Palestinian firms launch renewable energy company

The new company called Taqa will develop clean power projects to reduce reliance on electricity imported from Israel Become a MEED subscriber for unlimited access to: Exclusive news, comment and analysis on the MENA region An unrivalled 20-year...

Israeli Troops Push Into Gaza City, Forcing Desperate Palestinians to Flee

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had launched a ground incursion into Gaza City overnight, embarking on a risky operation to take control of a key urban area even as hundreds of thousands of Palestinian residents remain there. The...

Former Paramount Chair Shari Redstone Joins Israeli Film Company As Chair—As Hollywood’s Israel Boycott Grows

Topline Shari Redstone, who until Paramount’s merger with Skydance served as the media company’s chairwoman, joined Israeli film studio Sipur as its chair, amid a Hollywood boycott of the Israeli film industry that has garnered thousands of...

Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist

Even before immigration authorities began rounding up international students who had spoken out about Israel’s war on Gaza earlier this spring, there was a sense of fear among campus activists. Two graduate students at Cornell University — Momodou...

President calls for action on Palestine crisis in final Ploughing address

Published: Tue 16 Sep 2025, 3:44 PM Last updated: Tue 16 Sep 2025, 3:45 PM By Rebekah O'Reilly President Michael D. Higgins used his final visit to the National Ploughing Championships to deliver a powerful address on the urgent need for...

At the Coming U.N. Leaders Meetings: Existential Questions on the U.S. Role, Israel-Palestine, and the U.N. Itself

Many world leaders will arrive at the United Nations for their annual high-level meeting in the last week of September with a sense of trepidation. Although the U.N. is marking the 80th anniversary of its founding, three less happy themes will...

Luxembourg says it will recognize Palestinian state at UN summit next week

Luxembourg said Tuesday it will join a raft of countries recognizing a State of Palestine at a United Nations summit in New York next week. French President Emmanuel Macron is spearheading the drive to recognize a Palestinian state as...

Palestine's top brewmaster says Israeli settler attacks won't stop Taybeh beer

In 1994, brothers David and Nadim Khoury returned to their hometown of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank to open Palestine's first brewery. With the blessing of President Yasser Arafat and buoyed by the optimism sparked by the recently inaugurated...

Israel seeks to hinder creation of a Palestinian state, Cuban FM asserts

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 15 (ACN) The Israeli regime is seeking to redraw the geography of Palestine in a desperate attempt to hinder the creation of an independent Palestinian state, Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla stated today. On X,...

Igniting community at the Fine Arts Flea Market

On the first Friday of every month, the Fine Arts Flea Market hosts an event in downtown Las Cruces that spotlights local artists and small businesses. The Mutual Aid & Solidarity Fair was held on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (David Castañeda) On Sept....

Trade and Political Dispute Leaves Brazil’s UN Representatives Waiting on U.S. Visas

Brazil’s government has officially raised concerns at the United Nations after the United States delayed visa approvals for key Brazilian officials set to attend the UN General Assembly in New York. As of one week before the event, several...

UN: Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip Sept 16, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] A United...

Dozens of Israeli economists warn Gaza reoccupation to spark ‘severe economic crisis’

In a statement reported Monday by the Israeli outlet Walla, more than 80 academics and former senior officials at the Finance Ministry and Bank of Israel said the plan would “weaken Israel’s financial foundations” and create a direct threat to...

Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine again denied spot in Homecoming parade

UM System President Mun Choi revealed Thursday in a Faculty Council meeting Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine, MSJP, will not be participating in this year's Homecoming parade. "It's for safety reasons," Choi said. This decision comes after...

Luxembourg to recognise State of Palestine

Luxembourg City Luxembourg intends to recognise the State of Palestine, Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel told a parliamentary commission on Monday. According to local media, the final decision on recognition is...

Almost 60 Arab & Muslim states call to ‘review’ diplomatic & economic relations with Israel in Qatar summit

Emergency Arab-Islamic summit to discuss the Israeli attack on Qatar in Doha, Qatar, on September 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters Connect At the end of an “emergency summit” called by Qatar after Israel’s strikes against Hamas in its capital of Doha,...

Luxembourg intends to recognize the state of Palestine

According to local media, a final decision on recognition is expected to be made later this month at the UN General Assembly in New York, in coordination with several other countries, including France and Belgium, Politico reports. Monday's...

West Bank Palestinian to speak at free Cork city event - as Kabin Crew and John Spillane provide music

A man from Palestine's West Bank will tell Leesiders about his experience of ethnic cleansing on Wednesday evening - while local talents including the Kabin Crew and legend John Spillane will be on hand to soundtrack the special event. Anas Abu...

Malaysian PM calls for cutting diplomatic, trade ties with Israel

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged the cutting of diplomatic and trade ties with Israel. Speaking at the emergency joint summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League in Doha, Anwar strongly condemned...

Luxembourg Announces It Will Recognize Palestinian State at UN Assembly 

Luxembourg’s government said Monday it intends to recognize a Palestinian state, aligning itself with other European nations preparing to make similar declarations later this month at the United Nations General Assembly. Prime Minister Luc Frieden...