Fatah members attending an extraordinary party conference re-elected Mahmoud Abbas for a new five-year term as leader yesterday, the head of the Palestinian National Council Salim al-Zaanoun announced. “The Central Committee unanimously recommended Mahmoud Abbas […]
The health of imprisoned Palestinian hunger strikers Anas Shadid and Ahmad Abu Farah continued to worsen after more than two months without food, as the head of the Israeli medical center where they were treated […]
By Ramzy Baroud The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has designated the week, November 25 to December 3, as the ‘biggest-ever campaign’ aimed at boycotting Israeli products and those of companies that contribute to the Israeli military […]
‘Palestinians in Turkey’, a coalition that represents various Palestinian groups working in Turkey has launched its first “MPs for Jerusalem” Conference in the Turkish city of Istanbul yesterday. During the first day of the conference, a […]
Israeli media has unleashed a smearing campaign against Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, after he wore a Palestinian flag during a GA session to mark the International Day of […]
A Santiago-based court in Chile on Monday filed a war crimes lawsuit against three Israeli Supreme Court justices for approving the construction of the Israeli separation wall, declared illegal by the International Court of Justice […]
“Under the pretext of development, the Israeli occupation authorities have been working for decades to displace Arab residents from the villages and neighborhoods in the Negev Desert,” Arab48.com reported. “Since the start of the Israeli […]
The eventual passage of the so-called “formalization bill” in Israel’s Knesset would lead to the retroactive legalization of 55 illegal settlement outposts in the occupied Palestinian territory and the confiscation of more than 8,000 dunams […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israeli legislation ostensibly intended to tackle noise pollution from Muslim houses of worship has, paradoxically, served chiefly to provoke a cacophony of indignation across much of the Middle East. Prime […]
Palestinian author and journalist, Ramzy Baroud argued in a piece published today in Al Jazeera that the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People must be reclaimed by civil society and people everywhere. “Although […]
MP Jamal Al-Khoudary, the head of the popular committee to end the Gaza siege, said 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza are aid-dependents. The population of the Gaza Strip has hit the two million milestone last […]
In a recent article published in Middle East Monitor, British writer, Ben White argued that the British Guardian newspaper is excluding Palestinian voices from its commentary pages. White based his assertion on statistical research, in […]
By Ramzy Baroud There are only a few weeks standing between us and January 20, when United States President-elect Donald Trump becomes ‘President Trump’. But many are still clinging onto some hope, however desperate, that […]
As Israel’s illegal military occupation approaches a half-century, it’s long past time for concrete international action to pressure its government to reverse course. The Green Party of Canada’s recent vote to support “the use of […]
An Egyptian official has revealed that a political and security delegation from Cairo will visit the Gaza Strip in the coming few days to check the living conditions in the coastal enclave in addition to […]
The Palestinian Communist Party in the Gaza Strip has organized a sit-in in solidary with the Cuban people after the passing of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, who is known for his […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Legendary Cuban leader, Fidel Castro died Friday at the age of 90. He left behind a remarkable legacy, that of a man who challenged the most militarily powerful country in the […]
Hasan Abdu, a member of the Palestinian press delegation to Cairo said Egyptian sources confirmed that Cairo would take new measures to improve the conditions at the Rafah Crossing, including implementing a three-phase-five-million USD project […]
The British Independent newspaper reported that “the son of a Dutch couple who hid Jewish people from the Nazis during the Holocaust has asked for his father’s name to be removed from a monument built […]
The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip Dr. Ashraf Alqidra has warned against running out of fuel at Gaza’s child hospital in a recent Facebook post. The spokesperson noted that Aldrua […]
By Romana Rubeo Modern calendars are no longer punctuated by the rhythm of changing seasons. Instead, every day you wake up and discover that it is not an ordinary day, but the International Day of […]
In a press release issued today by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, organizers said that this week “99 actions will take place across the world to highlight HP companies’ complicity in Israel’s violations of international law […]
By Jeremy Salt Naftali Bennett, of the fascist Jewish Home Party, says this week’s fires in occupied Palestine, resulting in tens of thousands of people having to leave their homes (yes, a faint echo of […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting in Haifa last night that included the Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, the General Observer of the Israeli Police Roni Alsheikh and high-ranking officers and fire-fighting forces […]
Khaled Meshaal, the head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement has spoken over the phone with three Lebanese leaders urging them to stop building a wall around Ain Alhilwi refugee camp in Lebanon. […]
Israeli forces Thursday detained four Palestinians on suspicion of arson which Israeli authorities suspect caused wildfires to raze through land across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory for the third consecutive day, while Palestinian authorities […]
Footage has emerged of Israeli soldiers laughing as a Palestinian worker is squashed in a gate. A video of the event, which took place at the Atarot Industrial Zone in occupied Jerusalem, was uploaded onto […]
The rights group, Amnesty International has called on Israel to stop the demolition of the Palestinian village of Um Alhiran/Atir, and has condemned Israel’s demolition of three Palestinian houses in Lod. Amnesty noted that the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, has called on Israel to lift the Gaza Strip and allow construction materials into the coastal enclave in addition to stopping house […]
By Neve Gordon Israel’s leaders and their right-wing Jewish allies in the United States have no problem stomaching anti-Semitism so long as the anti-Semite supports Zionism. But if an anti-Semite can be a Zionist then anti-Semitism […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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