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          Palestine

          Pope Leo XIV leads Christmas Mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. AFP

          Pope Leo condemns conditions facing Gazans in Christmas message

          MENADecember 25, 2025
          A man stands in an olive tree as an Israeli soldier observes nearby in the village of Baita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, last month. AFP

          'Treedom for Palestine' is fighting the good fight, one olive tree at a time

          CommentDecember 25, 2025
          Vatican’s Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads a Christmas midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity. EPA

          Bethlehem’s midnight mass places Gaza at centre of Christmas prayers

          MENADecember 25, 2025
          A house demolished by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian village of Bizariya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. AFP

          Germany, UK and 12 other countries denounce Israel’s approval of more settlements

          MENADecember 25, 2025
          The Walled-Off Hotel in the West Bank is hemmed in by an eight-metre-high concrete wall built by Israel. Heidi Levine for The National

          Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel reopens in Bethlehem after two years

          TravelDecember 24, 2025
          Damascus has festive markets and a Christian Quarter, one of the oldest districts in Syria's capital. AFP

          How Christmas is celebrated across the Middle East

          LifestyleDecember 23, 2025
          Climate activist Greta Thunberg being detained by City of London Police officers during a protest in support of the Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike in prison. PA

          Greta Thunberg arrested at UK protest supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers

          UKDecember 23, 2025
          An 'ICE WAS HERE' sign has replaced the baby Jesus in a nativity scene at St Susanna Church in Dedham, Massachusetts. AP

          The nativity story resonates with today's world of displacement

          CommentDecember 23, 2025
          The National

          Shadi's take on Israeli approval for 19 new settlements in the West Bank

          CartoonDecember 22, 2025
          Teuta Hoxha has gone without food for 43 days

          Family worried Palestine Action hunger striker Teuta Hoxha is close to death

          UKDecember 22, 2025
          Israeli security forces gathered at the site of the demolition. AFP

          Israel demolishes apartment block in East Jerusalem

          MENADecember 22, 2025
          Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire.

          Sequoia's Shaun Maguire called 'hate machine' after falsely linking shooter to Palestine

          TechnologyDecember 21, 2025
          Speaking from Tel Aviv, Lindsey Graham told NBC News that Hamas is 'consolidating power'. Reuters

          Hamas 'absolutely not' disarming, Lindsey Graham says

          USDecember 21, 2025
          The Voice of Hind Rajab revisits the final hours of a five-year-old girl who was killed in Gaza in January 2024. Photo: Mime Films & Tanit Films

          The hardest part of hearing Hind Rajab's voice? The hope that she'd be rescued

          Film & TVDecember 19, 2025
          Dr Saladin Sawan, right, has given The National his account of being a surgeon in Gaza. Photo: Saladin Sawan

          The Gaza surgeon's choice: who might survive - and who could not be saved?

          MENADecember 19, 2025
          Israel's participation in this year's Eurovision Song Contest is contentious, prompting a number of protests. Reuters

          Eurovision host broadcaster to allow Palestinian flags and crowd booing

          Music & On-stageDecember 17, 2025
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