Palestinian Basic News Today

Hamas, the militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, has been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and other Western countries.

Understanding its modern borders and the evolution of Palestinian identity.

A brief history of the region and some of the roots of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

It’s important to understand the distinction between Hamas – the governing party of the Gaza Strip – and the civilians who live under Hamas’ rule.

Fighting between fractions from Palestinian Hamas and those from the Fatah movement has reached a bloody climax in the Gaza strip. Christian Sterzing, head of the Heinrich Böll Foundation branch office in Ramallah, reports with an appraisal of the situation

Under the kleptocratic Palestinian Authority (PA) and the theocratic Hamas regimes, Palestinians have no freedom of speech and no independent or free media.

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip live under two regimes that crack down on critics, and imprison and intimidate journalists, human rights activists and political opponents. Those who dare to criticize the Palestinian Authority or Hamas often

International IDEA works to reduce the gap between women's rights as affirmed in the legal texts in the different Arab countries and the low rates of women in decision-making positions. Indeed, the extension of the right to vote to women has increased the participation of Arab women in elections: 46 per cent of registered and 42 per cent of voters are women. On the other hand,

“The new law gives the president the powers to grant and withdraw the passport according to his mood,” outspoken PA leadership critic Hassan Khreisheh told the Palestinian Khabar news agency.

Two high school students were wounded by bullet shrapnel after PA officer in plainclothes shot at their sit-in.