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 […]
By Mahmoud Zidan While driving the other Friday, I couldn’t help but notice the hustle and bustle of olive pickers: the combined joys of their gathering together, eating out under an olive tree, chitchatting, joking, […]
By Ramzy Baroud Fear and trepidation are slowly building up, as US President-elect, Donald Trump, is fortifying his transitional team with people capable of bringing about a nightmare scenario, not only for Americans but for […]
A Gaza mechanical engineer and doctor have managed to produce the first locally made artificial heart in the Gaza Strip, which was tested on a lamb for six hours. Dr. Mohammed Nassar, the head of […]
Nurhan Awad, 17, has been sentenced to 13 and half years in prison, a year after she allegedly tried to stab an Israeli soldier with a pair of scissors. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society stated that […]
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has said in a statement that the decision of the Lebanese authorities to build a wall around Ain Alhiwli refugee camp which hosts Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is wrong in […]
By Hani al-Masri A week from now, on the 29th of this month, Fatah is set to hold its seventh conference, however there are still discussions underway as to whether or not it will be […]
Israeli security guards shot and killed a Palestinian at the Qalandiya checkpoint between the central occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem on Monday around 10:30 a.m. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosen claimed that a […]
By Iqbal Jassat As much as there may be merit in complaints that media in general has not provided the Rohingya tragedy adequate coverage, the same argument can be made against human rights organizations for their […]
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.
Copyright © 1999-2024 PalestineChronicle.com. All rights reserved | Powered By Media Seniors