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Month: August 2016

‘Activism’ and Its Consequences: Syrian Refugees Are Not Subjects for a Social Media Gallery
By Ramzy Baroud The Italian ‘activist’ was keen on that photo, as if her social media activism career was dependent on it. As if the misery of the poor Syrian child was not palpable enough […]

Israel to Colour-code ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Palestinians
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Launched this month, as much of the world was on holiday, Avigdor Lieberman’s plan for the Palestinians – retooling Israel’s occupation – received less attention than it should. Defense minister […]

Ex Mossad Chief: Israeli Internal Divisions Are Real Threat
Former Mossad Chief, Tamir Pardo, told local media yesterday that divisions within Israel are the greatest threat to the country, not Hezbollah or Palestinian resistance groups. “There is no outside existential threat to Israel,” Pardo […]

Israel Finally Allows 300,000 Schools Books into Gaza
Approximately 300,000 school books have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip from the occupied West Bank yesterday through the Erez border crossing. Palestinian schools opened for the new academic year last week, with a […]

Three Arab Nominees Submitted for UNESCO Head
Three Arab nominees will be presented for the position of director-general of UNESCO so far. Their names will be disclosed before the Arab League Council at the meeting scheduled for September 8, a senior official […]

Israel Forces Raid and Shut Down Palestinian Radio Station
Israeli forces raided and ransacked a Palestinian radio station early Wednesday morning in Dura City in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, detained five of the station’s employees, and ordered it to close […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Assault Palestinian Sportsmen in Jerusalem
Israeli forces have assaulted five Palestinian sportsmen, one in critical condition, in Jerusalem after they left a local playground in Bab Hitta neighborhood in Jerusalem, next to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Witnesses said the Israeli forces […]

Palestinians at Cairo Airport Appeal for Entry into Gaza
Some 1,000 Palestinians stuck at Cairo Airport have called on the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and Egyptian president, Abdelfattah El-Sisi, to allow them to return to Gaza. Many of these Palestinians are students and patients […]

The Anti-Muslim Origins of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
By Sam Husseini As several writers have noted — before and after the furor surrounding quarterback Colin Kaepernick refusing to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner” — the national anthem is racist. Specifically, the third stanza: […]

Israel Prevents Son of Marwan Al-Barghouti from Attending His Own Wedding
The Israeli occupation forces yesterday prevented Qassam Al-Barghouthi, son of Palestinian imprisoned leader Marwan Al-Barghouthi, from entering northern Israel to attend his own wedding in the town of Tira, where his wife lives. Mimas Abdilhay, […]

WHIC: Excavations Cause Cracks in the Houses of Silwan Village
The Wadi Hilweh Information Centre (WHIC) has revealed in a new report that the cracks in the walls of the houses of Wadi Hilweh in Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood has increased recently due to Israeli excavations […]

Social Media Activists Protest Removal of Names of Female Nominees for Local Elections
Farid Tamallah, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Central Elections Commission said the Commission has published the names of nominees for the elections, which exclude names of female candidates, an action which he says was does […]

Gaza’s Beaches: Respite in a Prison
For Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank, distances from the Apartheid Wall to the coast are as little as 20-30 kilometers in some areas, yet many young Palestinian children growing up in the West […]

Downing Street Remembers Gaza’s Children Though Paper Cut-Outs
Members from the London Visual Activist Collective (LVAC) met outside Downing Street yesterday to remember all of the 500 children in Gaza who were killed by Israel during Israel’s 2014 ‘Operation Protective Edge’. LVAC members spread […]

Israeli Officer: ‘We Carried out Many Executions, but Have Not Been Tried’
A senior Israeli army officer in Hebron has admitted that Israel Defence Forces (IDF) troops have committed numerous field executions in the West Bank, Quds Net has reported. Lieutenant Colonel Eliyahu Libman made his comments during a […]

Canada: Could Christian Zionism Explain Green Party Leader’s Threats to Resign?
By Yves Engler Elizabeth May’s response to Green Party members voting to oppose Canadian support for Israeli colonialism has been wildly anti-democratic. She has not simply disagreed with a majority of members, which could reflect […]

MOFA Denounces American Silence over Killing of Palestinian-American
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has issued a statement denouncing the American government’s silence over Israel’s shooting of a Palestinian American, Iyad Hamed, near Ramallah last Friday. The statement read, […]

135 Palestinian Students in Jerusalem Cannot Attend School
Some 135 Palestinian students from Jerusalem could not attend school this year Israel arrested most of them and killed others. The leader of the Fatah movement in Jerusalem, Adnan Gaith, said in a statement “As […]

Israeli Violations Against Journalists Increase by 17%
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms, MADA, on Saturday said Israeli violations of media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territory had continued to rise at a rapid pace over the first half of […]

Putin Plans Abbas-Netanyahu Peace Talks in October
The Israeli Daily Yediot Ahranot has revealed that communications are underway by Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to bring Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, together in October. The meeting will take […]

Palestinian Photo-journalist, Hamde Abu Rahma: What Palestinians Face Daily
By Palestine Chronicle Staff After conducting a month-long tour of the UK, renowned photojournalist, Hamde Abu Rahma, touched Palestinian soil on Friday, having conveyed the message of life under Israeli occupation to various UK […]

Daughter Hugs Imprisoned Father for the First Time in 18 Years
The 18-year-old daughter of a Palestinian prisoner serving a life sentence in Israeli prison was able to hug her father for the first time in her life on Sunday, according to Sawt al-Asra (Voice of […]

Palestinian Prisoner on Hunger Strike Loses Ability to Speak
Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails Ayad Alharimi, who has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 42 days to protest his administrative detention without charge or a trial, has lost the ability to speak. Alharimi […]

Family of Captured Israeli Soldier: Israel Doesn’t Know What happened to Our Son
Ofek Shaul, the brother of Oron Shaul, the Israeli soldier who was captured in Gaza during the 2014 offensive by Palestinian resistance has accused the Israeli government of not knowing the destiny of their son. […]

1.2 Million Palestinian Students Start New School Year
1.2 Million Palestinian students started their new school year today in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Sabry Saidam said his Ministry has finished preparations to […]

Ramallah: Thousands Attend Funeral of Disabled Palestinian Man Shot by Israel
Residents of the village of Silwad in the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah held a funeral on Friday for a mentally handicapped Palestinian man who was shot earlier in the day by Israeli forces. […]

Israeli Company Accused of creating iPhone Spyware
An Israeli technology company has been accused of creating and supplying an aggressive interception program capable of taking over Apple’s iPhones and turning them into remote spying devices, after it was allegedly used to target a Middle […]

Israeli Commander: I Will Make All the Youth of Al-Duheisha Camp Disabled
An Israeli army commander responsible for the Al-Duheisha area, known to locals as “Captain Nidal”, has repeatedly been reported as threatening to make “all youth in the [Al-Duheisha] camp disabled”. BADIL, the Resource Centre for […]

Egypt to Open Rafah Crossing to Palestinian Pilgrims
Hisham Edwan, the liaison officer on the Palestinian side of Egypt’s Rafah Crossing told Safa News Agency that the Egyptian authorities will open the Rafah Crossing for three days starting from August 30, 2016 to […]

PFLP Prisoners to Stage Two-day Hunger Strike
Ala’aa Alkabee, the PFLP’s officer in charge of prisoners in Israeli jails has announced that imprisoned PFLP members will stage a two-day hunger strike from today to protest Israeli restrictions imposed on them. Alakabee told […]