By William A. CookPalestineChronicle.com “If there’s any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists, it’s flawed logic … It’s unacceptable to think that there’s any kind […]

By Jim MilesPalestineChronicle.com Blood and Religion – The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State.  Jonathan Cook.  Pluto Press, Ann Arbor, MI. 2006. 222 p. The Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people in Westbank and […]

By Shahar Ilan  Can a person have a family unification with himself? Seemingly, nothing could be more absurd, because family unification by definition is a process intended to unite a citizen or resident with a […]

By Donald Macintyre in Rafah  The Independent Nayef Abu Snaima says his 14-year-old cousin Jihad had been sitting on the edge of an olive grove talking animatedly to him about what he would do when […]

JERUSALEM (BBC) – Israel’s prime minister says he hopes to meet the Palestinian Authority president for a summit within days, but warned against expecting quick results. In radio interviews, Ehud Olmert said he was exerting […]

By Ramzy BaroudPalestineChronicle.com The ongoing war of words between US President George W. Bush and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, coupled with deluded western media misconceptions or intentional misrepresentations of the true nature of the escalating conflict, […]

By Amira Hass Slogans shouted at rallies sound better when they rhyme. "Not Ismail, not Haniyeh, we want back the government of haramiyeh." Haramiyeh means thieves, and the protesters in Ramallah – Palestinian Authority workers […]

By Andreas Whittam-Smith Influence is slowly shifting from the US to Europe so far as the Middle East is concerned. Europe has a superior ability to talk to Iran. The presence of substantial numbers of […]

By Camilo Mejia   According to a report by 16 U.S. Spy agencies leaked to The New York Times, the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped create more global terrorism and energize jihadist […]

GENEVA – Life in Gaza has turned to be "intolerable, appalling and tragic" because of the Israeli closures that have turned the strip into a big prison, said the United Nations, describing the Israeli practices in […]

By James PetrasPalestineChronicle.com A number of writers have recently written critical articles or reviews about the power of the pro-Israel or Jewish Lobby and its influence on US policy in the Middle East.  Most of […]

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES – 67% of the Israelis support negotiations with a Palestinian national unity government which includes Hamas. 59% of the Palestinians thought that a Hamas-led PA should negotiate with Israel. These are the results […]

By Meron Rappaport  "What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs," the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster bombs and phosphorous […]

By Raja Khalidi A viable Palestinian economy is a prerequisite for any meaningful two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, but that economy is barely functioning. Israel has withheld transfer of Palestinian import taxes, and […]

By Uri AvneryPalestineChronicle.com Since the days when Roman Emperors threw Christians to the lions, the relations between the emperors and the heads of the church have undergone many changes. Constantine the Great, who became Emperor […]

By Mehdi Lebouachera "Ramadan is a holy month but this year it’ll be a black month," says Ahmed Hassan Makdad queuing at the UN food distribution centre in Gaza’s biggest refugee camp. Around him, dozens […]

By Hisham Abu Taha  GAZA CITY – An Israeli military court yesterday rejected bail for 21 Hamas officials arrested in a crackdown on the Palestinian ruling party and ruled that they should remain in detention […]

By COSATU  The 1.8 million strong Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) ended its 9th Congress in Johannesburg, 21st September. A resolution on the Middle East sponsored by the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA), […]

By Norman Solomon PalestineChronicle.com The Sept. 25 edition of Time magazine illustrates how the U.S. news media are gearing up for a military attack on Iran. The headline over the cover-story interview with Iran’s president, […]

By Jonathan Cook The trajectory of a long-running campaign that gave birth this month to the preposterous all-party British parliamentary report into anti-Semitism in the UK can be traced back to intensive lobbying by the […]

GAZA CITY – The Palestinian president will meet Hamas leaders, who control the current government, in the Gaza Strip this week to try to resolve differences over a planned unity government. "President Abbas will go […]

By Dr. Eyad El SarrajPalestineChronicle.com  Over the last three months in Cairo I found myself part of a small group of Palestinians, all waiting to go home to Gaza. Jad Tayeh was the youngest and […]

By Uri AvneryPalestineChronicle.com Since the days when Roman Emperors threw Christians to the lions, the relations between the emperors and the heads of the church have undergone many changes. Constantine the Great, who became Emperor […]

NEW YORK – Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that any national unity government he negotiated with Hamas would recognise Israel’s right to exist and renounce violence. He said […]

By Hisham Abu Taha  GAZA – Five Palestinians, including a woman and three teenagers, were killed and several wounded by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip yesterday, as both Hamas and Israel cautiously welcomed the […]

Ramzy BaroudPalestineChronicle.com LONDON – An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh […]

By Norman SolomonPalestineChronicle.com   This is the time of year when media campaigns for the latest digital products are apt to go into overdrive. Schools are back in session, and the holiday sales blitz is getting […]

RAMALLAH — Adding insult to the Palestinian injury, Israel has tightened visa measures for Palestinian expatriates, separating thousands of families. "This is the first time in history I have heard of an occupation that divorces […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Ramadan is bringing little cheer to the Palestinian youth of Gaza this year. In years past, Ramadan meant ice-cream, toys and game-playing for youngsters after a day […]

By Jim MilesPalestineChronicle.com A History of Modern Palestine – Second Edition.  Ilan Pappe.  Cambridge University Press, N.Y. 2006.  361 p. A traditional history is the one written by the ‘winners’, the elites that make up […]