by Kifah Ziboun | May 24, 2017 | Middle East
Bethlehem – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his call for the establishment of a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital during his 45-minute encounter with his American counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump, for his part, stressed the...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East
Bethlehem-Sanaa Alayan continuously thinks about the health conditions of her two sons Dr. Mohammed al-Balboul and Lieutenant Mahmoud al-Balboul who went on a hunger strike 45 days ago to protest their administrative detention in Israeli prisons. Alayan can do nothing...
by Kifah Ziboun | Feb 5, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Ramallah- Palestinian security forces in the West Bank managed to abort an attempt on establishing an infrastructure for the “Al-Sabirin [The Patient] for the Victory of Palestine.”. The movement is present in Gaza and is known for its direct affiliation with the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 25, 2014 | Middle East
Bethlehem, Reuters—Pope Francis made a surprise stop at the hulking wall Palestinians see as a symbol of Israeli oppression on Sunday, minutes after begging both sides to end a conflict that he said was no longer acceptable. In an image set to become one of the most...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 24, 2013 | Middle East
Bethlehem, AP—Thousands of worshipers and tourists from around the world flocked Tuesday to Jesus’s birthplace in Bethlehem, as the Middle East reels from conflicts and Pope Francis celebrates his first Christmas mass. Jerusalem’s Latin patriarch will lead...
