‘We Came to Cheer Ourselves Up’: Soccer Offers Gazans Rare Joy
Palestinians in Gaza braved bad weather to gather on Thursday night to watch their national soccer team play Saudi Arabia in the knockout stages of the Arab Cup.
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Palestinians in Gaza braved bad weather to gather on Thursday night to watch their national soccer team play Saudi Arabia in the knockout stages of the Arab Cup.
The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.
The rights group said it had documented atrocities committed by Palestinian armed groups, including murder, imprisonment, torture and sexual violence.
Iceland has become the fifth country to boycott next year’s Eurovision song contest after Israel was given the go-ahead to compete, deepening the crisis facing the competition.
US President Donald Trump has stated that the members of his Gaza “Board of Peace” will be announced early next year, adding that they will be comprised of global leaders.
Storm Byron is threatening to heap new miseries on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, with families making distress calls from flooded tents and hundreds of others fleeing their shelters in search of dry ground as the fierce winter storm lashes the besie…
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has called on the international community to take urgent and unified action to end the ongoing genocide being committed by the Israeli regime in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas has told mediators that it is prepared to freeze all operations against Israel from the Gaza Strip for up to a decade, and that it is prepared to bury its weapons, if Israeli soldiers fully withdraw from the besieged enclave, a senior Palestinia…
Israel’s top court gave the government further reprieve on a long-stalled petition seeking free access to Gaza. Critics say barring journalists denies the world a full picture of conditions there.
Reporters Without Borders reported on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza. In its annual report, the Paris-based media freedom gro…