By Ewa Jasiewicz – Beit Hanoun, Gaza It happened at 9am this morning. We were speaking to Sabrine Naim at the time, standing and talking in the Naim family home which had been wrecked this […]

By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Of the three politicians who announced the military assault on Gaza to the world on Saturday, perhaps only the outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has little to lose — or […]

By Franklin Lamb – Beirut ‘I’m not calling for a coup d’etat, but go talk to your leaders and tell them you do not accept what is happening in Gaza.’ — Hezbollah Sec-Gen Hasan Nasrallah calling […]

By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The most wrenching event that Palestinians encountered was the 1948 disaster (nekba), but for the Gazans it was not the only or the last one. Gaza was a battle ground in World […]

By Alberto Cruz With the connivance, acquiescence and approval of the United Nations, Europe the United States and reactionary Arab governments, Israel is engaged in a campaign of extermination, a holocaust against the Palestinians. Israel has […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London While the murderous assault on Gaza continues, I notice there’s a briefing document on the website of the Israeli Embassy in London which has a lie in every line. The […]

By Jim Miles I can only witness the tragedy of Gaza from the knowledge I have gained from years of historical and foreign affairs reading, from the personal contacts and information that are readily available […]

By Mohamed Khodr Day Four of the Gaza Genocide:  Thus far–Total Deaths: 384; Total Injured 1,750; Today’s Latest Victims:  2 sisters aged 4 and 11. "I don’t understand your optimism. Why should the Arabs make […]

By Lise Brouillette Standing upright branches lifted up swaying in the wind in a prayer to Allah silently waiting for raining death or retribution If every olive of every tree that was uprooted and burned […]

By Ramzy Baroud In times of crisis, most Arabs tune in to Aljazeera television. Sometimes it’s comforting for the truth to be stated the way it is, with all of its gory and unsettling details, […]

By Nadia W. Awad – The West Bank There is no point in preparing an introduction to this article. Why waste words on compositional niceties when the only thing I can offer is that I’m […]

By James J. David If you’ve ever wondered why there is continued violence between the Israelis and Palestinians for the past 40 years all you need to do is look at U.S. Policy. Let’s take the current […]

By Yacov Ben Efrat Israel’s military operation called Molten Lead started on Saturday, December 27, 2008 and took more than 200 lives in its first day, much to the satisfaction of the Israeli public. Already […]

By Stephen Conn ‘Sheket’! My Hebrew school teacher, Mr. Gold, may his memory be a blessing, would tell me to ‘Shut Up!’ now, as he did so many times nearly 50 years ago. But I […]

By Neve Gordon The first bombardment took three minutes and 40 seconds. Sixty Israeli F-16 fighter jets bombed 50 sites in Gaza, killing more than 200 Palestinians, and wounding close to 1,000 more. A few […]

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago It’s not the first time and won’t be the last. On December 27, AP reported that: ‘Israeli aircraft struck Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of […]

The Palestine Chronicle is pleased to feature the work of two distinguished poets, Sam Hamod and Remi Kanazi. No Words Left By Sam Hamod Without words, Children screaming, Mothers wailing, Men cussing, Imam’s praying, Israeli bombs […]

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich Twice this year, the leaders of Hamas indicated their readiness to accept a Palestinian State within the 1967 borders. Khaled Meshaal, Hamas leader, informed former president Jimmy Carter of this decision in […]

By Joshua Frank As President-Elect Barack Obama vacationed in Hawaii on December 26, stopping off to watch a dolphin show with his family at Sea Life Park, an Israeli air raid besieged the impoverished Gaza […]

By Angel Ricardo Martinez This telephonic interview took place on December 12, when I spoke with Israeli journalist Mrs. Amira Hass from her house in Ramallah, the West Bank. Almost two weeks before, on December 1st, […]

By Omar Ahmad "My son is gone, my son is gone," wailed Said Masri, a 57-year-old shopkeeper, as he sat in the middle of a Gaza City street, slapping his face and covering his head […]

By Belén Fern