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 Middle East's first female race-car team

Palestinian women dream of the Formula One.

The speed sisters

Report on PA education system shows widespread glorification of terrorism

“The PA teaches its children to reject Israel’s right to exist, encourages them to view Jews as evil and directs them to embrace terrorist murderers as role models.”

Palestinian children play with a toy gun in front of homes ruined during Israel's bombardment in 2014

PA uncovers Hamas cell in Hebron planning attacks on Israel

A security official from the Palestinian Authority said that members of the terror cell were planning attacks meant to take place in Israel.

A Palestinian holds a fake rocket during an anti-Israel demonstration in Hebron.

Human Rights Watch 'deeply worried' by PA's crackdown on Hamas students in West Bank

"They started cursing my mother, cursing my sisters, slapping me around. Then they punched me, while asking questions about how Hamas won the elections."

Palestinian Authority police officers stand guard in the West Bank [File]

Palestinian actor cast to play Shylock in Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'

Khoury is the first non-Jew to win the prestigious Israel Prize for a distinguished acting career.

Palestinian actor Makram Khoury

Hamas accuses PA of instigating unrest

“They want to create chaos in the Gaza Strip,” the Hamas official charged. “There is no Islamic State presence in the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian Authority and some media outlets claim.

Salafists in Gaza fly ISIS ( Islamic State) flags

Palestinian who threw firebombs shot dead, army says

The two Palestinians were throwing firebombs onto a civilian roadway.

A Palestinian carries a burning tire during clashes with Israeli troops following the funeral of Palestinian Mahmoud Adwan at Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah

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Encountering peace: The choices we must make

If he remains in power, Netanyahu will lead Israel into international sanctions and increasing boycotts.

Mahmoud Abbas

My word: The statehood bid and gamble

Abbas is not interested in justice. And he’s not interested in peace.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) meets with the Palestinian leadership to sign agreements in Ramallah