By Joharah Baker Palestinians have long prided themselves on having a much more cohesive, tight-knit and overall more peaceful society than many of their western counterparts, namely the United States. This is for good reason, […]

INTIFADA – Hosted and produced by Hagit Borer for the SWANA (South and West Asia and North Africa) Collective of KPFK February 8, 2007 – A Debate between Prof. James Petras and Prof. Norman Finkelstein. Hagit […]

By Ali Abunimah The Israeli state and the Zionist movement have begun their latest assault in their century-long struggle to rid Palestine of its indigenous people and transform their country into a Jewish supremacist enclave: […]

By Ruth Tenne  PalestineChronicle.com A recent  article in  The Jewish Chronicle  (29 March 2007) reports that " concern over  increasing Anti-Semitism in Britain is reflected in the government’s broad acceptance of the grim conclusions of […]

By Ivan ElandPalestineChronicle.com America’s problems in Afghanistan and Iraq may have one positive effect: They will cause the U.S. public to withhold support for future military interventions that are not absolutely necessary for U.S. security. […]

By Remi KanaziPalestineChronicle.com The latest back and forth between Israel and the Palestinian unity government (and its regional interlocutors) will not bring peace to fruition. Many respected commentators in the Middle East have accused Israel […]

By James Bowen  In the late 19th century, changes in Ottoman law created a new class of large landholders, including the Sursuq family from Beirut, which acquired large tracts in northern Palestine. A similar situation […]

By Scott Ritter  In the months leading up to President Bush’s ill-fated invasion of Iraq, I traveled around the world speaking to various international groups, including many parliamentary assemblies.  I spoke about democracy and the […]

By Dr. Haidar EidPalestineChronicle.com Stripping Professor Azmi Bishara of his parliamentary immunity in 2005 was another evidence of Israel’s racist treatment of its Palestinian “minority”—the 1.3 million Palestinians who, despite all numerous odds, have remained […]

By Uri AvneryPalestineChronicle.com At this moment, negotiations on a prisoner exchange are in full swing. The term "negotiations" is really inappropriate. "Haggling" seems more fitting. One could also use an uglier expression: "trafficking in human […]

By Joshua FrankPalestineChronicle.com This weekend will see the largest gathering of environmental activists in the US since the first Earth Day held almost 37 years ago.  It may even be larger. Tens upon thousands will […]

By Jim MilesSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com  One of the most influential figures in the current American government is Paul Wolfowitz with a history that takes him back more than a generation to the Reagan era and […]

By Gilad Atzmon PalestineChronicle.com Speech given at University of Denver, 13 April 2007 Ladies and Gentlemen, For many years I considered America as my promised land. As a young Jazz musician I was pretty convinced […]

By Ramzy BaroudPalestineChronicle.com Conflicts in the Middle East are often orchestrated from afar, using proxies — the least risky method to fight and win a war. Despite its geopolitical fragmentation, the Middle East is loosely […]

RAMALLAH – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told the BBC he has "credible evidence" a BBC journalist kidnapped a month ago in the Gaza Strip is "safe and well," the network’s top executive said yesterday. […]

By Tariq ShadidPalestineChronicle.com  In the West, when advocating the Palestinian cause, we are often told that public perception of the conflict has ‘come a long way’ in the direction of the Palestinians. This usually refers […]

By Felicity ArbuthnotPalestineChronicle.com On April Fool’s Day, 1st April, Senator John McCain went for a stroll in Baghdad’s central, sprawling Shorja Market. There were “encouraging signs”, he said “progress” was “evident”. The man whose 2004 […]

By Jim MilesSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Perilous Power – The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy.  Gilbert Achcar and Noam Chomsky.  Paradigm Publishers, Boulder, CO. 2007 This is a readily accessible book, formulated through an intriguing […]

By Stephen LendmanPalestineChronicle.com This article addresses two of the writer’s favorite corporate media targets – the Wall Street Journal’s far-right editorial page and New York Times on every page.  Both broadsheets were recently in attack […]

By Omar AhmadPalestineChronicle.com Imagine if Iran decided to build a museum on the site of a 1,000-year-old Jewish cemetery, or if the Egyptian government threatened to destroy an ancient Jewish temple. Both scenarios would likely […]

By Maher OsseiranPalestineChronicle.com Surge as a word has become synonymous with Bush and Baghdad but that does not mean the democrats are against it. If we follow the logic of the Bush surge, the milestones, […]

By Nicola NasserPalestineChronicle.com The Israeli 40-year old military occupation and the more than a year old economic siege are eroding the national existence of Palestinians and squeezing the Palestinian leadership into an almost impossible mission of […]

Clancy Chassay in Beirut Washington is waging a covert war against Hizbullah, according to the militant group, which accuses the US administration of arming anti-Hizbullah militias and seeking to undermine the Lebanese army in moves which […]

By Philip RizkSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com The girl pointed to her throat and made a mark where the water had reached answering a question that was never posed. Two weeks after a flood of sewage wiped […]

By Joshua FrankPalestineChronicle.com The precipitous decline of antiwar sentiment within the Democratic Party has been on grand display over the past few months. The majority of leading Democrats say they oppose the war in Iraq, […]

By Sara RoyPalestineChronicle.com We have nothing to lose except everything. — Albert Camus During the summer my husband and I had a conversion ceremony for our adopted daughter, Jess. We took her to the mikvah, […]

By Gerry FoleyPalestineChronicle.com INTER-PALESTINIAN conflicts continue to increase despite the attempts of the leaderships of the various organizations to achieve a common front against Israel. The internecine warfare between Hamas and Fatah took a sharp […]

By Gilad AtzmonPalestineChronicle.com The main British editorials happen to agree that Ahmadinejad has won points in this latest naval round. I find it rather disappointing.  With over 650.000 innocents dead in Iraq and a war against […]

Dear Editor:  When it comes to violence between Israelis and Palestinians most Americans would agree that the Palestinians are the ones to be blamed when, in fact, the opposite is true. Hardly a day goes by […]

By Ramzy BaroudPalestineChronicle.com In a spacious yet fortified United Nations compound in Rome, members of a Palestine committee at the General Assembly repeated old mantras: vowed support for Palestinians, issued a Press release and went […]