By Nasser Abu Bakr RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) –  Israel confiscated more than $1 million during a series of pre-dawn raids on money exchange shops and banks across the West Bank Wednesday, the latest crackdown […]

By Hannah Allam    CAIRO, Egypt — Most nights I cringe at the lineup of American movies that beam into millions of Arab living rooms via Middle Eastern satellite TV channels. Two recent examples of […]

By Amira Hass Six Palestinian churches in the West Bank and Gaza Strip suffered damage and arson attempts in reaction to the words of Pope Benedict XVI. Palestinian spokesmen of all stripes condemned these attacks […]

By Nathan Karp The circular logic that pervades pro-Israeli rhetoric today is in fact undermining the security of the Jewish State, and feeding the fire of anti-Jewish sentiment worldwide. This logic can be traced to […]

By Mike WhitneyPalestineChronicle.com Washington is a moral swamp. When the chief executive can stand at the presidential podium and make an unabashed appeal for torture, then the American dream is dead. Bush hates America and […]

NEW YORK – The US and Israel have pressed the Palestinian president to reject any deal with a Hamas government that refuses to renounce violence, recognise past agreements with Israel and acknowledge its right to […]

By Dr. Elias Akleh I could not hold my tears while watching on TV the fifth commemoration of the attacks of 911, listening to the names of the three thousand victims recited solemnly, and listening […]

By Mulham Assir PalestineChronicle.com A lot of ink has been used in attempts to draw a portrait of the leader of the Lebanese resistance against the Israeli aggression, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and to pinpoint those […]

By Ivan ElandPalestineChronicle.com In June, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China offered to provide goodies if Iran ended its nuclear program and threatened economic sanctions if it did not. Negotiations would not […]

By Roger H. LiebermanPalestineChronicle.com Imagine, for a moment, how much more enjoyable and tranquil our lives might be today had the US government pursued a thoughtful, prudent response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, […]

By Joshua FrankPalestineChronicle.com The latest string of E. Coli outbreaks should raise serious questions about the vulnerability of our country’s food supply. While most public health officials blame the cases on a violent strain of […]