‘Gate of the Sun’: Hymn or Dirge – A Review
By Gaither Stewart – Rome On this hot Italian late afternoon, after over a week inside the literary work entitled Gate of the Sun, I am still wandering in the gossamer framework of the novel […]
Month: August 2016
Wife of Killed Palestinian: Israeli Soldiers Tried to Kill My Unborn Baby
Hadeel Ouda, the pregnant wife of Mohammed Al-Faqih who was shot dead in the West Bank city of Hebron last week, said female Israeli soldiers attempted to kill her baby, by beating her severely in […]
Palestinian Journalist Adamant in Support of Bilal Kayed
The wife of Palestinian journalist, Omar Nazzal, declared his plans to go on a hunger strike in Israeli jails tomorrow in protest of his administrative detention without charge or trial and to support Palestinian hunger […]
Central Elections Commission: Hamas’s Criticism of Electoral Records Untrue
The Palestinian Central Elections Commission said Hamas’s criticism of electoral records are not true. Hamas has claimed that 25,000 names are repeated in the electoral records; an accusation which the CEC refused. Jameel Al-Khalidi, the […]
Israeli Researcher Contradicts Netanyahu: BDS Global Success is No Exaggeration
The global success of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has been asserted by Israeli newspaper, Maariv, which is in direct contrast to claims made by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Al-Resalah newspaper reported on […]
Violent pre-Election Fatah Clashes – Four Wounded
Supporters of Fatah leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and expelled senior Fatah official, Mohamed Dahlan, engaged in clashes on Sunday, resulting in four Palestinians being wounded, Felesteen newspaper reported. Palestinian medical sources in Gaza said that the four […]
Israeli Racism Unmasks Netanyahu Goodwill Video
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Was it meant as an epic parody or an insult to his audience’s intelligence? It was hard to tell. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to social media to apologize […]
Arab League Hosts Israel Boycott Conference in Cairo
The Arab League will host the 90th Boycott Israel Conference at its headquarters in Cairo today, aiming to gather liaison officers in various Arab regions ‘to activate and monitor an Arab boycott of Israel’. Said Abuali, […]
Israel Labels International Criticism of Illegal Settlements as ‘Baseless’
Israeli Foreign Ministry has labelled criticism by the international communities of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank as “baseless”, Israeli media reported. On Thursday, the US had described the construction of new residential units […]
WAFA Issues Report on Incitement and Racism in Israeli Media
The Palestine news agency, WAFA, Monday issued a report on incitement and racism published in the Israeli media against Palestinians and Arabs between June 15 and 21 July, 2016. The report reviewed a number of articles […]
100 Palestinian Prisoners Transferred Back to Ramon Prison to Quell Hunger Striking
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) returned 100 Palestinian prisoners affiliated with Fatah and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) to Ramon prison Monday morning, according to Sawt al-Asra (Voice of Prisoners) radio. IPS […]
Netanyahu: Seaport for Gaza Poses a ‘Threat’ to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said during a meeting with the editors-in-chief of major Israeli newspapers that building a seaport for Gaza would pose ‘a threat’ to Israel and he would not allow this to […]
Barghouti Suggests a Five-pillar Alternative Approach for Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Dr. Mustapha al-Barghouti, the General Secretary of the Palestinian Initiative, has suggested a five-pillar approach for the Palestinian cause to succeed. Al-Barghouti’s remarks came during talks organized by Masarat, the Palestinian […]
Lieberman to Decide Fate of Hebron Hills Village
Israel Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, will most likely decide the fate of the village of Susya in the southern Hebron Hills, denying villages their ancestral lands. Israeli NGO, Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), stated that […]
PA: Four Conditions Necessary for Talks with Israel to Proceed
Palestinian Authority (PA) ambassador to Cairo, Jamal Al-Shobaki, yesterday said that Israel must meet four conditions in order for peace talks to resume, the Anadolu Agency reported. Al-Shobaki added that “Talks must have international brokers, the Israeli […]
B’Tselem: Israel Deliberately Engineers Inhuman Conditions on Palestinians at Checkpoints
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in the first quarter of 2016, approximately 63,000 Palestinians worked in Israel, with permits to enter via 11 checkpoints located throughout the West Bank. It is also estimated that another 38,000 […]
Young Palestinians Reflect on Upcoming Local Elections
By Yousef M. Aljamal As various Palestinian political factions are busy preparing for their electoral lists to join the upcoming local elections to be held in October 2016 in the West Bank and the Gaza […]
Skeleton Found Under Gaza Rubble Painful Reminder of those Missing since 2014
Remains of a human skeleton were found on Sunday under the rubble of a house in Gaza City’s eastern neighborhood of Shujayya, which was devastated by an Israeli ground incursion during the Israeli military offensive in 2014. […]
