Palestine

Saudi Arabia rejects Israel PM Netanyahu's remarks on displacing Palestinians

Egypt and Jordan also condemned the Israeli suggestions

Arab nations oppose removing Palestinians from Gaza in letter to US

The letter was signed by the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE

Israel says Gazans can return home as more hostage releases agreed

Israel had been preventing vast crowds of Palestinians from using a coastal road to return to northern Gaza

The ceasefire that couldn't heal: Reflections from a survivor

I can’t forget the days in Gaza’s hospitals—the sight of dismembered children and the cries from phosphorus burns.

Bangladesh Int’l Short and Independent Film Festival to screen 276 films from 100 nations

The 17th Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival is being organised this year by the Bangladesh Short Film Forum, featuring 276 films from over 100 countries. The event is scheduled to run from December 20 to 27.

Critical race theory, Euro-American pride and the genocide in Gaza

Proponents of CRT believe that racist practices are not individual or idiosyncratic, but are inherent in institutions, policies and structures of governance.

Before I answer, what exactly is the 'Palestine question'?

In this Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, money is Supreme Court-sanctioned free speech, but criticism of Israel isn’t.

Gulf states condemn Israel's UNRWA ban

Israel's parliament on Monday overwhelmingly voted to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, from working in Israel and annexed east Jerusalem.

Israel kills at least 40 in Gaza, tanks deepen raid in the north

The operation has raised concerns among Palestinians and U.N. agencies that Israel wants to clear residents from the north of the crowded enclave, a charge it has denied.

October 3, 2024
October 3, 2024

Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance

The 44-year-old founded the Youth Against Settlements group, which campaigns against the proliferation of Jewish settlements in the territory -- communities widely regarded as illegal under international law.

October 1, 2024
October 1, 2024

Palestinian ambassador calls on Prof Yunus

The two leaders discussed issues of mutual interests, global support for Palestine, genocide in Gaza, and tension in the Middle East

September 22, 2024
September 22, 2024

'This is a protest against the Israeli government'

Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib boycotted Bangladesh’s Chess Olympiad game against Israel yesterday in protest of Israel’s continued attacks on Gaza and the occupied territories of Palestine and over what he felt is the double standards maintained by FIDE, the world governing body of chess.

September 8, 2024
September 8, 2024

Gaza war in its 12th month with truce hopes slim

The United States, Qatar and Egypt have all been mediating in an effort to bring about a ceasefire in the war, which authorities in Hamas-run Gaza say has killed at least 40,939 people.

August 29, 2024
August 29, 2024

What is the history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict?

The conflict is the bloodiest in a protracted conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that has rumbled on for seven decades and destabilised the Middle East.

August 11, 2024
August 11, 2024

Germany's Scholz urges Israel to conclude hostage release and ceasefire

"An end to the war in Gaza would be a decisive step towards a regional de-escalation," the spokesperson said.

July 27, 2024
July 27, 2024

We are all biomass

We all know that we are part of nature and fully dependent on it for our survival, yet this recognition does not translate into action.

July 2, 2024
July 2, 2024

First Palestinian Olympic boxer fights hurdles before history

Every morning Palestinian boxer Waseem Abu Sal checks texts from his Cairo-based coach -- a Gazan who cannot travel to him in the occupied West Bank -- to see his daily Olympics training schedule as he prepares to make history.

June 28, 2024
June 28, 2024

Assange is free, but are we?

I fought for years with and for Julian Assange. In what sense are we who breathe the fresh air outside prisons still free?

June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024

What I've learnt from Noam Chomsky

I once asked Noam Chomsky how he manages to remember so many facts and figures.