The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has condemned the arrest of a prominent local journalist by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Ali al-Samoudi, who has worked extensively with Western media, was detained during a raid on his son’s home in the northern city of Jenin early on Tuesday. The 58-year-old was interrogated for half an…
Getty Images Mr Mahdawi participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University An organiser of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by immigration officials as he attended an interview as part of his application for US citizenship, his lawyer says. Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder who is due to graduate next month from…
His lawyer, Khaled Zabarqa told the BBC he was freed after serving his sentence. Israelis saw the young age of Manasra and his cousin at the time of the attack as evidence that they had been indoctrinated by propaganda. After the stabbings, Manasra fled the scene and was hit by a car. A graphic video…
Sebastian Usher Middle East correspondent Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Hamdan Ballal poses with Rachel Szor after they won Best Documentary Feature Film for No Other Land at the Oscars A Palestinian Oscar winner has been detained in the occupied West Bank following an outbreak of violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians, activists say….
Neyaz Farooquee BBC News, Delhi BBC Badar Khan Suri, a scholar of conflict studies, was arrested on 17 March over terror charges It was an invitation from a classmate 15 years ago that changed the life of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian scholar now facing deportation from the US over terror charges. On that summer…
Jewish and Muslim groups condemned President Trump for calling Senator Chuck Schumer “a Palestinian,” saying that the president used the term as a racial slur. Mr. Trump made the comments on Wednesday at a meeting in the Oval Office with Micheál Martin, the prime minister of Ireland. A reporter asked Mr. Trump about tax cuts,…
Manish Pandey BBC Newsbeat Eddy Chen/Netflix The comedy covers a range of issues from food, identity, immigration, family and politics Reflecting back on the Netflix hit based on his own life, there are two things that come to mind for Palestinian comedian Mo Amer. Pride and hurt. “It’s very difficult to talk about without breaking…
Hamas has released six more hostages held in Gaza, in exchange for 602 Palestinian prisoners to be freed later on Saturday. The released hostages included four kidnapped during the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel – Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert. The two other men freed, Avera Mengistu and…
Reuters The Israeli hostages appeared before a crowd in Khan Younis before their release Hamas has freed three Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners, in the latest swap under the ceasefire agreed by Israel and the militant group last month. The three hostages handed over on Saturday are American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen,…
An Israeli military court has sentenced a soldier to seven months in prison after he admitted to the aggravated abuse of Palestinian detainees from Gaza at the Sde Teiman military detention centre. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the reservist, who it did not name, was convicted over “several incidents in which he punched the…
