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How Jesus’s Hometown Is Coping With War at Christmas

December 24, 2023 by Alex Shams

Originally published on The New Republic on Dec. 24, 2023. Bethlehem is usually brimming with cheer—and tourists—this time of year. But the war in Gaza has turned it into a

Israel Opinion Palestine

Israel Needs a Plan in Gaza. Don’t Look to the West Bank for Ideas

November 22, 2023 by Alex Shams

Originally published in Newsweek on Nov. 20, 2023. One of Elias Deis’ first childhood memories is running from soldiers opening fire on his neighbors. It was 1989. The First Intifada

Opinion

Killing of Mentally Ill Palestinian Swimming Off Gaza Coast Highlights Maddening Effects of Israel’s Siege

December 28, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Huffington Post. In the video, a naked young man slowly swims in the ocean, wading his way bit by bit through the waves to reach the other

Palestine Reporting

Amid destruction, ordinary Gazans open homes, churches to displaced

August 13, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on August 13, 2014. The first day the bombs began to fall on Gaza, Refqa al-Hamallawy called a meeting in her office at the

Palestine Reporting

Israeli discourse of sexualized violence rises amid Gaza assault

August 6, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Aug. 6, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — As the bombs have been falling on Gaza over the past four weeks, another war has been ongoing

Palestine Reporting

Storm disaster in Gaza ‘man-made’

December 17, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on December 17, 2013. As thousands in the Gaza Strip remain displaced and streets across the coastal enclave are still flooded Tuesday, it is

Palestine Reporting

Sewage floods Gaza streets as lack of fuel plunges strip into darkness

November 15, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on November 15, 2013. Sewage has flooded the streets of a central Gaza City neighborhood as an ongoing fuel shortage and the shutdown of

How Jesus’s Hometown Is Coping With War at Christmas

Israel Needs a Plan in Gaza. Don’t Look to the West Bank for Ideas

Killing of Mentally Ill Palestinian Swimming Off Gaza Coast Highlights Maddening Effects of Israel’s Siege

Amid destruction, ordinary Gazans open homes, churches to displaced

Israeli discourse of sexualized violence rises amid Gaza assault

Storm disaster in Gaza ‘man-made’

Sewage floods Gaza streets as lack of fuel plunges strip into darkness

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