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Month: August 2016

Arson Attack on Al-Aqsa Remembered 47 Years Later (VIDEO)
Palestinians on Sunday commemorated the 47th anniversary of an arson attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, as Palestinian officials highlighted that the Muslim holy site was still under threat today. On Aug. 21, 1969, an Australian […]

Senior Israeli Delegation Visited Cairo, Discussed ‘Peace Process’
A security source at Cairo International Airport said an Israeli delegation returned yesterday to Israel after a meeting with Egyptian officials. The meeting discussed attempts to resume Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. The delegation arrived in Cairo on […]

Palestinians Shut Down UN Headquarters to Support Hunger Strikers
A group of Palestinians have shut down the United Nations headquarters in Ramallah yesterday to protest what they described as “the UN’s lack of action in support of Palestinian hunger strikers.” The protesters staged a […]

Hamas: Lieberman will not Succeed at Creating ‘New Equation’ in Gaza
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said Israeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, will not be able to create a new equation in Gaza. Senior spokesperson for the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Sami Abuzouhri, said […]

Israeli Airstrikes Pound Gaza after Rocket Landed in Israel
The Israeli army has fired missiles into the northern Gaza Strip, after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian territory into southern Israel causing no injuries or damage. A spokesperson for the Palestinian health ministry […]

On the 8th Anniversary of Sailing into Gaza
By Greta Berlin We were so late leaving Cyprus for Gaza. The 30+ passengers waiting in the hot, dusty confines of the University in Nicosia were fed up and beginning to wonder if two boats […]

Hebrew Channel Two: Next Gaza War Will be Fiercer
The second Hebrew channel has said the next Gaza war “Would be fiercer than the 2014 war.” The channel mentioned that “Israel’s ground invasion would be based on its aerial superiority,” noting that Israel decided […]

Israeli Warships Fire at and Interrogate Gaza’s Fishermen
Israeli warships opened fire at Gaza’s fishermen to the north of the Gaza Strip and interrogated some of them. Local sources said the Israeli navy fired at fishermen at 6:00am off the coast of Bit […]

UN Official Concerned Over Detreating Health of Bilal Kayed
Palestine Chronicle Staff A senior United Nations official yesterday expressed deep concern about the deteriorating health of a Palestinian hunger striker, Bilal Kayed. Kayed started an open-ended hunger strike to protest his detention without charge […]

Israel Violates Lebanese Sovereignty: Lebanon to File Complaint
Lebanon’s foreign minister has asked his country’s diplomats at the UN to file a complaint “urgently” to the Security Council regarding the latest Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty, Anadolu reported on Friday. Jobran Bassil has sent […]

France Presents Ashrawi with ‘Knight of the Legion of Honor’ Award
The French government awarded the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee Member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, the “Chevalier de la Legion D’honneur” (Knight of the Legion of Honor) award. Ashrawi was informed of the decision by […]

PPS: Israeli Forces Electrocute 16-year-old Palestinian Prisoner
Palestinians being held in Etzion prison were subjected to assaults, while Israeli soldiers reportedly used electric shock on a 16-year-old Palestinian prisoner, according to a statement released Thursday by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Jacqueline […]

Israeli Police Crack Down on Donkeys of Palestinian Farmers
Israel has enacted plans to confiscate donkeys belonging to Palestinian farmers in the West Bank. A group of Israeli activists has posted photos of Israeli police confiscating a donkey belonging to a Palestinian farmer in […]

Israeli Forces Demolish Alaraqeeb Village for 102 Time
Israeli occupation forces demolished Alaraqeeb, a Bedouin village in the Negev for the 102nd time. Alaraqeeb as well as dozens of other communities and villages in the Negev are not recognized by Israel. Saleem Alaraqeeb […]

Israeli Armored Carriers Used in Rio 2016 Olympics
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israel Defense website has revealed that the Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT) of the police department of Sao Paolo “is using a unique armored vehicle made by Plasan,” an […]

How Presidential ‘Non-Opinion’ Polls Drive Down Third Party Numbers, Facilitate Debate Exclusion
By Sam Husseini This week, the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced what polls it will utilize in excluding candidates from its debates. The CPD says candidates like the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson and the […]

Edinburgh Activists Protest ‘Shalom Gala Festival’
Palestine solidarity activists protested outside the ‘International Shalom Gala Festival’ which was held within the program of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on Wednesday 17th August. Organizers of the festival claimed that it was a non-political […]

Palestinian Elections Commission: Israel Trying to Influence Results
The Palestinian Central Elections Commission has condemned the Israeli practices against its members which aim to suppress freedom and influence results of the impending elections. The commission’s remarks came after Israeli security forces arrested Hussein […]

Turkey Submits Israel Deal to Parliament for Approval
The Turkish government on Wednesday submitted a deal to parliament to normalize relations with Israel, ahead of the legislative body entering its summer recess later this month. Relations between the two countries have improved following […]

Knesset Members Attack Ghattas over Calls to Boycott Israel
Members of the Israeli Knesset have called for the ousting of Joint List MK, Basel Ghattas, due to his calls at a conference in Montreal to boycott Israel. MK Oded Forer called for sanctioning Ghattas […]

Gaza Power Plant Exhausts Fuel Reserves
The besieged Gaza Strip’s only power plant announced on Thursday that it was unable to operate on more than one generator after exhausting its fuel reserves. In a statement, the electricity supplier noted that efforts […]

Celtic Fans Defy UEFA Ban, Fly Sea of Palestine Flags in Match against Israelis (VIDEO)
Fans of Scottish soccer club, Celtic, waved the Palestinian flag during their team’s Champions League qualifying match with Israel’s Hapoel Beer Sheva on Wednesday, the ninth time the club’s fans have made a statement of […]

Inside the Middle East – Book Review
Reviewed by Jim Miles (Inside the Middle East – Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth. Avi Melamed, Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2016.) Reading Inside the Middle East is quite an […]

The Hooded Crow of Jerusalem – A Poem
By Niall McDevitt at the Citadel of Jerusalem built by John Hyrcanus I there is barbed wire and yellow weeds the hooded crow of Jerusalem calls from the Minaret of the Mosque, raw […]

Israeli Newspaper: Israel to Build New ‘Intelligence Village’
The Israeli Ministry of Defense has decided to build an ‘Intelligence Village’ in the Negev, the Palestine Now website quoted the Israeli Maariv Newspaper as saying. The Ministry has published the initial tenders to build […]

Israeli Occupation Authorities Hand over Body of Palestinian
Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem have handed the body of Palestinian, Mohammed Jamal Alkalouti, 21, to his family today at dawn to finally bury him after holding his body for five months. The funeral of […]

Lieberman to Launch Online Channel Directed at Palestinians
Israeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, announced during a meeting with military reporters at the headquarters of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv yesterday, a plan to launch a 10-million shekel online channel directed at […]

Malaysia Reaffirms Support for Palestine
Malaysia’s prime minister stressed on Tuesday his country’s support and solidarity with Palestine and its moves on regional and international levels. Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak made his comments during a meeting with Palestinian Authority Foreign […]

Palestinian PM Denounces Israeli Demolition Order on Bedouin School
The Palestinian prime minister’s office on Wednesday condemned an Israeli demolition order on a primary school in the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the Jerusalem area. The Khan al-Ahmar school, which accommodates 160 students […]

Czech Schools to Stop Using Textbooks Defining Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
The Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports notified the Palestinian Authority (PA) embassy in Prague of their decision to stop using educational textbooks that refer to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, according to […]