The Palestinians have unique assets and the potential to build a strong economy. But most of them live in dire poverty and increasingly people are asking, wouldn’t the chances of peace be greater if the Palestinians were…
While their politicians dither, Palestinians are developing a vibrant economy and creating a brand for their yet-to-be-created nation. Monocle meets the new generation of optimists.
Sunday 13 June
While hawkish Israeli politicians are talking of war, a growing group of their fellow citizens are working inside the West Bank to heal the conflict’s 60-year-old wounds.
Tuesday 24 May
The two-state solution has long been accepted as the goal of any Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees. What appears to be less clear is in which of the two states Palest…
Friday 26 February
There’s some pre-bust-Dubai-style construction happening in the heart of the West Bank. Fifteen minutes from downtown in Ramallah, tractors are cutting into a bucolic hilltop to make way for Rawabi — the first planned…
The regions, sectors, markets and companies to watch, including Australian wool, Venezuelan rum and Palestinian tech entrepreneurs.
Wednesday 12 January
Last year may have been terrible for Palestinian politics, but 2010 could not have been better for tourism in the area.
Pakistan says thank you with mangoes, Lithuania gets into a sticky spot over street names, and Monocle heads to Hanoi to meet the Palestinian ambassador to Vietnam.
Wednesday 14 September
Not many champagne corks will be popping in Israel later this month, if and when the Palestinians bring their bid for independence before the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
We visit Marrakech Biennale, meet the publishers behind New York’s Journal of Popular Noise, and look at the Palestinian film industry.
Saturday 28 November
Let’s start at the end: if the most famous Palestinian prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, is included in the looming swap deal between Israel and Hamas, the politics surrounding the regional conflict here will change dramatically…
We discuss whether the Palestinians could move one step closer to being a recognised state and consider what Jacob Zuma can do to rescue his image and that of the ANC. Plus, bakery business in Chicago.
Thursday 29 October
There may be good reasons to condemn Israel for its incursion into Gaza last December: some 1,400 Palestinians were killed as Israel got tough on Hamas a month before parliamentary elections.
A talk with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, we find out about female polygamists in Kazakhstan, and meet some local neighbours.
We meet Palestinian author Raja Shehadeh, revisit Vietnam with filmmakers Michael Grigsby and Rebekah Tolley, and chat to Man Booker prize judge Amanda Foreman.
Amy Guttman gets the latest on the New Hampshire primary and we also hear about a Palestinian telecommunications company thriving despite difficult economic.
We learn about the local Palestinian diet, find out what goes into a quality cup of tea, and visit an American chef in Milan.
Palestine is on the cusp of getting its own modern banking system and the Palestinian pound may return. Monocle talks to the governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority, Jihad al-Wazir, about changes being made to the…
Joseph Dana and Daniella Peled dicuss Israeli-Palestinian relations, Raffaello Pantucci assess China’s plans for Central Asia, and we hear why Carla Bruni is undermining feminism.
Palestinians and Israelis are among the first intake at the new Euro-Mediterranean University. Embodying the ideals of Nicolas Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Union, it’s an attempt to create a new generation of cooperative leaders…
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