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Qassam Muaddi

Qassam Muaddi

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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

Israeli forces 'regularly' strip-search Palestinian women

Israeli soldiers forced five Palestinian women to strip naked in front of their children during a military raid on their home in Hebron, Israeli media reported recently. Palestinian human rights activists say this is all too common.

05 September, 2023

Israel transfers Barghouti ahead of prisoners' hunger strike

As Palestinian prisoners prepared for a new hunger strike in mid-September, Israeli prison services launched raids on Palestinian prisoners' sections and transferred their leaders.

05 September, 2023

1948 Palestinians call for general strike over gun violence

Since the beginning of 2023, at least 165 Palestinians within the 1948 borders have been killed by gun violence.

04 September, 2023

How Israel's 'civil war' is hurting Palestinian prisoners

Tensions between Palestinian inmates and Israeli authorities have been brewing for months. Since the beginning of the year, Palestinian prisoners have declared hunger strikes five times, only to be called off on the first day after reaching a deal

31 August, 2023

70 Palestinians killed by Israel in Jenin in 2023

Israeli forces continue their escalation in the occupied West Bank, which has killed more than 200 Palestinians since the beginning of the year, 70 in the Jenin governorate alone.

24 August, 2023

Israel to demolish Palestinians' houses in Hebron

Israeli forces stepped up raids on Palestinian cities and towns in the occupied West Bank following the killing of three Israeli settlers. The escalation in violence is happening as the Israeli government seeks new funding for settlement expansion.

24 August, 2023

As school year begins, Palestinian teachers back on strike

As the school year began in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian public school teachers' unofficial movement announced new strikes, demanding the fulfilment of a previously reached agreement with the Palestinian Authority.

21 August, 2023

Israeli army seals off Hebron after Israeli settler killed

In the second shooting against Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, one Israeli was killed, and a second was wounded. The Israeli army continues to raid and seal off Palestinian towns as it searches for shooters.

21 August, 2023

Israel continues to raid Jenin amidst internal tensions

Israeli forces continued a raid on Jenin on Thursday, hours after killing a Palestinian man in the city. Israel's attack comes after clashes between local fighters and Palestinian security forces shook Jenin last week.

18 August, 2023

1,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails go on hunger strike

The Palestinian prisoners' 'National Unified Leadership' announced the surprising move hours after Israeli forces raided Palestinian inmates' cells in the Negev prison.

18 August, 2023