Palestinians

What is Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam? - explainer

Although many non-Muslims see the main focus of the month in daily fasting, Islam encourages its followers to better themselves through different means, including increased prayer and charity.

Muslim worshippers pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, marking the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, February 17, 2026.
Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 28, 2025.

Israel to allow up to 10,000 Palestinians to ascend Temple Mount per day during Ramadan

 Israel Police officer in a police car

Watch: Kfar Saba police arrest Gaza resident, terrorist released from the Schalit deal

Security forces arrested a cell of ISIS terrorists on suspicion of planning to carry out an attack.

IDF foil ISIS terror plot in Jericho, seize Hamas weapons cache in Gaza


High Court orders state to assist return of Ras Ein al-Auja residents, demands enforcement update

The court further ordered the state to submit, within 60 days, an update detailing enforcement measures taken during that period “to ensure security.”

A Palestinian man seen with his sheep in a Bedouin village in the northern Jordan Valley, on June 17, 2023.

Rebuilding Gaza begins with education, not politics - opinion

The core reform in education in Gaza has to be based on demilitarization, deradicalization, democratization, and development.

PALESTINIAN CHILDREN study inside a tent in the northern Gaza Strip. Education reform is critical to rebuilding Gaza, the writer says.

IDF 'Palestinian Affairs Chief': Jewish violence on W. Bank Palestinians harms Israeli security

Humanitarian efforts in Gaza held back worse delegitimization attacks, IDF Civil Administration Commander Maj. Gen. Rasan Elian said

Palestinian protesters confront a jewish man during a protest against Israeli settlements, near Qalqilya, in the West Bank, on August 12, 2022.

Palestinian women describe harsh questioning, 'journey of horror’ crossing back into Gaza

Of the 50 people waiting to leave Gaza, mostly for medical treatment, only five patients with seven relatives escorting them managed to cross into Egypt on Monday.

A woman carrying a child boards a bus as Palestinians get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, February 2, 2026.

Why dismissing Palestinian reform voices is a strategic mistake - opinion

The argument that Gaza’s future is “doomed” because Gazans are morally irredeemable is a prescription for permanent war.

PALESTINIANS WALK past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City.

Rafah border fully reopens with new security protocols for Palestinians leaving Gaza

Despite the reopening of Rafah, Israel is still limiting the entry of foreign and Israeli journalists and insisting on supervising their visits.

A truck carrying humanitarian aid at the Rafah border on the Egyptian side, in Rafah, Egypt, January 29, 2026

High Court to hear petition over alleged settler pressure, state inaction against Palestinians

They allege that sustained settler violence, combined with failures by the IDF and police to intervene, has led to the gradual displacement of families from the area.

 The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem

Former Gaza hostage Almog Meir Jan says captivity shattered his belief in coexistence

"We wake up every morning for those who aren’t here to be better people and grow from the pain. If we’re united, nothing can defeat us," Almog said.

 Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan, who was kidnapped by hamas terrorists on October 7, and was held captive in Gaza until the Israeli army rescued him a month ago, returns to his home town Or Yehuda.July 7, 2024.

'People will live in the streets': Israel steps up evictions of Palestinians from east Jerusalem

Palestinians seek east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War, for a future state and say that leaving their homes there could put an end to their hopes forever.

A Palestinian woman walks past a mural in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem on January 21, 2026.

If Palestinians want representation, they must accept accountability for Oct. 7 - opinion

Palestinians made choices on and around October 7. Those choices included overwhelming support for an operation that systematically violated the most basic prohibitions of international law.

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.