By M. Shahid AlamPalestineChronicle.com In the early 1990s, the fall of the Soviets produced a surge of triumphalism in the US. After defeating the fascist challenge in the 1940s, liberal capitalism had trumped its last […]

By Jonathan Cook The official political leadership of Israel’s more than one million Palestinian citizens issued a manifesto in Nazareth last week demanding a raft of changes to end the systematic discrimination exercised against non-Jews […]

A Threat From Within – A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism.  Yakov M. Rabkin.  Fernwood Publishing, Zed Books. 2006. By Jim MilesPalestineChronicle.com Most readers who are familiar with the Israeli/Palestine situation are aware that […]

“The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit,Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,Nor all your Tears wash out a word of it.” Rubaiyat of Omar […]

By Iqbal Jassat PalestineChronicle.com  As the African Union stands by, silently and perhaps helplessly watching Somalia’s return to anarchy, the Bush administration has claimed another “victory” for its discredited “war on terror”. Undignified as it […]

By James BrooksPalestineChronicle.com The recent “peace” overtures between Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Abbas do not promise significantly improved conditions for Palestinians or an end to the Israeli occupation. More likely results […]