Regions / Middle East / Palestine
Articles about Palestine, ordered by date. 
Spotlight: Raja Shehadeh
Peter Whittaker speaks to writer, lawyer and human rights activist Raja Shehadeh about the politics of memory in Palestine and Israel.
Southern exposure: Wissam Nassar
Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.
Country Profile: Jordan
Jordan is nominally a constitutional monarchy with regular national and local elections. However, the façade of democracy is thin. Zoe Holman profiles the country.
‘This is not a life’
Some 70,000 Palestinian workers pass through Israeli checkpoints every day. The process, which can take several hours, is disorganized and conditions overcrowded. Those without proper permits often attempt the crossing via gaps in the Israeli wall and mountain routes along the Green Line and run the risk of being arrested or even shot at by Israeli forces. Words & photography by Anne Paq / Active Stills
‘We can’t be silent’
Palestinians in Gaza have been putting their lives on the line to challenge Israel’s decade long siege of the Strip.
Mixed Media: Books
No Turning Back by Rania Abouzeid; Beside the Syrian Sea by James Wolff; Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright; Sara by Sakine Cansiz, translated by Janet Biehl.
Mixed Media: Music
We review TootArd, from the Golan Heights, with their second album Laissez Passer, and Live at Ronnie Scott’s, by Nitin Sawhney.
Balfour declaration – an overdue apology
The Balfour Declaration was a 67-word statement penned by Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community. Lydia Noon reports
Accountability is key to peace in the Middle East
We desperately need effective bodies to promote law and due process, writes William Bell.
White cucumbers return to Palestine
An Heirloom Seed Library is rescuing ancient agricultural knowledge in Palestine’s West Bank, Giedre Steikunaite writes.
Worldbeaters: Avigdor Lieberman
Israel’s defence minister is a political chameleon and lightning rod for controversy, among other things.
Run, Palestine, run
A record number of participants claimed their right to freedom of movement at this year’s marathon. Giedre Steikunaite reports.
Caught in the act: Israeli soldier filmed killing Palestinian
Noreen Sadik reports on the aftermath of a very public shooting in the divided city of al-Khalil.
Run for your life
Giedre Steikunaite considers the importance of the Palestine Marathon.
Going vegan
Lydia Noon reports the first vegan bakery in Ramallah’s Jalazoun refugee camp, Palestine.
And finally... Susan Abulhawa
Graeme Green talks to the Palestinian American author and human rights activist.
Gaza: unliveable by 2020
Claire Fauset on theshocking situation for Palestinians.
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