By Amanda Gelender I attribute my deep sense of social justice to my Jewish upbringing. Active in my congregation as a child, I have fond memories of attending Jewish summer camp, Shabbat services and Purim […]

By Ivan ElandPalestineChronicle.com Michael Chertoff, President Bush’s secretary of Homeland Security, desperately tried to refute Zbigniew Brzezinski’s cogent charge that the administration has hyped the “war on terror” to promote a “culture of fear,” in […]

By Ramzy BaroudPalestineChronicle.com In Trafalgar Square in London, dozens of journalists representing every major news organisation descended on a designated corner in the tourist infested area in support of Alan Johnston, the BBC correspondent kidnapped […]

By Remi KanaziPalestineChronicle.com For all his chauvinistic, misogynistic and racist drivel, old man Imus finally got the boot. I can’t say I feel particularly bad, considering his confederate-style punditry and his perpetuation of negative imagery […]

By Ben WhitePalestineChronicle.com Another Israel/Palestine ‘peace plan’ has been added to the long list of diplomatic dances that have come and gone in recent years, and this time it is a reheated version of the […]

By Asaad Talhami If there is one solid bit of truth that comes out of the Israeli press coverage of the spurious case concocted against Azmi Bishara it is that the Zionist establishment is of one […]

By Felicity ArbuthnotPalestineChronicle.com By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down …. we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. (Psalms 137:1) It must have been an article I wrote recently, […]

By Amira Hass The cynicism inherent in the attitude of the institutions of the Jewish state to Holocaust survivors is not a revelation to those born and living among them. We grew up with the […]

By Rami Almeghari in GazaPalestineChronicle.com The building, where the American school of Gaza is situated, is no longer beautiful; the damage can be seen in many corners of the school; in the front door, in […]

By Stephen LendmanPalestineChronicle.com Chris Hedges is a journalist who for two decades was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times spending much of his time reporting from conflict zones in El Salvador, the Middle […]

By Dr. Daud Abduallah Special to PalestineChronicle.com Any combination of factors can determine the success or failure of political negotiations. The complex nature of the conflict, attitudes of principal players and their lack of freedom […]

By John Walsh "AIPAC!" was the forceful one-word answer of Congressman Michael Capuano when we asked him, "Why was the Iran clause forbidding war on Iran without Congressional approval taken out of the recent supplemental […]

By Neve Gordon PalestineChronicle.com In early April the rumors about Dr. Azmi Bishara, the most famous Arab Knesset member, began circulating on the Internet: Bishara is afraid to return to Israel; Bishara intends to resign […]

By Linda Heard That’s it! From now on the term neoconservative or neocon should go down in history as a dirty word. These pro-endless war, pro-US global domination, pro-Israel disciples of Leo Strauss, a Chicago […]

By Alison WeirPalestineChronicle.com I attended an extremely disturbing event Thursday night. It was hosted by WETA, the PBS station in Washington DC, and was part of the national launch of an 11-part PBS series, "America […]

By Philip Rizk Special to PalestineChronicle.com Walking through the long passage that takes you into Gaza, I saw a man on a walker. Next to him walked another, completely helpless as his companion moved forward […]

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 […]