Palestine

Global Voices: Palestinian quest for statehood a moving target

2013-05-16 04:00:00

In the 65 years since the creation of� Israel and the scattering of millions of Palestinians from their historic homeland, hope of resolving the core crisis of the Middle East has risen to joyous pinnacles like Camp David and crashed into despair with...

Israeli attacks in Syria aimed at Hezbollah, not as aid to rebels

2013-05-08 05:00:00

Israeli airstrikes in Syria on Iranian weapons destined for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia could be seen as heralding wider international involvement in Syria’s intractable civil war. Reports �of sarin gas attacks in Syria also conjure the...

Google gives a virtual nod to 'Palestine'

2013-05-03 18:15:00

Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words “Palestinian territories” with “Palestine” in both English and Arabic. Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said the company consulted "a number of...

Palestinian marathon kicks off with tribute to Boston victims

2013-04-21 19:11:00

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- With the Boston Marathon bombings on their mind, hundreds of Palestinian and international runners participated Sunday in what was billed as the first Palestinian marathon. The Right to Movement Palestine Marathon kicked off in...

Critically ill Palestinian released from Israeli jail

2013-04-18 12:26:00

RAMALLAH, West Bank–-Two weeks after a Palestinian prisoner died of cancer in an Israeli jail, provoking violent protests in the West Bank, Israel released a critically ill Palestinian prisoner who had served 11 years of a 14-year-sentence....

A new challenge for Palestinians

2013-04-18 00:00:00

The looming resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, announced last week, may be very bad news for the prospects of good governance in Palestine. But it has the potential to inject clarity and honesty into the problems of the much-too-...

Palestinian Authority prime minister resigns

2013-04-13 13:50:00

JERUSALEM -- Embattled Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned late Saturday after struggling for years against political rivals and lackluster public support. Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who in recent months had also clashed...

UC Santa Barbara student leaders vote down divestment resolution

2013-04-11 14:19:00

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details Elected student leaders at UC Santa Barbara voted down a resolution early Thursday that would have urged the UC system to divest from�companies said to profit from anti-Palestinian...

Letters: Untying the Middle East knot

2013-03-29 00:00:00

Re "Palestinian politics do matter," Opinion, March 24 Khaled Elgindy, a former advisor to Palestinian leadership, is right when he says, "The United States does not have to like Palestinian politics or endorse its themes or outcomes — any more...

Obama's symbolic mission to Israel: Accomplished

2013-03-22 02:00:00

Barack Obama’s first trip to Israel as president seems to have thawed his frosty relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at least for public consumption. But it appears to have done little to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, curb...

Obama says Palestinian state still a viable option

2013-03-21 07:41:00

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Obama met with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Thursday in search of hopeful signs for the stalled peace process and declared that a sovereign state of Palestine beside Israel is still viable. Following a long...

Letters: Obama, Israel and Mideast peace

2013-03-21 00:00:00

Re "Obama's Israel visit," Editorial, March 19 Your editorial's subheadline says that "the U.S. must keep pressing for a two-state solution." I agree, but 100% of that pressure should be on the Palestinians. There has never been a real "peace process"...

A screenshot of the Palestinian version of the Google homepage, after the tagline was changed from 'Palestinian territories' to 'Palestine.'

2013-05-03 15:35:00

A Palestinian protestor hurls a stone towards Israeli security forces during clashes at the entrance of the Jalama checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Jenin.

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Palestinians celebrate the U.N. vote to upgrade their territory's status, conferring de facto recognition of Palestine statehood. The 138-9 vote, with 41 abstentions, was seen as a rebuke of U.S. policy in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

2012-11-30 00:00:00