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The 19th Annual Palestine Festival, organized by the Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB), took place on Saturday in London, uniting thousands from the Palestinian and Arab communities alongside British supporters of the Palestinian cause.

The Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs in the Gaza Strip says Zionist regime’s military forces have fully destroyed or damaged hundreds of mosques in the besieged coastal territory ever since the Zionist regime started its bloody onslaught in early October last year.

More than 100 music artists have pulled out of an annual 4-day festival held in Britain to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Jonathan Glazer, director of an Academy Award-winning film this year, has used his acceptance speech at the 2024 Academy Awards to condemn Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who he said have been dehumanized by the Zionist regime.

The Turkish Association for Solidarity with Palestine opened on Thursday, July 20, the "Palestine Museum" in Istanbul with the aim of introducing the history and culture of Palestine to the Arab and Muslim communities, the Turkish people and tourists.

Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian journalist, who was murdered in cold blood by Zionist troops’s live armor-piercing bullet, has posthumously received an award for her courage as a journalist.

The Palestinian teacher Abir Qunneibi was awarded the title of creative teacher within the Arab World on Saturday.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has affirmed Palestine’s right to sovereignty over al-Quds, home to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, calling on the international community to force Israel to end its violations in the occupied city.

Veteran Israeli singer, Chanan Yovel, turns down offer to take part in annual Memorial Day ceremony in Knesset due to chaos over judicial reform, labeling the Israeli parliament a "zoon."

Palestinian artist, Abrar Sabbah, who received appreciation for her drawing against the provocative cartoon of the French Charlie Hebdo magazine mocking the earthquake disaster in Turkiye, stated she wanted to convey a message of support for Turkiye, Anadolu Agency reported.

A Palestinian refugee, Muhammad Khalil Al-Ali, 23, from the village of Keikat in Akka, who grew up in the Lebanese Burj Al-Barajneh refugee camp, has successfully developed a camera that records videos underwater, and can be used in scientific research, movies and more.

Farha is a Jordanian historical film about a Palestinian girl's coming-of-age experience during the Nakba, the 1948 displacement of Palestinians from their homeland.

More than 70 artists announced that they were going on strike calling on Finland's Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma to sever ties with a billionaire art collector whose wealth has been accumulated through defence contracts with Israel, Hyperallergic reported.

Middle East Monitor’s flagship annual literary awards ceremony – the Palestine Book Awards (PBA) – has entered its 11th year today, as awards were handed out to the winning authors and books in the much-awaited event

The Palestinian student Sarah Abu Rashid received 1.2 million USD as an academic excellence award from Harvard University in Cambridge city in the USA.

Israeli media on Saturday attacked the French writer Annie Ernaux after the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to her last Thursday.

Fifteen mosques have been attacked by the Israeli occupation forces and Jewish settlers since the start of 2022, Palestinian official sources revealed Thursday.

A committee representing the Palestinian cinematic sector workers today nominated the Palestinian film ‘Mediterranean Fever’ for the Oscar race.

Amnesty International UK announced a new line of merchandise titled "End Israeli Apartheid."

International film-makers have joined calls for the Doc Edge international documentary film festival to cut ties with the Israeli Embassy, saying its funding amounts to propaganda to whitewash “abhorrent crimes and justify apartheid”.

The painting exhibition entitled "Holy Quds, the Eternal Capital of Palestine" was held at the University of Religions and Denominations, located in Qom city.

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a mosque in the Naqab desert city of Rahat which is believed to be one of the oldest in the world.

The first group of pilgrims left the Gaza Strip yesterday through the Rafah Crossing heading to Saudi Arabia.

Sccotish musicians have backed a campaign to twin Edinburgh with Gaza City, with four acts due to perform at a charity gig in support of the move next month.

Abdelghafour kept his father and grandfather's items including scythes, hammers, scales, saws, chisels, and coffee grinders.

People in the Gaza Strip will mark this year’s Eid al-Fitr holiday for the 16th time under the Israeli blockade.

Carved out of limestone and 22-centimetres long, the 2500 BC statuette was found by a farmer working his land in Khan Younis.

We condemn the Israeli occupation supreme court's ruling to limit the number of Christians allowed to visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for the Easter Fire ceremony on Saturday to only 4,000.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to Zionist regime’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett requesting that he authorise the transfer of control of the Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky in the Christian Quarter of occupied East Al-Quds to Moscow.

Palestinian-American supermodel Bella Hadid says she is being silenced by Instagram whenever she posts anything about Palestine, Anadolu Agency reports.

A children's painting event with the theme of the holy city of al-Quds as the eternal capital of Palestine was held Friday in Tehran.

Israel Prize winner in mathematics and computer science Professor Oded Goldreich will be donating his prize money to five left-wing human rights organisations.

Palestinian Authority's Foreign Minister Riyad Malki welcomed the adoption of two resolutions on Palestine by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

For Palestinians, Land Day presents an opportunity not only to mark a past event, but also to think about the future, and more ways to resist Israel's occupation, theft and colonisation of their land.

Kareem Dennis, known by his stage name Lowkey, has been subject to attacks for his pro-Palestine stance since the start of his career.

Edinburgh City Council formally announced on 23 March that it will discuss a petition calling for the twinning of Gaza with Edinburgh.