Beit Jala, Occupied Palestinian Territories- AFP Flanked by smartphone-wielding peace activists, members of an evicted Palestinian family marched onto land seized by armed Israeli settlers, shouting “Out! Out!” as they livestreamed the confrontation on Instagram. After Israeli security forces turned them away, they retreated to the...
Jericho, Palestinian Territories – AFP UNESCO inscribed the prehistoric site of Tell al-Sultan, near the Palestinian city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, on its World Heritage List Sunday, in a move criticised by Israel. Tell al-Sultan, which predates Egypt’s pyramids, is an oval-shaped tell, or mound, in the Jordan Valley, a...
Imi N’Tala, Morocco – AFP Nine-year-old Moroccan girl Ibtissam Ait Iddar was fortunate to have been rescued from under the rubble, but like other children she remains traumatised by the earthquake that devastated her village. “My father called me and I cried back ‘I’m here, I’m here’,” Ibtissam r...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP An Israeli delegation is in Riyadh for a UNESCO meeting, an Israeli official told AFP on Monday, marking the country’s first publicly announced visit to Saudi Arabia. The visit, for UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee session, coincides with speculation about a potential normalisation of ties between ...
