Regions / Middle East / Palestine

Report on Palestine by Amy Hall.

As Israel continues to pursue ‘complete control’ over the Occupied Palestinian Territories, human rights campaigner Maen Hammad is highlighting an overlooked symbol of resistance: skateboards. Samia Qaiyum reports.

Amy Hall reports on the killing of veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.

Big Oil is throwing money at new fossil fuel infrastructure like there’s no tomorrow. New pipelines, refineries, wells and rigs are being built across all continents. But everywhere the industry goes, it meets resistance. Here are four profiles of groups saying enough is enough. Words by Nick Dowson.

Gazans protest the Israeli government’s designation of six NGOs as terror groups.

Palestinians continue to be brutalized in Israeli jails, despite international criticism. Kasturi Chakraborty speaks to prisoners’ families about their struggles.

Novelist Selma Dabbagh talks to Rahila Gupta about rescuing Arab women’s sexuality from orientalist framings.

Against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

Deleting posts and hiding hashtags.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.

Palestinian activist Iyad el-Baghdadi, a leading intellectual of the Arab Spring, talks fighting disinformation with Jan-Peter Westad.

The photos, facts and politics of Palestine

Protesting in Rome, Italy, against Israel’s annexation of Palestinian territories.

In Palestine, Futura D’Aprile meets the peaceful change-makers who want to create hope for their divided city’s future.

Report from Palestine/Israel by Aaron Drapkin.

Report from Norway by Husna Rizvi.

Peter Whittaker speaks to writer, lawyer and human rights activist Raja Shehadeh about the politics of memory in Palestine and Israel.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Jordan is nominally a constitutional monarchy with regular national and local elections. However, the façade of democracy is thin. Zoe Holman profiles the country.

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