Palestinian culture

Tatreez reborn: Young designers give Palestinian embroidery new life

As Palestinian embroidery appears in contemporary fashion, artists and educators are navigating the balance between innovation and preservation

AUGUST 31, 2026|ByKORAL SAEED

Nomai Hadba wears trousers from his 2025 menswear collection, which incorporates traditional Palestinian Tatreez into contemporary fashion.

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Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall. A shared song on a Jerusalem street can offer a rare moment of connection in a city where identity and politics so often shape encounters between strangers.

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Singing together across the divide: What a Jerusalem chorus taught me - comment

One familiar melody on a Jerusalem street became a reminder that music can open doors where conversation alone often cannot

AUGUST 17, 2026|BySHIFRA JACOBS

A child wears a Hamas head banner after Friday prayers in Gaza City.

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.

JANUARY 2, 2026|ByALEX WINSTON

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’

Palestinians have increasingly spoken out against the Hamas terrorists running the Gaza Strip.

AUGUST 10, 2024|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Encountering peace: The choices we must make

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

JANUARY 21, 2015ByGERSHON BASKIN

My word: The statehood bid and gamble

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

JANUARY 1, 2015ByLIAT COLLINS

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

US: We won't support Palestinian UNSC resolution on an Israeli withdrawal

Day after Jordan submits draft to United Nations Security Council, US says won't show support for it.

DECEMBER 18, 2014ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH, HERB KEINON, MAYA SHWAYDER

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry meets with Palestinian President Abbas in Amman.

European Parliament urges EU foreign ministers to support Palestinian statehood

The resolution passed with 498 votes. Only 88 parliamentarians voted against it out of the body’s 751 members.

DECEMBER 18, 2014ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

A protester holds a Palestinian flag in front of an IDF bulldozer in the West Bank [File]

Security chief: Ending prisoners’ pay will ruin PA

PLO payments to prisoners is NIS 800 more than Palestinian security forces' salary.

DECEMBER 8, 2014ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Watch: Border Police resuscitate electrocuted Palestinian boy in Hebron

Quick-acting police officers save boy's life.

NOVEMBER 6, 2014ByTAZPIT NEWS AGENCY

Border guards resuscitate Palestinian boy in Hebron

Sweden officially recognizes Palestinian state

Sweden became the first major European country to make the official recognition of the state.

OCTOBER 30, 2014ByREUTERS

Harnessing the sun for peace

Solar power may hold the key to regional stability

OCTOBER 19, 2014ByYOSEF I. ABRAMOWITZ

Syria's army can learn a lot about morality from the IDF, Al-Jazeera host says

Faisal al-Qassem praises the Israeli army for taking great efforts to avoid shelling areas populated by civilians.

JULY 15, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF

La communauté arabe : questions d’identité

Un nouveau projet de loi controversé fait, pour la première fois, la distinction entre la population musulmane et chrétienne. L’avis à chaud des intéressés

JUNE 2, 2014ByJOANNA PARASZCZUK