Freedom and Dignity – A Poem Honoring Palestine’s Hunger Strikers
By Aida Qasim Salt of the earth Lead me to the water Noble sons and daughters Of this Free earth That spreads through Your mother’s land All the birds And olive trees Prostrate At […]
Year: 2017
FIFA Delays Decision to Prohibit ‘Sponsoring Games on Stolen (Palestinian) Land’
Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned the cancellation of a vote at FIFA’s conference in the Bahraini capital of Manama on Thursday, which was expected to decide on whether the participation of six Israeli football teams […]
Gaza: Deportees of Church of Nativity Go on Solidarity Hunger Strike
Palestinians who were deported to the besieged Gaza Strip following the deadly Israeli siege of the Nativity Church in Bethlehem in 2002 said they would “undertake a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with hundreds of […]
Syria: Palestinian Refugees’ Water Contaminated with Disease
The Working Group for the Palestinians of Syria has confirmed “a spread of serious diseases among Palestinian refugees in the southern region of Damascus,” Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency said. Al Ray quoted a press […]
Israeli Police Show Primary School Children How to Kill Palestinians (VIDEO)
Israeli police officers have given a practical demonstration to primary school children on how to kill a Palestinian assailant and verify that he is dead, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. The outdoor event took place […]
PA Cuts off Medical Supplies to Gaza
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has stopped sending medical supplies and baby formula to the hospitals in the Gaza Strip, an official at the health ministry in Gaza announced today. Munir Al-Barsh, director of the ministry’s […]
Students in Sudan Gather in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Dozens of Sudanese and Palestinian students and national union members held a sit-in outside the United Nations Headquarters in Khartoum yesterday in support of Palestinian hunger strikes which who are entering their 24th consecutive day. […]
Ireland Capital Votes to Fly Palestinian Flag above City Hall for Nakba Day
The Dublin and Sligo city councils voted to fly the Palestinian flag above their respective city halls, Irish media reported on Tuesday, in a show of solidarity to mark the 69th anniversary of the Nakba […]
Erdogan: Hamas Document ‘Key Move’ for the Palestinian Question
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Hamas’s new political document is “a key move toward the Palestinian Question and the reconciliation with Fatah Movement,” the Palestinian Information Center reported. In a speech delivered at al-Quds […]
HRW to FIFA: Follow Own Rules on Israeli Settlement Clubs
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Human Rights Watch published a media advisory yesterday urging FIFA, the world football federation, to abide by its statutes and human rights responsibilities and tell the Israel Football Association to stop […]
Should Hamas Rewrite the Past?
By Ramzy Baroud Now that the Palestinian Islamic Movement, Hamas, has officially changed its Charter, one should not immediately assume that the decision is, in itself, an act of political maturity. Undoubtedly, Hamas’ first Charter, […]
Settlers Spray Anti-Arab Graffiti around Jerusalem (VIDEO)
Jewish settlers vandalized 28 vehicles with anti-Arab graffiti and terms that insulted Prophet Muhammed in occupied East Jerusalem this morning, reports have shown. Twenty cars had their tyres slashed and were spray-painted with the words […]
Committee: Photos of Barghouthi Breaking Hunger Strike Fake
A committee supporting the Palestinian hunger strike in Israeli jails launched on April 17, 2017 condemned Israel’s release of footage purporting to show Marwan Barghouthi, the leader of the mass hunger strike, eating in his […]
B’Tselem: Israel Must Meet Palestinian Hunger Strikers’ Demands
By Palestine Chronicle Staff B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, said in a press release that Israel must meet the demands of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, noting […]
Celtic Fans Show their Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers at Glasgow Match
The Glasgow Celtic football club “ultras” fan group, the Green Brigade, along with Celtic Fans for Palestine, supported the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike with large banners and Palestinian flags at a football match on […]
Palestinian Wedding at Sit-in Tent Expresses Solidarity with Hunger-Strikers
A Palestinian couple in Gaza performed their wedding on Monday at a sit-in tent, that had been set up in solidarity with some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners currently on mass hunger strike, as a symbolic gesture […]
Witnesses: Teenage Palestinian Girl ‘Executed in Cold Blood.’
Palestinians who witnessed Israeli border police shooting and killing 16-year-old Fatima Afif Abd al-Rahman Hjeiji in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday evening said the girl was “executed in cold blood” and did not pose a […]
WHO Urged to Intervene to Stop Force-Feeding of Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Issa Qaraqe, the head of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission, and Qaddoura Fares, the head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society, called on the World Health Organization (WHO) “to intervene against the intention of the […]
EU Calls For Respect of International Humanitarian Law towards Palestinian Hunger Strikers
The European Union Representative, the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah said the Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah “are following with concern the ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli […]
Israeli Government Debates Evicting UN from Jerusalem in Wake of Scathing UNESCO Resolution
The Israeli government held a debate on Sunday, vowing to kick out UN and affiliated agencies from its longstanding offices in East Jerusalem, as proposed by a minister of culture, after UNESCO passed a strongly-worded […]
Bill to Declare Israel a Jewish State Returns to National Agenda
Israel’s cabinet breathed new life on Sunday into efforts to anchor in law the country’s status as a Jewish state, legislation Palestinians have described as an obstacle to peace. A ministerial committee approved a revised […]
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Girl, Claim Stabbing Attempt
Israeli police forces shot and killed a teenage Palestinian girl in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem early on Sunday evening after she allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack, Israeli police said. […]
Hamas: Palestinian Muslims, Christians United against Israeli Occupation
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Mahmoud al-Zahhar has said that “Israel does not differentiate in its violations between the Palestinian Muslims and Christians,” affirming they are united in the face of the occupation, as reported […]
Egypt to Open Rafah Crossing for Three Days
Egyptian authorities decided on Thursday to open the Rafah border crossing, in one direction, with the Gaza Strip for three consecutive days starting Saturday, Maan News Agency reported. Egyptian authorities informed the Palestinian Authority (PA) […]
UNSC Imbalance Impedes Justice
By Iqbal Jassat Having read Angela Mudukuti’s insightful reflection on the International Criminal Court, “ICC hunting for Gaddafi aide“, I cannot but link it to the recent experience of a highly respected International jurist Richard Falk. […]
Israel’s New Cultural War of Aggression
By Richard Falk A few weeks ago my book Palestine’s Horizon: Toward a Just Peace was published by Pluto in Britain. I was in London and Scotland at the time to do a series of […]
Israeli Settlers Close Main Road in Bethlehem-Area Village During Protest
Dozens of Israeli settlers gathered on the main road of the village of Tuqu in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem on Friday to protest Palestinian youth throwing rocks at their vehicles in […]
The New York Times’ Prejudice against Imprisoned Palestinian Leader Marwan Barghouti
By Jeremy R. Hammond Last month, imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian Marwan Barghouti was provided op-ed space by the New York Times to explain why he and his fellow inmates were going on a hunger strike. Instructively, […]
Israeli Forces Demolish 3 Palestinian Buildings in Occupied East Jerusalem
Israeli authorities demolished three Palestinian buildings in two separate neighborhoods of occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday morning for lacking nearly impossible to obtain construction permits, locals told Ma’an. In the neighborhood of al-Tur, locals told […]
Israel Retaliates after UNESCO Refers to the Jewish State as ‘Occupier’
Israeli officials continued on Thursday to express their disapproval of the passage of a UNESCO resolution critical of Israeli policies in occupied East Jerusalem, calling Israel to account for Israel’s refusal to cease “persistent excavations, […]
