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Qassam Muaddi

Qassam Muaddi

Muaddi

Qassam Muaddi is TNA's correspondent in the West Bank. He is a Palestinian journalist and writer who has covered Palestinian social, political and cultural developments in Arabic, French and English since 2014. He was member of the editorial team of the Palestinian online and print monthly 'Etijah' until  2019, and wrote analysis articles for several French publications as well as Op-Eds and literary texts for several Palestinian media outlets. He co-published two books in French 'Terre Sainte, Guerre Sainte?' and  'Taybeh: Dernier village Chrétien de Palestine'. In 2021, he started the '7ara 36' blog in Arabic, featuring human stories from Palestine.

 

Areas of focus: Palestinian history, literature, art, politics, photography

 

Follow him on twitter: @QassaMMuaddi

The unfolding battle behind Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange

The Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange has gathered unprecedented attention to each of its details. All of which are loaded with political, psychological and historical significance and future implications for years to come.

30 November, 2023

Israeli forces attack Palestinian journalists with tear gas

Since 7 October, Israel has killed at least 14800 Palestinians in Gaza including 6000 children, and more than 200 in the West Bank, including 53 journalists and members of the media.

27 November, 2023

Released Palestinian women say Israel prisons 'brutal'

Palestinian women released from Israeli jails say they were further deprived of water, electricity, sunlight and medical treatment after Israel launched its war on Gaza on 7 October.

27 November, 2023

Joy and sadness as Palestinian families receive prisoners

“When I left prison, I left a part of me behind, with my cell mates, and today I am reliving those moments", a former Palestinian woman prisoner said.

24 November, 2023

Palestinian Christians cancel Christmas plans amid Gaza war

As death toll of Palestinians due to Israeli bombings on Gaza continues to rise, Palestinian churches and traditionally-Christian cities call off Christmas celebrations this year, in mourning and protest against Israel's assault.

23 November, 2023

12 Palestinians killed in 24 hours of attacks on West Bank

Palestinian death toll by Israeli forces in the West Bank continues to rise since the 7 of October. Between Friday and Saturday, Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians, as Israel's arrest campaign in the West Bank reached 2800 Palestinians detained.

18 November, 2023

Repression of Palestinian prisoners 'unseen since 1980s'

Another Palestinian prisoner has died in Israeli jails, the fifth since 7 October, and is believed to have been tortured to death by Israeli forces.

16 November, 2023

Jenin at centre of Israeli violence of occupied West Bank

As of 6 October, 76 Palestinians out of the more than 240 Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since the start of the year by Israeli forces were killed in Jenin; since 7 October, the Israeli army and settlers have killed 186 Palestinians.

14 November, 2023

PA security members to dissent after Abbas-Blinken meeting

Unrest brews in the West Bank after the US secretary of state met Palestinian president in Ramallah on Sunday while Israel continues its military offensive on Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel's West Bank ramp-up killed 14 Palestinians in the last 48 hours.

07 November, 2023

Israel kills 132 Palestinians in West Bank since 7 Oct

"They fired shots to the ground around us and beat us with thick batons, on my knee and elbow, and they broke my wife's arm", a Palestinian victim said. "We ran to the car and drove back to the town, leaving behind the harvest and the tools".

02 November, 2023