The New Arab Staff

Issam Ahmed

Ahmed

Issam Ahmed is a Ramallah-based independent journalist focusing on security and human rights issues. 

We speak to children in the Aida refugee camp about fear, football and belonging after their only pitch was spared Israeli demolition following a global outcry

21 January, 2026

Bethlehem prepares for a subdued Christmas as its tree lights up on December 6, marking the city's first celebration in two years as Israel's violence continues

04 December, 2025

Systematic financial targeting by Israel, property disputes, and administrative restrictions threaten to undermine the future of Palestinian Christians

30 October, 2025

The indiscriminate mass detention of more than 1,000 Palestinians in Tulkarem is part of a wider Israeli strategy to exert total control over the West Bank

17 September, 2025

"This is state-sponsored violence designed to drive out indigenous communities and entrench occupation, whether in the West Bank or in Gaza..."

27 May, 2025

Over 40,000 Palestinians have been driven from their West Bank homes, marking the most significant wave of displacement in the territory in over half a century

15 May, 2025

Aligning with US and Israeli designs, Mahmoud Abbas's plan to disarm Palestinian factions in Lebanon could ignite political and security instability

13 May, 2025

Israeli attacks across the occupied West Bank, between 7 October 2023 and 19 January have killed 905 Palestinians, injured around 7,000.

12 February, 2025

Analysis: There is little substance in the ceasefire over Gaza's political future, but Hamas remains politically and militarily active and will expect a role.

20 January, 2025

Analysis: The rare Jenin operation aims to weaken armed resistance groups and reassert the PA's control in the West Bank. Could it extend to other cities?

18 December, 2024