As illegal Israeli settlements seize more land and violent settler attacks escalate, Palestine’s Christian community faces a quiet erasure Beit Sahour – Overnight on 19 November 2025, Israeli settlers bulldozed the Ush al-Ghurab hilltop in the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, just east of Bethlehem. The next morning, Beit Sahour …

“Israel is left worse off than when Hamas managed Gaza, given the sheer power of Turkey (which is increasing)…. The deployment of Turkish forces in Gaza and the sale of F-35s to Erdogan are not policy ideas but a method: regional management through personal deals and assurances rather than hard …

On 13 November 2025, my family and I were breathlessly awaiting the results of my sister Aya’s high school exams, or tawjihi. We put up some decorations in an apartment we had rented after relocating from Gaza City to Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, in September. We bought sweets, so excited …