By Franklin Lamb By this observer’s count there are no fewer than 8, and perhaps half again that number, of al-Qaeda inspired, Salafist orientated groups now organizing and operating in Lebanon. Most are represented in […]

By Joshua Frank In an attempt to squelch rumors that he is pro-Palestinian, or god forbid Muslim, Barack Obama made it clear in the final Democratic Presidential debate on Tuesday that he is anything but. […]

By Remi Kanazi For the sake of argument, let’s turn the tables, just a little. Barack Obama is not a Jew. He was not raised a Jew, has never been a Jew, and is a […]

By Joharah Baker Palestinians have been screaming it from the rooftops for several decades; human rights groups have highlighted it time and time again and global voices of conscience have held demonstrations, sit-ins, solidarity rallies […]

By Sonja Karkar Well, so much for our new government taking an even-handed position on Israel/Palestine. Before our politicians even warmed their seats in the new parliamentary sittings, the Australian Prime Minister announced that he […]

By Joel S. Hirschhorn Because he wants to salvage American democracy and help Americans, Ralph Nader is running for president again.  He deserves the support of all Americans that see themselves as progressives, dissidents, independents, […]

By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated recently that the status of Jerusalem will not be negotiated with the Palestinians at this time. Right wing Israelis are against conceding any part of […]

By Ben White Once again, we are learning that when it comes to the conflict in Palestine/Israel, some lives are worth more than others. Earlier today, dozens of Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip […]

Editor’s Note: Although the Palestine Chronicle is committed to its editorial style, of analysis, commentary, news, etc, we felt morally obligated to publish this article, by a distraught mother whose son went missing during a […]

By Ramzy Baroud Time is running out for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Although both men are still committed to their risky venture of marginalising Hamas at any cost, […]

By Ivan Eland As the nation’s major media outlets crown John McCain (George W. Bush on steroids) as the Republican nominee for president, their nearly criminal neglect of Ron Paul’s candidacy in the 2008 presidential […]

Dick and His Antlers By Ingrid B Mørk This One is for Iraq. For Dick think Iraq..For his antlers think Oil.. Dick and Delilah were reindeerRoaming the hills and the glensMunching on bracken and heatherFar […]

By Gilad Atzmon – London, UK David Cameron, the Tory leader, struggles these days.  He faces demands for an apology, after he called government funding for school visits to the former Nazi concentration camp at […]

By Caelum Moffatt On February 18, 16 countries including the US and European states such as the UK and France, officially recognized the declaration of independence announced by Kosovo’s provisional government just a day earlier. […]

By Fidel Castro That Tuesday there was no fresh international news. The modest message I wrote to the Cuban people on Monday, February 18, was widely and easily disseminated. As from 11 o’clock in the […]

By John F. Harriman Waterboarding keeps popping up in the news. The CIA has announced that three terrorist suspects have been subjected to waterboarding since 9/11, though the current director questions its legality. The director of […]

By James Petras The Israeli Agenda openly defended, publicly practiced and aggressively pursued by the Zionist power configuration (ZPC) has greatly influenced the US Presidential elections and the likely future course of Washington’s Middle East […]

By Adalah-NY Lev Leviev, the Israeli settlement builder and diamond mogul who has been accused of supporting human rights abuses in Angola, Burma, New York City and Palestine, is lending his jewelry to some attendees […]

By Joshua Frank Barack Obama, hoping to shore up major victories in the delegate rich states of Texas and Ohio early next month, is going after Hillary Clinton’s ever-dwindling base of working class voters. The […]

By Aijaz Zaka Syed Given the unprecedented interest in the fascinating juggernaut undulating across the United States, you would think six billion people of the globe have a stake in the US presidential election. And […]

By Vijay Rajiva Yasser Abed Rabbo, the Secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee recently suggested calling for a restatement of the PLO Declaration of Independence, which was first called in 1988 by the PLO, […]