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IDF soldiers carry out raids in the West Bank on August 18, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 22, 2022, 11:36 pm
EU top diplomat ‘deeply concerned’ by Israeli raids on Palestinian NGOs
Borrell says ‘no substantial information’ has been provided to justify move, which ‘undermines civil society and its valuable work’
By ToI Staff
Arab-Israeli director Maha Haj poses during a photocall for the film "Mediterranean Fever" at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25, 2022. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
May 26, 2022, 10:33 am
Israel-born director dedicates film at Cannes Festival to ‘assassinated’ reporter
‘We will never forget you Shireen… We dedicate this premiere to you,’ says Maha Haj, director of the Palestinian film ‘Mediterranean Fever’
By Tobias Siegal
Palestinian Dalia al-Darawish holds her truck driver's license after passing her driving test, in the West Bank town of Hebron on September 25, 2019 (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
October 15, 2019, 8:32 am
‘Braking’ boundaries: Palestinian women take to wheel to seek new chances
‘There have been some developments, but not enough,’ says Dalia al-Darawish, one of the first female truck drivers in the West Bank, where women have been pushing for social change
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian sports teacher Rajaa Hamdan (R) leads a football training session with young girls in the northern West Bank village of Deir Jarir, near Ramallah, on September 13, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
September 16, 2017, 9:59 am
Palestinian all-girl soccer team breaks cultural barriers
Hundreds of young women are enjoying an opportunity denied their mothers’ generation in the socially conservative West Bank
By Hossam Ezzedine
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat in his Ramallah office, November 23, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
October 28, 2016, 7:28 pm
Erekat calls Palestinian prisoners — many held for terrorism — ‘heroes’
Top Palestinian negotiator says men and women in Israeli jails are worthy of ‘admiration and honor’
By ToI Staff
Owner John Saadeh standing outside Jasmine Cafe in the West Bank city of Nablus, Sept. 18, 2016. (Andrew Tobin)
October 21, 2016, 9:36 am
How one popular Palestinian cafe puts women first — and men in the corner
‘If we’re going to continue living in the past, we can’t solve anything because the past for us sucks as Palestinians,’ says John Saadeh, San Francisco-born owner of Jasmine Cafe
By Andrew Tobin
Tahany Shaath holds her three-day old new-born son Waleed at their house in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on October 12, 2016. (AFP/Said Khatib)
October 12, 2016, 11:55 pm
Gaza Strip population said to reach 2 million
Newborn Waleed Shaath in Rafah brings Palestinian enclave above new threshold, Hamas says; UN says territory could be ‘unlivable’ by 2020
By AFP
Amir Grinstein
September 23, 2016, 3:17 pm
Amir Grinstein
Education and hope in the Arab world
The underdiscussed case of how the Palestinians became one of the most educated people in the Middle East
The three finalists of 'The President' reality TV show attend a public debate in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 2, 2016. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
June 3, 2016, 5:21 am
Palestinian reality show underscores democracy woes
Amid widespread discontent with Abbas after his long rule, a faux TV election may be the best the West Bank public can hope for
By Mohammed Daraghmeh
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to volunteers at a United Steelworkers Union Hall, Bettendorf, Iowa, December 22, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
January 12, 2016, 3:45 am
Clinton received plan to secretly galvanize Palestinian protests
Former envoy to Israel emailed proposal to then-US secretary of state that Palestinian, Israeli women should spark Tahrir-style protests to push sides into talks
By Eric Cortellessa
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