They recognized it immediately as a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian headscarf that has been adopted by protesters on the left, and they saw it as a threat. “This banner, supporting the ...

When pictures of a mural in Norway depicting Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh began circulating online this week, Jewish voices swiftly denounced it as a hateful form of anti-Israel protest.

One of their key targets? The iconic Palestinian scarf known as the keffiyeh. Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz claimed that ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican had hinted the controversial keffiyeh would be put back in the Nativity scene on Christmas Eve. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After receiving backlash from Jewish ...

Here’s what to know about what happened. What is a keffiyeh? A keffiyeh (pronounced keh-FEE’-yeh) is a black-and-white checkered scarf typically worn in Arab cultures. It has come to symbolize ...

At “issue” was the fact that the man appeared to be wearing a keffiyeh around his neck. The keffiyeh is standard headwear for men in parts of the Middle East, as well as in the United States ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element: a keffiyeh ...

As the Pope sat in silent prayer contemplating the scene, one thing stood out: the manger on which lay the figure of the baby was covered with a keffiyeh serving as a blanket. The symbolism was ...