Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, July 6, 2026 (AFP) - West Bank arts festival kicks off for first time since Gaza war

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2026-07-06

Ramallah's Contemporary Arts Festival, one of the largest in the West Bank, started on Monday for the first time since the war in Gaza shut down most cultural activities in the Israeli-occupied territory. Art, theatre and film festivals once held in Ramallah and elsewhere in the West Bank came to a halt after October 2023, amid escalating violence, Israeli military raids and settler attacks following the outbreak of the Gaza war. "Culture and art......

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