Palestinian culture

Indoctrinating innocents: From the Khmer Rouge to Hamas, the art of child indoctrination

A former Khmer Rouge child soldier speaks to the Magazine about his time in the Cambodian communist organization, and how many Palestinian groups use similar methods of indoctrination.

A child wears a Hamas head banner after Friday prayers in Gaza City.
 Remains of destroyed buildings in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, are pictured through the Egypt-Gaza border, in Rafah, Egypt, July 4, 2024.

‘Traders in our blood’: Gazan pleads to be saved from Hamas ‘before the Jews’

 FAMILY MEMBERS of Hallel, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, who were shot and killed in a terror attack in Huwara in February, speak to the media the next day. Seventy-one percent of Palestinians asked, expressed support the shooting of the brothers

The Palestinian conflict with Israel is rooted in antisemitism - opinion

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides meet with Israeli emerging leaders at "Feel Beit", an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023.

Israeli civic society is our 'north star,' Blinken tells grassroot organizers


The way forward for the Arab citizens of Israel -opinion

Rather than being an unknown community to many in the world and one that is disregarded in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Arab citizens of Israel can take the lead.

 ISRAELI ARABS BLOCK a road as they protest against violence, organized crime and recent killings among their communities, in Tel Aviv, in 2021.

At TEDx in Ramallah, Palestinian storytellers share personal experiences to inspire others

A teenager, a journalist, a mother of a child with cancer and a businessman were among the speakers on the theme “We Deserve”.

TEDx in Israel

Palestinian ideology is the biggest obstacle to peace - opinion

Palestinianism lacks the basic requirements of a legitimate national identity: a separate, unique linguistic, cultural, ethnic, and/or religious basis.

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.

Alternative ‘Souk’ in Ramallah Seeks to Aid Local Growers

Peasants’ struggle to preserve traditional methods while facing barriers to production and sales.

Naser Rabah and his wares. ‘Farmers are not getting any support.’ September 2020

Palestinian clans reject treaty ending discrimination against women

The clans criticized the Palestinian Authority for committing to CEDAW and called for banning feminist groups operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Palestinian women 370

Palestinians call for ‘blacklisting’ Arab journalists for visiting Israel

The visit by the Arab journalists to Israel “is part of a political effort in the context of Zionist-American schemes to liquidate the Palestinian cause."

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a working breakfast meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.

Library cancels meet on 'Palestine' kids book over safety concerns

The children's book "P is for Palestine" has a page declaring 'I is for Intifada,' the violent uprising against Israel.

 Highland Park Public Library

Greenblatt: No doubt P.A. will reward terrorist with pay-for-slay

Greenblatt slammed the Palestinian Authority for its “pay-for-slay” policy at the UN Security Council.

U.S. Envoy for Middle East negotiations Jason Greenblatt on a visit in Israel

Young Palestinian Musician Aims To Change Tune Of Arab Society

With hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, Jerusalem-based Bashar Murad challenges gender stereotypes

Bashar Murad in a studio (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

Declassified US document: PA schools teaching hate

Maps erase Israel, math problems involve Palestinian causality figures, and militaristic images are found in PA textbooks being used in UN schools, report states.

A teacher shows a Palestinian schoolgirl how to use a new laptop at a United Nations school in Gaza, April 29, 2010.

PA ministry removes photo of officials with Israeli drinks

Many Israeli products are popular among Palestinians, including many PA ministries and institutions.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas (C)  at a meeting for the Central Council of the PLO, in Ramallah, March 4, 2015