By Tony Karon President Bush’s announcement of a new Middle East summit is being dutifully reported as a move to "revive" the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, designed to culminate in a two-state solution. But the meeting, […]

CAIRO – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking up his new job as the Quartet’s Middle East peace envoy without a real mandate or authorities, which virtually renders his mission "symbolic" and keeps […]

By Anthony DiMaggio It’s easy enough to read in the American press about Hama’s commitment to destroying Israel, or about the endless threats Israelis suffer under the onslaught of Palestinian suicide attacks and Hezbollah’s aggression. […]

By Assaf kfoury In a matter of just a few days in June, the Palestinian unity government patiently brokered by Saudi Arabia three months earlier foundered in bloody clashes between Hamas and Fatah. Outnumbered and […]

By Ira GluntPalestineChronicle.com Exclusive The Israeli and US policy of supporting the newly formed Palestinian government of the weak Mahmoud Abbas and his divided Fatah party while attempting to isolate and paralyze the democratically elected […]

By Joshua FrankPalestineChronicle.com It was a slumber party on Capital Hill. Democrats held an all-nighter on July 17 in an attempt to mollify the great antiwar sentiment that is raging across the land. But their […]

By Mike Whitney     PalestineChronicle.com   "RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian strategic bombers heading for British airspace yesterday, as the spirit of the Cold War returned to the North Atlantic once again. The […]

What is Canada  for?  Intent For a Nation.  Michael Byers. Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, Canada. 2007. By Jim MilesPalestineChronicle.com Exclusive   There is a second sub-title to this book, A relentlessly optimistic manifesto for Canada’s role […]

By Pablo OuzielSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com  In these trying times of wars, famines and all sort of manmade disasters, I strongly believe that we ought to confront our popular apathy and the abundant arrogance of our […]

By Ramzy BaroudSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com  The news of recent weeks emanating from Washington and Baghdad point to one clear, if not final, conclusion: The Bush administration’s adventures in Iraq have been a complete failure. What […]

BEITUNYA, West Bank – Israel released early on Friday, July 20, over 250 Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank in the biggest such releases in two years intended to bolster President Mahmud Abbas in his […]

By Alastair Crooke Hamas: Unwritten Chapters by Azzam Tamimi • Hurst, 344 pp, £14.95Where Now for Palestine: The Demise of the Two-State Solution ed. Jamil Hilal • Zed, 260 pp, £17.99Failing Peace: Gaza and the […]

By Ahmed Amr.Special to PalestineChronicle.com George Bush just gave another tasteless performance in the remodeled James S. Brady Press Room. As usual, he stayed on message, blaming General Tommy Franks for the disastrous post-invasion plan. […]

By Jim MilesSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been making much of himself lately, promoting his version of how to achieve global peace and prosperity, with talks and presentations on Afghanistan and […]

By Dr. Hassan Afif El-HasanSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com President Bush should be credit for perfecting the art of selling his vision on solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to his Arab allies. He learnt from his campaigning that […]

GAZA CITY – With nearly one million out of the Gaza Strip’s 1.5 million population living on handouts, the UN warned that the strip’s economy would collapse if its crossings continue to be closed by […]

By Susan Miller Width matters. Semantic disputes concerning the Israeli Palestinian conflict have existed for years. Arguments continue over Jimmy Carter’s use of the word "apartheid" to describe the system under which Palestinians live in […]

By Remi Kanazi PalestineChronicle.com  Anyone who has traveled through Ben Gurion airport in Israel knows that it is a unique experience. For most Israeli Jews, the experience is comforting, a quick and accommodating entry into […]

By Nicola NasserSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com The accelerated pace of India’s liberal economics and pragmatic ties with the United States and Israel risks polarizing Indian domestic politics and invoking a deep-seated communist as well as Islamist anti […]

By Ivan ElandPalestineChronicle.com Those of us who opposed the expansion of NATO in 1999 (admitting Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic) and 2004 (Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the former Soviet republics of Latvia, Estonia, […]

By Stephen LendmanSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Besides the Bush administration’s imperial aims and permanent war on the world, add the one at home below the radar.  Its weapons include the WTO, NAFTA, Department of Homeland Security […]

DOHA, Qatar – The Hamas political chief has criticised the US president’s blanket support for rival Palestinian faction Fatah.  Khaled Meshaal told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that "the US is trying to impose its agenda on […]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – US President George W. Bush’s call for an international conference on stalled Middle East peace marks a new strategy giving priority to the borders of the future Palestinian state, while putting on […]

By Ben WhitePalestineChronicle.com Exclusive As soon as it was confirmed that Tony Blair would be taking up the role of special envoy to the Middle East on behalf of the Quartet (USA, EU, UN and […]

By Rannie AmiriSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com It is indeed a great irony that George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948, the same year Israel was created. For this nation, above all others, has proven itself the most […]

By Joel Bainerman Special to PalestineChronicle.com While the One State Solution (OSS) to solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is typically rejected outright as being a demographic threat to Israel- this approach could very well be the […]

By Stephen Lendman Special to Palestinechronicle.com Congress is back from its July 4 break and with it more bluster and political posturing on changing course to keep things the same, including everything not working in […]

To all our readers, supporters, and friends, We have now reached the completion of our Palestine Chronicle Appeal, and want to extend our very warm and heartfelt thanks for your all responses and generous contributions […]

WEST BANK – Dozens of Palestinian fighters have made a rare pledge to halt attacks on Israel.  In return, they would be taken off that country’s wanted list. The pledge comes a day before Mahmoud Abbas, […]

By James BrooksSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com When the current Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) first “met” on March 6, 2006 (via videoconference, thanks to Israel’s travel restrictions), the Palestinian Authority embarked on the final phase of its […]