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Basel Adra: I wanted to make a film as disturbing as my reality

Speaking to Al Majalla, the Palestinian co-director of Best Documentary winner 'No Other Land' says he believes that solidarity with Gaza's suffering was a factor in his film's Oscars success

Houssam Marouf 14, Mar 2025
A Palestinian activist holding a national flag stands by as an Israeli army bulldozer moves during an ongoing raid on the Tulkarm camp for Palestinian refugees in the north of the occupied West Bank. Zain JAAFAR / AFP

West Bank Palestinians suffer largest forced displacement in decades

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been pushed out of refugee camps in the northern West Bank as Israeli settlers grab more and more land

Ahmed Draghmeh 05, Mar 2025
A woman walks past the wreckage of a car on a street in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP

2025 could be a defining year for the West Bank

An emboldened settler movement drunk on the prospect of Trump recognising Israel's control there and an increasingly weakened Palestinian Authority make for a dangerous combination

Michael Horowitz 23, Feb 2025

Israel turns its guns on the West Bank after Gaza ceasefire

Fares Garabet 27, Jan 2025
A man sits in front of a damaged building after an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on September 6, 2024. AFP

Ravaged but not defeated, Jenin braces for Israel's next raid

Israeli soldiers ransacked the West Bank refugee camp, looking for Palestinians fighting against their occupation, leaving a trail of death and destruction behind. For Jenin, this is now the norm.

Ahmed Draghmeh 15, Sep 2024
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Yair Lapid to Al Majalla: A Palestinian state will be delayed significantly, but the idea not dead

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, former Israeli prime minister and now opposition leader Yair Lapid lists the pressing issues he sees for Israel and the obstacles to peace

Ahmed Maher 19, Dec 2023
Settler attacks in the West Bank have been on the rise since 7 October. AFP

Israeli settlers exploit Israel's war on Gaza to attack in West Bank

Despite US warnings over settler violence, some Israeli officials have empowered settlers in the West Bank, including Minister Ben Gvir, who provided them with arms.

Sherine Younes 12, Nov 2023
A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Mechola in Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Growing Israeli West Bank Settlements Test US Position Ahead of Biden Visit

Steps away from a cluster of Palestinian tents and shacks in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, trucks were working in full force to prepare for the construction of a school for…

11, Jul 2022
Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (Yusef)and actress Mariam Kanj (Yasmine) at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank in a scene from “The Present” movie.

'The Present': Buying a Gift Can Be Difficult in the West Bank

Buying someone a gift is a pleasant act we can do to each other, and if someone started to tell you about his decision to buy his wife a present, you will expect an emotional story full of love and…

Salma Adham 17, Sep 2021
Protesters hold a large Palestinian flag and placards during a demonstration demanding justice for Palestine. Many pro-Palestinian groups have protested in cities around the world. (Photo by Loredana Sangiuliano/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Palestinians Assert Presence, Cannot Be Ignored

The intense violence in Israel and Palestine in May resembled similar episodes in recent decades. But it also had several distinct features, chief among them the newfound unity of Palestinians…

Rashid Khalidi 16, Jul 2021
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How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

18 June 2025

Years of painstaking intelligence work went into the operation that activated vast networks of operatives and involved multiple layers of subterfuge

Michael Horowitz
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while gathering with others during a rally in solidarity with the government against Israel's attacks on Iran on June 14, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Iran is further from regime change than Israel thinks

17 June 2025

Israel sees an opportunity to eliminate a strategic regional rival, but the future course of events primarily hinges on what Trump decides to do next

Houssam Itani
Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

18 June 2025

The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
Axel Rangel García
Politics

Can diplomacy stop the Israel-Iran war before it's too late?

17 June 2025

De-escalation is in the overwhelming interest of most countries in the region and the world, and we could see many extend a hand to help bring the conflict to an end

Arash Azizi
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Will Iran-Israel strikes derail Trump's Mideast vision?

14 June 2025

Trump and Netanyahu disagree on whether to use military force to stop Iran's nuclear programme, and Israel's punishing attack on Iran places the region on a worrisome trajectory

Robert Ford

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