Tag: palestine

After 11 days of bloodshed and over 200 people dead, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday, May 20. The Palestinian militant group…

Israel, and most of the Middle East in general, is a place that Americans tend to fear visiting because of the jaded misconceptions and biased…

The Trump administration officially opened the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem May 14. The embassy move has been met with resistance by Palestinian civilians, who, just…

Dec. 6 marked the historic day that President Donald Trump announced that he would fulfill the Jerusalem Embassy Act passed by Congress in 1995, declaring…

On December 23, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. For the first time…

This past week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made this statement in his address at the World Zionist Congress: “Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the…

The Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Protective Edge against Hamas with the mission to weaken the terrorist group’s ability to attack Israeli citizens July 8.…

The boycott, divest and sanctions movement against Israel continues to make weary rounds through academic associations and religious denominations. As I wrote a few months…

It isn’t often that our University makes major political statements in an official capacity. Drexel made such a move over winter break, as President John…

On Oct. 29, Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners: 21 to the West Bank and five to the Gaza Strip. The release is the second of…