By Dalia Karpel "We – Israeli soldiers – were put there to punish the Palestinians," says Ilan Vilenda, an Israeli soldier who served in Rafah during the first Intifada. Ilan is the only soldier of […]

By Saree Makdisi "Academic colleagues, get used to it," warned the pro-Israel activist Martin Kramer in March 2004. "Yes, you are being watched. Those obscure articles in campus newspapers are now available on the Internet, […]

By Munir DaairSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Spin doctors thrive among the ignorant. They know most of us out there are so busy scratching the back of our heads we can’t tell if it’s potato or potatoe. […]

By Michael BarkerPalestineChronicle.com  “People in Need (PIN) is a Czech organization that provides relief aid and development assistance, while working to defend human rights and democratic freedom… PIN is one of the largest organizations of […]

By Saleh Al-Naami His calm demeanour belies the personal tragedy he is living. Journalist Bassam Al-Wahidi, 30, is on the verge of giving in to perpetual darkness. This will happen if he doesn’t have an […]

By Sukant ChandanPalestineChronicle.com The Hamas election victory in January 2006 has led to an increased interest in the Islamic Resistance Movement. Hitherto little had been understood of Hamas’ history, political and social strategy and tactics. […]

By Jim MilesSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com The Israel/Palestine Question – Second Edition. Ed. Ilan Pappe. Routledge, London, 2007. Ilan Pappe’s highly revised second edition of The Israel/Palestine Question offers the reader a very instructive read on […]

In a warning of further chao as Condoleeza Rice, the US secretary of state, meets Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, the UN’s human-rights adviser on the Palestinian territories says Israeli restrictions are creating a sense […]

By Paul Findley There is an open secret in Washington. I learned it well during my 22-year tenure as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. All members swear to serve the interests of […]

By Scott Ritter There is no shortage of examples of historical points of friction between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States to draw upon in order to illustrate the genesis of the […]

By Felicity ArbuthnotSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com I rang a dear Iraqi friend: “I just wanted to wish you all greetings for Eid”, to offer seasonal wishes, for the joyous three day celebration, marking the end of […]

By Hussein Al-alakSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Since 2004, I have found that my intolerance to intolerance has increased dramatically and my patience is almost non-existent. On Monday, I was talking to a person I know, who […]

By Stephen LendmanSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Raphael Correa was elected Ecuador’s president last November and took office January 15 promising social change. He’s the country’s eighth president in the last decade including three previous ones driven […]

By Ramzy BaroudSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com The last time I spoke publicly in the United States before my current tour was nearly four years ago. During this time I had travelled the world, passing my message […]

By Ramzy BaroudSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com The 2003 invasion of Iraq has enabled two important realisations. First, that imperial powers act only to preserve their interests, and second, that humanitarian intervention — i.e. humanitarian imperialism — […]

By Terry Walz The lurching and heaving by the U.S. on the path to an upcoming international Middle East peace conference is baffling those who have long hoped for an end to the violence between […]

By Ben WhitePalestineChronicle.com In a recent article on the openDemocracy website, the rewritten Palestinian Authority policy document that replaced "muqawama" (resistance) with "popular struggle" was hailed as having "the potential to dramatically transform a conflict […]

By Jeremy Bowen Another Middle East peace summit is coming up in the United States, but there are risks in holding summits on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and one of the main parties to the conflict, […]

By Ruth TenneInternational Socialism Ramzy Baroud, The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle (Pluto, 2006) The unique strength of Ramzy Baroud’s book lies in its masterful weaving of personal experience and feelings […]

Dozens of Palestinian families are making their way back to a devastated refugee camp in Lebanon that was the scene of 15 weeks of fierce battles between the army and Fatah al-Islam fighters.  On Wednesday, […]

By Philip Rizq Special to PalestineChronicle.com The last time I saw Rami we were at the beach near Gaza City. A group of us were in the water and I was trying to force Rami […]

By John Zavesky Special to PalestineChronicle.com Fall is when Hollywood traditionally begins to roll out their “big guns,” the films that are aimed at garnering an Oscar. The summer may be for blockbusters, sequels and […]

By Joharah Baker There is a consistent thread, a pattern, which designs Israel’s policies in the Palestinian territories. Any scrutinizing observer will notice how Israel first pitches an idea to the public – however preposterous […]

By Elaine McArdle An impassioned debate over the tight alliance between America and Israel is roiling political circles, sparked by a new book that accuses a powerful "Israel lobby" of distorting American policy and endangering […]

By Stephen LendmanSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com James Petras is Binghamton University, New York Professor Emeritus of Sociology whose credentials and achievements are long and impressive. He’s a noted academic figure on the left, a well-respected Latin […]

By Joel S. HirschhornSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com After many years of political disappointment, more progressives, liberals and conservatives – and certainly moderates and independents – know in their hearts that voting for Democrats or Republicans is […]

By Sam Hamod With My Boys in Iraq – There Are These Nights And there are these nights, when we question, when it is already clear, no need for questions, not a paradox, just that […]

By Dr. Hasan Afif El-Hasan Special to PalestineChronicle.com Until recently, Palestinian Authority (PA) officials including Abbas had been expressing reservations about the US sponsored November peace conference. Despite the repeated warnings that Abbas may not […]

By Norman Finkelstein Jeffrey Goldberg is the recipient of numerous journalism awards and currently writes on the Middle East for The New Yorker magazine. On its surface his book Prisoners: A Muslim & A Jew […]

By Ralph Nader The rogue regime of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney-so widely condemned for its unconstitutional, criminal Iraq war, its spying on Americans illegally, its repeated illegal torture practices, its arrests and imprisonment […]