Palestinian population

Palestinians living in Jordan deserve to be Jordanian citizens

Palestinian Arabs living in UNRWA-administered towns in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan should be given the opportunity to become citizens in their host countries.

Protesters hold Jordanian and Palestinian flags and shout slogans during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed Middle East peace plan, near the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, January 31, 2020.
The cover of Rashid Khalidi’s book

Controlling the Palestinian narrative

Palestinian boy Ahmed Abu Saman, 16, who was injured in a car accident, lies on a bed at the emergency department at Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest public medical facility, in Gaza City, March 29, 2017.

More Gaza parents allowed to escort children to Israel for treatment

Palestinian woman walks past closed shops during a general strike to protest against Bahrain's economic workshop for U.S. Middle East peace plan, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip

Death of Palestinian activist brings attention to Gaza


The General Assembly must discuss the West Bank

Months ago, T’ruah, the organization I run, approached JFNA staff to offer a day trip to the West Bank, to take place right before or after the GA. The answer was no.

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish Agency Director-General Alan Hoffman attend the Jewish Agency Assembly in Tel Aviv.

Replace incitement with sound government

It’s high time for change. The Palestinian people deserve leaders who will give them not only jobs, healthcare and electricity, but sound governance – not bullets and incitement.

Palestinian children hold models depicting the Dome of the Rock during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the central Gaza Strip December 15, 2017

Kalandiya residents apathetic to Gaza’s ‘March of Return’

“It’s not a good situation in Gaza, but we can’t afford to take part in the protests when we have families."

Palestinians wait to cross through Israeli Kalandiya checkpoint

Israel to issue 20,000 more work permits to Palestinians

The increase will bring the number of permits to 100,000.

A Palestinian man shows his permit to an Israeli border policeman at a checkpoint on the way to Jerusalem

A paradise for split personalities and free trade

Residents in the town of Barta’a in northern Israel and Samaria (West Bank) live in a constant identity crisis between the security barrier and the Green Line.

SHOPS IN Barta’a offer all sorts of kitsch, household goods, and clothing – toys, cosmetics, socks, plants, stuffed animals, plastic slippers and  oral head scarves

Congress bill seeks to prevent US funding of Israel's detention of Palestinian children

"The purpose of this act is... to ensure that United States taxpayer funds shall not be used to support the military detention of Palestinian children."

Palestinian children commemorate Nakba Day.

How a stranded neighborhood bordering e. J'lm became haven for Palestinians in love

The human narrative behind the neighborhood of Kafr Akab, a no-man's-land that became a haven for Palestinian couples from east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

The Kafr Akab neighborhood of Jerusalem

Justice for Palestinian refugees - will Guterres deliver?

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'The state can't negate residency of Jerusalemites working with Hamas in PA parliament'

This ruling by the High Court was accompanied by an order to the state to explain why it is holding on to terrorists’ bodies.

AN AERIAL view of the Old City of Jerusalem.

Despite Israel's new settlement plans, construction plummets

"We are building the land and settling it," Netanyahu said.

The basic error is to treat all the settlements alike

PA arrests Palestinian who hosted right-wing MK at his home

MK Yehuda Glick visited Muhammed Jaber in Hebron to wish him a happy holiday.

Yehuda Glick outside Temple Mount.