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Weekly round up of all the major news stories from 12th -19th February 2016

"30 years ago people in the camp grew vegetables, fruit and herbs inside the camp in buckets and empty oil cans. This continued the farming traditions which stretch back...

Ahmed Mohamed Yassin, 21, a Palestinian university student uses a rather unusual tool to carve his paintings. Yassin uses cacti or prickly pears to embody Palestinian suffering and aspirations....

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov yesterday called on the two rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas to achieve reconciliation based on democratic...

Israel's Supreme Court yesterday rejected hunger-striking prisoner Muhammad Al-Qeeq's demand to be moved to a hospital in the occupied West Bank, the head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees...

Copies of Islamic manuscripts held by a Dutch university went on show in the Gaza Strip yesterday. The “Book of Islamic Art” exhibition was opened by the Netherlands Representative...

Many Palestinians have this morning been injured as Israeli occupation forces invaded Ramallah's al-Amari refugee camp, surrounding a house in the camp. It is being reported that the Israeli...

The besieged rebel-held city of Douma in Syria, located 10 kilometres northeast of Damascus, has been attacked countless times by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad both from the...

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Weekly round up of all the major news stories from 5th -12th February 2016

Palestinian cities brought to a standstill in support of Al-Qeeq Major Palestinian cities were brought to a standstill from 6pm yesterday as demonstrations were held demanding the immediate release...

US President Barack Obama said on Monday that tumult in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the result of governments’ negligence of their people's needs. He...

"Art is a threat because it's a non-violent form of resistance and even non-violent forms of resistance are a threat; sometimes actually they are a greater threat." At Home...

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For many centuries, glassware and ceramics have been produced in the West Bank's industrial heartland of Hebron. It is thought that it was the Phoenicians who first developed glass-blowing...

In spite of being blind, Raed Al-Reefi’s disability has not stopped him from continuing to make a living through car repairs. Al-Reefi suffered a stroke to his eye. The...

Israeli authorities yesterday force-fed Palestinian hunger striking journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been held under administrative detention since November, Issa Qaraqei, the head of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Committee,...

Israeli Knesset member Yousef Jabareen speaks to MEMO about the discrimination and exclusion Arab citizens face in Israel.

A group of Palestinian elites in Gaza announced on Saturday the start of a hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been on hunger...

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Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took part Friday in the funeral of seven fighters from Hamas’ military wing who were killed while rebuilding the underground tunnel network....

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Under the weight of a 3 day winter storm Palestinian schools have been closed for 3 days. Fears of the very heavy snowfall that has hit the region over...

Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeq is reportedly close to death as he continues his hunger strike against Administrative Detention. Thirty-three-year-old Al-Qeq launched his hunger strike on 24 November. He is...

Both Palestinian Authority (PA) and UNRWA extended mid-year school holidays as the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been experiencing a cold wave, the strongest for decades. Palestinian Meteorological...

"Our mission is to get Palestinian artists known around the world, this is very important. Palestinian artists are unique, our work is related to our struggle. Some artists use...

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Israeli paramedics left a wounded asylum seeker bleeding for 18 minutes without treatment because he thought he was Arab, video footage has revealed. Eritrean Habtom Zerhom was shot by...

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem have been brought to a close with the marking by the Armenian Orthodox Church of Jerusalem of Christmas Day on January 19th. In the 18th...

While the Tunisian political scene has recently garnered praise and attention for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, it has yet to win any prizes for establishing a thriving and...

More than 1,060 new apartments were handed over to those most in need in the Gaza Strip in the presence of the Qatari ambassador. The properties, constructed as part...