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Month: March 2018

Israel Court: Ahed Tamimi’s Closed Trial is ‘For Her Benefit’
An Israeli court has refused to hold a public trial for Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi claiming it is ‘for her own benefit’, reports Haaretz. Last week the military prosecution told the court that they had […]

Mohammad Alqadi: More than 10 Marathons Holding the Palestinian Flag (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian marathoner Mohammad Alqadi has run the Marseille Half-Marathon holding the Palestinian flag. Mohammad, 28, is a Palestinian refugee from Jenin who now lives in France. ?? #France :: @alqadipal :: […]

Ramzy Baroud’s Book Tour: ‘The Palestinian Saga as It Has Never Been Told Before’ (VIDEO)
Palestinian author, editor and journalist, Dr. Ramzy Baroud had embarked on a global book tour to promote his latest volume, ‘The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story.’ The first leg of the tour will take him […]

Israel’s 2019 Budget Designed to Entrench Occupation
The Israeli Knesset approved last week a $137 billion state budget that will perpetuate occupation and intensify illegal settlement construction in the West Bank, according to the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) National Bureau. The Nablus […]

Abbas: ‘Hamas Responsible for Attempt on Prime Minister’s Life’
Mahmoud Abbas accused the Palestinian group, Hamas at a Ramallah meeting on Monday of “being responsible for the assassination attempt against Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and chief of intelligence Majid Faraj in Gaza last […]

Israel Arrests French Citizen over Alleged Weapons Smuggling
Israel has said that it is holding an employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem on suspicion of smuggling weapons from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. The French citizen, identified as Romain Franck, […]

Rights Group: 2017 Worst Year in Gaza’s History
Director of Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said on Sunday that 2017 was the worst year in the history of the Gaza Strip in terms of political, economic, cultural, social and health conditions, Felesteen.ps has […]

US Smooths Israel’s Path to Annexing West Bank
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Seemingly unrelated events all point to a tectonic shift in which Israel has begun preparing the ground to annex the occupied Palestinian territories. Last week, during an address to students […]

Israeli Soldiers Attack Palestinian School near Bethlehem
Israeli forces attacked a Palestinian school in the village of Tuqu’, to the southeast of the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian school in Taqu with over 10 tear […]

Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinians in the West Bank (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On Sunday, an Israeli settler from Havat Mor violently unleashed his dog on a Palestinian shepherd and his sheep in the occupied South Hebron Hills. There is a long history of attacks […]

Israeli Soldier Injured in Jerusalem: Suspected Attacker Shot Dead (VIDEOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An Israeli soldier was stabbed and injured in Jerusalem’s Old City and according to an Israeli TV channel, the suspected attacker was shot dead. ??#Palestine || #Video || an Israeli soldier […]

Gaza: Israeli Airstrike Caused Damage to Agricultural Land
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Warplanes belonging to the Israeli Army carried out some airstrikes on agricultural land in Al-Zaytun neighborhood in Gaza City, generating a bomb crater. ??#Palestine || #Photos :: The damage the caused by […]

Israel Carries out Dawn Bombings in Gaza (VIDEO)
Israeli warplanes at dawn Sunday bombed several sites and agricultural lands in different areas of the Gaza Strip. ??#Palestine : The damage the caused by Israeli airstrikes on agricultural land in Gaza last night . […]

Israel Threatens to Assassinate Hamas Leaders in Next War
Israel has warned Hamas that any future war on the Gaza Strip would lead to the assassination of the movement’s leaders, Israeli Channel 2 reported. Quoting unnamed sources the Israeli channel reported that the warning […]

Israel Denies Two Irish Activists Access to the West Bank
Israel banned two pro-Palestine Irish activists from entering the occupied West Bank on Friday, claiming that they planned to harass occupation forces. Israel banned two pro-Palestine Irish activists from entering the occupied West Bank on […]

Israeli Court Extends the Arrest of Ola Marshoud
Israeli military court extended the arrest of Ola Marshoud (21) for 7 days. Ola, a freelance journalist and a student at al-Najah University, had been arrested last Monday. ??#Palestine || Israeli military court extended the arrest […]

Rachel, Ahed, Elor: Three Lessons in Zionism
By Jeremy Salt Watching for the second time a documentary on the life and death of Rachel Corrie (‘Rachel Corrie: Death of an Idealist,’ Channel 4, 2004) remains a distressing experience. The brutality of her […]

Drones and Desensitization in the Palestinian Cause
By Ramona Wadi Footage has emerged across Israeli media of drones dropping tear gas canisters on Palestinian protesters close to the border in the South of Gaza last Friday. The Times of Israel and Haaretz […]

The Palestine Solidarity Movement should Focus on Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud Nada Elia holds no punches. A principled activist and an accomplished academic, she writes with honesty and vigor. As I embarked on a worldwide speaking tour, an article she wrote two years ago was present […]

UN Agency: In Two Weeks, 3 Palestinians Killed, over 500 Injured (VIDEOS)
According to UN OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) in the first half of March, Israeli forces killed three Palestinian Civilians, while over 500 Palestinians were injured. Just released our monthly […]

Israeli Forces Raid Home of Palestinian Suspected of Killing Two Israeli Soldiers (VIDEO)
Alaa Rateb Qabaha, from the village of Barta’a, to the west of Jenin, is a Palestinian young man suspected of ramming his car, killing two Israeli soldiers and injuring two others at an Israeli military […]

Rachel Corrie Remembered 15 Years on (VIDEOS)
Fifteen years ago Friday, 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer that was preparing to demolish a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip. Corrie has since become an icon of global solidarity with […]

Erekat: the US Wants a Separate Palestinian State in the Gaza Strip
The United States is preparing to establish a separate Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, warned yesterday. During a meeting with a number of international […]

Nabi Saleh: Israeli Forces Arrest One More Tamimi Family Member (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli Forces stormed the occupied village of Nabi Saleh, yesterday morning. WATCH: Israeli forces arrested 21-year-old Waleed Tamimi in his home in occupied Nabi Saleh this morning, another young member […]

Soldiers Who Killed Unarmed Palestinian Boy Could Be Acquitted
Two Israeli soldiers who killed an unarmed Palestinian boy in 2013 could be acquitted, Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed on Wednesday. The two soldiers, a squad commander and a member of a squad, opened fire in […]

UNRWA Receives Strong Political Endorsement at Extraordinary Ministerial Conference (VIDEO)
Powerful political support was expressed for UNRWA, its mandate and critical services to Palestine refugees at the ministerial conference held in Rome on Thursday entitled, “Preserving Dignity and Sharing Responsibility: Mobilizing Collective Action for UNRWA”. […]

Palestinians Call White House Summit on Gaza Strip a ‘Front’ (VIDEO)
While the White House prepares a summit to address the humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinians living in the area claim that the conference is a way to turn their cause for independence […]

Archbishop Hanna: ‘We Declare our Rejection of the Deal of the Century’
Palestinian Archbishop Sebastia Atallah Hanna has declared that Palestinians do not accept any a deal at the expense of their national cause, and that they will foil every conspiracy which aims to erase it. Hanna […]

Israel Demolished 5,000 Homes in Jerusalem since 1967
A new Palestinian report reveals that Israel demolished five thousand homes in Jerusalem since 1967 as well as the demolition of neighbourhoods in the eastern part of the city. The report, issued by the Land […]

West Bank: Israeli Soldiers Arrest 15 Palestinians, Including Minors
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli Forces arrested fifteen Palestinians all over the West Bank, including minors. ??#Palestine :: #Photos :: 15 Palestinians were arrested after raiding several places all over the West Bank . […]