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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

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

Over 100 Palestinians killed by Israel in West Bank so far

As Israeli bombing of Gaza continues, Israeli forces ramp up crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank. According to experts, as an attempt to prevent an explosion of Palestinian activism, linked to Gaza events.

25 October, 2023

Palestinian prisoners are kept in blackout by Israel

According to human rights groups and Palestinian prisoners' families, Israeli authorities have dramatically reduced electricity and water in Israeli jail sections where Palestinians are being held.

23 October, 2023

Thousands of Gaza workers expelled to West Bank by Israel

The Union of Arab Workers in Israel demanded that Israeli authorities provide information on around 18 thousand Gazans working in Israel when the war began. The number of workers forcibly transferred to the West Bank is still unknown.

19 October, 2023