Latest Palestinian territories News

A Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024's most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?

Nov. 02, 2024 11:57 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in Adra’s village under Israeli occupation. The resulting film, “No Other Land,” has been hailed as one of the year's most powerful documentaries, winning prizes...

Harvard temporarily suspends library privileges for faculty involved in 'study-in' protests

Oct. 25, 2024 16:24 PM EDT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — In the latest wave of pro-Palestinian protests at Harvard University, students and faculty members have engaged in “study-in” actions at university libraries, as protests at other campuses nationwide have also begun to pull in teachers. About two dozen...

Palestinian, Filipino and Mozambican activists and a London research agency given human rights award

Oct. 03, 2024 02:30 AM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Right Livelihood Award was awarded Thursday to three activists from the Palestinian territories, the Philippines and Mozambique and to a U.K. pioneering research agency who “have each made a profound impact on their communities and the global stage.” ...