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4 days ago
The Jordanian city of Zarqa has a strong Palestinian identity, with good reason. In 1948, with the creation of the State of Israel what the Palestinians call the "Nakba" ("catastrophe") some 750,000 people, or more than 80 percent of the Palestinian population, were forced to take exile in neighbouring countries as they fled the violence.
24 Feb
As tensions escalate in the Gaza Strip, many displaced Palestinians are now gripped with fear about Israeli forces launching a relentless assault on the city of Rafah.
15 Feb
In Gaza, a looming Israeli operation in Rafah has left the 1 million displaced Palestinians crowded in the city wondering where to go next. Months of war and a humanitarian crisis have had devastating effects.
23 Jan
The prime minister believed that keeping Hamas alive was the key to preventing a Palestinian state. In the wake of the October 7 attacks, Israelis are confronted with the flaws in that plan. A DW analysis from Israel.
12 Jan
As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues in Gaza, the fate of Palestinians displaced by the fighting remains in the balance. Will they be able to turn home after the war?
24 Dec
Germany unconditionally supports Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza, and that does not sit well with country's Palestinian community, which is Europe's largest. In the capital Berlin, artists and activists are making themselves heard, showing solidarity with Gazans being killed in Israeli air strikes.
16 Dec
While the world's attention is focused on Israel's devastating war in Gaza, violence is also taking place every day in the occupied West Bank. Our senior reporter Roméo Langlois has been to West Bank villages that are regularly the scene of raids by extremist Jewish settlers against Palestinians. Since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, this violence has escalated, sometimes with deadly consequences.
10 Dec
Hebron is the richest and most populated city in the West Bank. Tensions between Israeli settlers and Palestinian locals have been on the rise there since the October 7 Hamas attacks and Israel's retaliatory air strikes on Gaza. Israeli soldiers multiply patrols in the Old City of Hebron to protect some 800 Israeli settlers who occupy houses around the Cave of the Patriarchs, a sacred shrine to both Jews and Muslims.
1 Dec
While Palestinians in the Middle East have different legal statuses and integration levels, for the majority, the common pursuit remains a two-state solution and the ability to exercise a right to return.
26 Nov
A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.
22 Nov
The world's eyes are on Gaza at the moment, and rightly so. But violence is also continuing in the occupied West Bank. Even before the October 7 Hamas attacks, 2023 was already the deadliest year for Palestinians there in two decades. Now, violent confrontations are happening almost every day.
19 Nov
The Israeli government has pulled work permits for thousands of Palestinian construction workers in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack in October. Indian workers might be asked to fill this gap.

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