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Month: March 2018

Gaza: Six Shells Fired by Israeli Artillery (VIDEO)
This morning, Israeli artillery fired six shells at Gaza City and the refugee camp of Jabaliya in the north of the Gaza Strip. One person was reportedly injured from shrapnel. #Breakingnews Gaza under attack this […]

English Singer, Roger Waters Recites Verses by Mahmoud Darwish in New Song (VIDEO)
English singer and songwriter Roger Waters teamed up with Palestinian group Trio Joubran to record a new song rejecting US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The song, titled Supremacy, features a […]

Israeli Military Court Jails Munther Amira, Amnesty ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ for 6 Months
An Israeli military court has jailed a Palestinian activist and Amnesty ‘prisoner of conscience’ for six months, sparking widespread condemnation. On Monday, Ofer Military Court sentenced Munther Amira, head of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee […]

Will Israeli Policies Change if Netanyahu Leaves Office?
By Ramzy Baroud If scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, exits his country’s political scene today, who is likely to replace him? And what does this mean as far as Israel’s Occupation of Palestine is […]

There is No Peace in Palestine because Schumer, Dems and Trump Are Historically Illiterate
By Rima Najjar How deep is the historical illiteracy of Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic Party and Donald Trump and his party? It is so deep, they are even immune to déjà […]

Washington: A Meeting on Gaza without Palestinians Present
The White House on Tuesday hosted 19 nations, including Israel and Arab Gulf states, to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but the Palestinian Authority boycotted the meeting, angered by the Trump administration’s policies on […]

The Green Line, by Rola Ghanem – Book Review
Reviewed by Wasan Abu-Baker (The Green Line. A novel. By Rola Ghanem) Dr. Rola Ghanem is a Palestinian novelist from the city of Tulkarem. She tells the story of her father through this novel which […]

Stephen Hawking, a Friend of Palestine, Dies Aged 76
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Stephen Hawking, a renowned physicist, and ambassador of science passed away last night, aged 76. Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology's brightest star, dies aged 76 https://t.co/z0NcIdM5iy — The Guardian (@guardian) March 14, […]

Gaza: Israel Uses Drones to Drop Tear Gas on Protesters for First Time
Israeli occupying forces used unmanned drones to drop tear gas on Palestinians in Gaza for the first time last Friday, according to the Times of Israel. Some 200 Gazans had gathered at the border fence […]

Arab Parliament Speaker Urges Support for UNRWA
Arab Parliament Speaker, Mashaal bin Fahm Al-Salami, called on parliaments around the world to urge their governments to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) so that it continues its […]

Palestinians Reject Israeli President’s Call to Impose Sovereignty over West Bank
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates expressed in a statement deep concern over remarks made by Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin, at the “Israeli Institute for Democracy”, which called for “Imposing Israeli sovereignty […]

Palestinian PM’S Convoy Struck by an Explosion (VIDEO)
An explosion has struck the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah upon his entrance into the Gaza Strip, lightly injuring several people. The explosive device detonated shortly after Hamdallah and his convoy passed through […]

Adalah: New Israeli Law Allowing Withholding Bodies of Palestinians is Illegal
The Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, approved on Wednesday a law that allows the Israeli police to hold the bodies of Palestinians killed by the police or other security forces until families agree to preconditions on […]

West Bank: Israeli Soldiers Prevent Paramedics from Providing First Aid (VIDEO)
At least eight Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, during clashes with Israeli occupation forces on Monday afternoon at the northern entrance to al-Bireh city. Oggi in Palestina Guardate come si vive in Palestina […]

Minister Demands Release of 340 Students in Israeli Custody (VIDEO)
The Palestinian Ministry of Education has lashed out against the Israeli authorities for detaining 340 Palestinian students. The ministry is demanding that Tel Aviv release the students. Palestine’s Minister of Education, Sabri Saidam, confirmed that […]

How Do I Hate Thee, AIPAC? Let Me Count the Ways
By Rima Najjar I hate the American Israel Public Affairs Committee – AIPAC, “the preeminent power in Washington lobbying” today. I hate it with a strong, unadulterated passion that has been burning inside me for […]

Israeli Apartheid Week 2018: Solidarity with the Palestinian People around the World (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Each year, Israeli Apartheid Week takes place across the world. It aims to raise awareness about Israel’s ongoing settler-colonial project, Israel’s apartheid policies, and to build support for the growing campaign of […]

Palestinian Prisoner Mansour Fawaka Released after 14 Years of Imprisonment
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian prisoner Mansour Fawaka was released after 14 years of imprisonment in Israeli jails and he could finally hug his mother in Ramallah. ??#Palestine :: #Photos :: First hug after 14 […]

Palestinian Students Attacked by Israeli Forces Near Nablus
The young students of the Burin Secondary school, to the south of Nablus, were attacked today by Israeli occupation forces. ??#Palestine :: #Photos :: Students of Burin School left their class rooms after attacking their […]

Israeli Officials Prevent Umm al-Fahm from Naming Streets after Palestinian Leaders
Umm al Fahm, one of the largest Palestinian cities in Israel’s 1948 borders, continues to lack street names and house numbers. Of the 301 street names selected by the Umm al-Fahm municipality, the Israeli Interior […]

Netanyahu Opens Exhibition at UN on Israeli Narrative about Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened an exhibition at UN headquarters on Thursday about the alleged Jewish connection to the occupied city of Jerusalem. The idea for the exhibition originated with the Israeli Representative at […]

Jewish Extremists Broke Into the Yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Several Israeli Jewish extremists stormed Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem (Al-Quds), this morning. ??#Palestine :: #Video :: More than 50 extremist Zionists broke into the yards of Al Aqsa mosque […]

Palestinian Young Man Was Shot Dead Near Nablus
A Palestinian young man identified as Omayr Shehadah, 19, was shot dead and another one identified as Hammam Sobhi, 16, was injured during clashes with the Israeli army in the village of Urif, to the south […]

Guatemala’s Appropriation of the Concept of Return
By Ramona Wadi As expected, the international community has largely gone silent about the announcements by the US and Guatemala to relocate their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While an aberration in terms of […]

US Embassy to Israel Will Be Based in Occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem
According to the Washington Post, the US Embassy to Israel will be based in a zone of East Jerusalem considered occupied territory under international law. Part of the diplomatic compound that is scheduled to open […]

Funeral of Mohammad al-Jabari, Disabled Palestinian Killed in Hebron (VIDEO)
Hundreds of mourners participated in the funeral of Mohammad Zain al-Jabari, who was killed yesterday by Israeli occupation forces. ??#Palestine :: #Video :: The funeral of martyr Mohammad Ja’bari who was shot by Israeli occupation […]

‘I Don’t Hate Myself’: How I Became an anti-Israel Jew
First written in 1986, the following article has been kept in the author’s personal files until today. By Marika Sherwood Bear with me. This is very difficult to write, but write it I must, however […]

Palestinian Prisoner Meets His Family, after Losing His Sight in Israeli Jail (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff This is the moment when Palestinian prisoner, Mohammad Mazen Dwaikat met his family after being released from the Israeli jails. #Video || He lost his sight due the medical negligence The […]

More Than 15,000 Palestinian Women Arrested by Israel Since 1967
The Israeli authorities have arrested more than 15,000 Palestinian women since the beginning of the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem in 1967, official statistics revealed on Wednesday. A report compiled by […]

Gaza: Palestinians to Start 46-Day Protest on Land Day (VIDEO)
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are planning a six-week-long tent city protest near the Israeli border, starting on March 30, demanding that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to their homes in Israel, organizers said […]