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PALESTINIANS

A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City on July 14.
WORLD / Society
Jul 22, 2026
In Gaza, a mother¡¯s hunt for water lays bare a worsening health crisis
Gaza is facing an unprecedented collapse of its water and sanitation systems, warn aid agencies, U.N. officials and Palestinian ?health authorities.
A Palestinian trainer shows his purebred Arabian horse during a beauty contest at the Rawabi Palestine Arabians show, in Rawabi in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on June 27.
WORLD / Society
Jul 16, 2026
¡®In our blood¡¯: Palestinians keep horse culture alive against all odds
Despite living in densely populated areas, Palestinian breeders continue to raise horses in remarkably urban settings.
Gadi Eisenkot speaks during an election event in Kfar Sava, Israel, on July 8.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2026
Former general who lost son in Gaza war emerges as Netanyahu¡¯s main rival
Stocky and somber, untested in domestic politics and a stranger to foreign-policy circles, Gadi Eisenkot is a stark contrast to the articulate and telegenic Benjamin Netanyahu.
Modern global conflicts reflect long-standing strategic rivalries and a shifting balance of power, not random chaos.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2026
Today¡¯s conflicts are not chaos but history unfolding
Today¡¯s seemingly nonstop international tumult is not as unintelligible as it seems.
Palestinians amidst the rubble of ruined buildings in the Jabalia camp near Gaza City, northern Gaza, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2026
Hamas dissolves Gaza government, but Israel dismisses move as ¡®stunt¡¯
The ?area remains in ?ruins more than 2? years after the latest Gaza conflict was triggered by Hamas¡¯ Oct. 7, ?2023, raids on Israel.
Palestinians gather to celebrate the Islamic Hijri New Year at the Ibrahimi Mosque, known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs, located inside the Israeli-controlled H2 sector of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on June 16.
WORLD
Jun 29, 2026
Israelis and Palestinians deeply divided over sacred shrine in Hebron
The Cave of the Patriarchs is split into an area for Jews and one for Muslims, each with a separate entrance.
Children sit together near destroyed and heavily-damaged buildings at the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2026
Israel targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, U.N. inquiry reports
The U.N. commission said that Palestinian children were deliberately killed during the war, including after a ceasefire came into effect in October 2025.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference, following a U.S.-Iran deal, in Jerusalem on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
Netanyahu, Israel¡¯s arch-survivor, set to face voter fury over Iran deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed he intends to ?stand ?in an election that must be held by October, but polls put his right-wing coalition on course to lose.
Children stand near a damaged car, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers, in Halhul near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on May 20.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
U.N. warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children
A United Nations report says it has verified the killing of 2,668 Palestinian children in Gaza and 57 in the West Bank in 2025.
Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Wednesday.
WORLD
May 29, 2026
Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70%
Israel effectively controls an estimated 64% of ?the Gaza Strip, bombarded to ruins by Israel¡¯s two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel.
Palestinians pass by destroyed buildings during Eid.
WORLD
May 28, 2026
No feasts and no joy: Gazans mark a dark Eid
Despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Israeli airstrikes are still common in Gaza, where most of the population depends on aid for basic needs, according to the United Nations.
U.S. President Donald Trump and others attend the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington on Feb. 19.
WORLD
May 28, 2026
Board of Peace official Gaza fund is empty despite pledges, source says
Since the board was set up, its fund ¡ª administered by the World Bank and endorsed by the United Nations ¡ª has received no money from donors, the source said.
Mourners carry the body of Hamas leader Mohammed Odeh and other Palestinians in a funeral procession in Gaza City on Wednesday, a day after his targeted assassination by the Israeli army.
WORLD
May 28, 2026
Palestinians mourn slain Hamas militant chief as Israel escalates Gaza attacks
The Israeli military said Mohammad Odeh was killed in a targeted attack on Tuesday night, just over a week after his predecessor was killed.
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Nabatieh on Monday.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
Israel will intensify Lebanon strikes amid U.S.-Iran deal talks
Iran has demanded the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon as part of any peace agreement with the U.S. that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
A Palestinian boy inspects the site of an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
May 16, 2026
U.S. may ask Israel to put Palestinian tax money toward Trump¡¯s Gaza plan
The prospect of the Palestinians¡¯ own tax money being repurposed toward Trump¡¯s Gaza rebuilding plan could further sideline the Palestinian Authority.
Demonstrators from Pussy Riot group held a protest at Venice Biennale's International Art Exhibition on May 7, 2026.
CULTURE / Art
May 8, 2026
At the Venice Biennale, the anger isn¡¯t about the art
The mass resignation of the Biennale jury over Israel¡¯s and Russia¡¯s participation was followed by protests. The art is getting drowned out in the controversy.
A U.S. military member sits outside the Civil-Military Coordination Center, on the day of a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, last October.
WORLD
May 2, 2026
U.S. to close its flagship Gaza mission as Trump plan stalls
Diplomats said the move underscores the difficulties facing U.S. efforts to oversee the ?truce and coordinate on aid.
People wait to fetch drinking water at a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on April 10
WORLD
Apr 28, 2026
Israel using water access as ¡®weapon¡¯ in Gaza, report says
Doctors Without Borders has warned that Israeli authorities are systematically depriving people in Gaza of water.
Yair Lapid (right) and Naftali Bennett during a weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sept. 18, 2022.The new party they formed, called "BeYachad" meaning "together" in Hebrew, has not released a formal policy platform.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 28, 2026
Netanyahu¡¯s rivals are joining forces. Would they shift Israel¡¯s security policy?
The new party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu¡¯s top rivals ¡ª right-leaning?Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid ¡ª is called ¡°BeYachad,¡± or ¡°together¡± in Hebrew.
A Palestinian man casts his ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in the Palestinian town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
Abbas loyalists win Palestinian municipal elections, including some seats in Gaza
Saturday¡¯s ballot marked the first elections of any ?kind in the Gaza ?Strip since 2006 and the first Palestinian polls since the Gaza war began more than ?two years.

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