arrested a Palestinian activist, regarded in the occupied West Bank as a hero since she was a teenager, on suspicion of inciting violence, but her mother denied the claim and said it was based on a fake Instagram post. The Israeli military said it apprehended … Read more
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In Meta’s WhatsApp, users can generate stickers using AI prompts. The Guardian reported Friday that the AI model used to create those stickers sometimes generates images of children holding guns when prompted with “Palestine” and similar words. Meanwhile, according to the outlet, “Israel” prompts resulted in no such imagery. A month ago, Meta’s AI sticker … Read more
RAMALLAH, West Bank — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Biden administration’s latest effort to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and start to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave TEL AVIV — Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at his headquarters in Ramallah on Sunday, where the leaders talked about how to manage the growing civilian toll of Israel’s assault on Gaza and their efforts to help avoid the conflict from … Read more