By Abdul-Rahim Al-Shaikh – Jerusalem In the presence of the eloquence of blood, there is no time to expose the myth of the barbarians but in passing. Today in Gaza there is no time for […]

By Sonja Karkar Israel’s dogs of war have been baying for blood for some time now. They have sniffed their prey with ravenous lust as if they have been the ones starved of food instead of […]

By Ghassan Tarazi Our popular media in the United States has been sold the myth that Israel is the victim in this conflict and is only defending itself against its hostile neighbors. The best scholars of […]

By William A. Cook ‘How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be.’ — (Oedipus Rex, Scene I) As the Israeli military launched an “all out war” with Hamas in the Gaza strip, as casualties mounted […]

By James Petras Introduction Because of the unconditional support of the entire political class in the US, from the White House to Congress, including both Parties, incoming and outgoing elected officials and all the principle print […]

By Stephen Lendman The blame game – no one plays it better than the dominant media, and they’re at it again over Gaza. Expect no comments below in their spaces, yet honest journalism would headline […]

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank It is highly unlikely that anyone could watch the scenes coming out of Gaza and not shudder at the sheer horror. At the human level, perhaps even those […]

By Uri Avnery – Israel Just after midnight, Aljazeera’s Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be […]

By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth  Ever since Hamas triumphed in the Palestinian elections nearly three years ago, the story in Israel has been that a full-scale ground invasion of the Gaza Strip was imminent. But […]

By Deepak Tripathi The bombing of the Gaza Strip has predictably been justified by Israel and the United States as self-defense by a country under attack from a ‘terrorist’ organization. Claims of ‘surgical air attacks’ […]

By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Just when you think the Palestinians have suffered enough and nothing more can test their fortitude, trust Israel to come up with more ingenious ways of winning hearts and […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London What if Hamas dumped all their rockets in the sea tomorrow? Would Gazans enjoy the same freedoms as other nations? Would they be able to open their sea port to foreign […]

By Franklin Lamb – Beirut With daily demonstrations being held in Beirut and across Lebanon, this item just in from the morning papers (January 1) here in Beirut: ‘United States Advises its Citizens in Lebanon […]

By Ola Attallah – Gaza "Nobody dares to step out of the house," says an anguished Palestinian mother in the bombed-out Gaza Strip. The life of Abu Anas Al-Banna, his wife and their ten children […]

By Deb Reich – Israel My heart has been broken so many times, writes Alice Walker somewhere, that it feels like an open suitcase with the wind blowing through it… But maybe, she muses, hearts […]

The Palestine Chronicle is pleased to feature the work of two poets, Samah Sabawai and Jehan Bseiso. Searching for Words By Samah Sabawi Gaza…I search desperatelyFor words… for definitionsTo tell the story of ammunitionsExploding in […]

By Ralph Nader Dear George W. Bush, Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama’s declaration that "there is only one president at a time" over-estimated the number. He was referring to the economic crisis. […]

By Jennifer Loewenstein Let us get one thing perfectly straight. If the wholesale mutilation and degradation of the Gaza Strip is going to continue; if Israel’s will is at one with that of the United […]

By Belén Fern

By Eva Bartlett – Gaza An interview with Dr. Haidar Eid. Testimony taken December 30, 2008, 5 pm. Dr. Eid is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza Strip, Palestine. I […]

By Neve Gordon and Jeff Halper – Israel Not one of the nearly 450 presidents of American colleges and universities who prominently denounced an effort by British academics to boycott Israeli universities in September 2007 […]

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By Ola Attallah – Gaza When Heba El-Sakka heard the thundering sound of the Israeli bombardment, she was, just like every time, terrified to death. But it never crossed her mind the target this time […]