Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul.. This week, we are telling the tale of two cities: Istanbul and Jerusalem.We explore how memory, resistance and street singers shape the cultural pulse of the cities ...

And so, in the land of Palestine, amidst the rubble and the ruins, a quiet revolution stirs. It is not just for the reclamation of power, but for the reclamation of life itself, in all its fragile ...

Jewish newspapers bore the name, including The Palestine Post, which changed its name to The Jerusalem Post in 1950.The Palestine Orchestra, founded by Jews, became the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Khaier stares across Gaza, all the 45-year-old Palestinian man sees is death and destruction in the tiny enclave after nearly ...

‘Rooted in this land until death’: A Palestinian family’s olive harvest. How one family endured a violent harvest season amid settler attacks and army raids on their occupied West Bank village.

PALESTINE (British Mandate) In the Promised Land Balfour. On Nov. 2, 1917, Mr. Arthur James Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, issued a declaration on behalf of his Government: "His Majesty's ...

The aversion to the word “Palestine” can be traced back to a traumatic episode in Jewish history. In the 2nd century CE, following the suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt, the Roman Empire ...

Land is more than a physical resource — it is the foundation of identity, freedom and dignity in places as far-flung as North America, Australia and New Zealand to Gaza, India and Brazil.

This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, was created by a team of two Palestinian and two Israeli filmmakers.

No Other Land, a harrowing first-person account of the continued Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes, is a must-see. Its lack of distribution means that's nearly impossible.