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Month: May 2018

Gaza’s Great March of Return Continues Despite Israeli Violence (PHOTOS)
For the 8th week in a row, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue taking part in the Great March of Return. Protesters demand an end to the decade-long siege and respect for international law, especially […]

Lebanese Actress Denounces Israel’s Killings at Cannes Film Festival (VIDEO)
Lebanese actress Manal Issa highlighted the plight of Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israeli occupation forces as she walked the red carpet in Cannes yesterday. Issa held a sign that read, “Stop the attack on […]

Every Person Has a Name
By Or Amit Every person has a name, wrote the Israeli poet Zelda, thereby coining a phrase that has become a mainstay of the Israeli pathos. The poem’s title is also the motto of Yad […]

UN Votes to Send War Crimes Investigators to Gaza (VIDEO)
The United Nations’ top human rights body has voted to send a team of international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly shootings of Gaza protesters by Israeli forces. A resolution calling on the UN […]

Palestinian Soccer Player Calls for Cancellation of Argentina-Israel Match after Gaza Killings (VIDEO)
Palestinian soccer player Mohammed Khalil, who was shot by Israeli snipers while taking part in the March of Return protests on the Gaza border, has issued a new call for the Argentine national football team […]

Report: 54 Gaza Injured in Critical Condition
The Palestinian Independent Commission in charge of prosecuting Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip said yesterday that 54 of the victims wounded in the massacre committed by the Israeli army on Monday are in a […]

UN Rights Chief Backs Calls for Inquiry over Gaza Killings
The UN human rights chief has slammed Israel’s deadly reaction to protests along the Gaza border as “wholly disproportionate”, backing calls for an international investigation. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein stopped short of explicitly using the words […]

Egypt to Open Rafah Crossing with Gaza for Ramadan (VIDEOS)
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ordered the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip for the entire holy month of Ramadan, days after mass protests at the Gaza border in which more […]

Israeli Mayor Calls for Expulsion of Palestinian Students for Campus Protests
An Israeli mayor called for a college to expel Palestinian Israeli students who held a minute’s silence in memory of those killed by the Israeli army in the besieged Gaza Strip this week. Israeli newspaper […]

Award-winning Photographer Shot by Israeli Soldier in the West Bank (VIDEO)
An internationally-acclaimed, award-winning photographer was shot by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, reports the Art Newspaper. Tanya Habjouqa says she was lightly injured by an Israeli rubber bullet… https://t.co/bmrI7xkwxG #photography […]

Nikki Haley at UNSC: ‘No Link between US Embassy Move and Deaths of Palestinians’
A defiant US accused the UN Security Council of a “double standard” towards Israel, while other states united to condemn violence against Palestinians during the unrest that followed the American decision to relocate its embassy. […]

Supermodel Gigi Hadid Declares Solidarity with Palestinian Martyrs
American model Gigi Hadid expressed solidarity with participants in the “Great March of Return” in the Gaza Strip and highlighted the plight of the nearly a million Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes […]

Pope Expresses Deep Sorrow over Gaza Massacre
The Pope expressed his deep sorrow over the “deaths and injuries” caused by the Israeli occupation army on the border of the Gaza Strip, stressing his solidarity with them. "War begets war, violence begets violence": […]

West’s Failure to Act will Be Cause of the Next Gaza Massacre
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth The contrasting images coming out of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories on Monday could not have been starker – or more disturbing. Faced with protests at the perimeter fence […]

My Home is Beit Daras: Our Lingering Nakba
By Ramzy Baroud When Google Earth was launched in 2001, I rushed immediately to locate a village that no longer exists on a map, which now delineates a whole different reality. Although I was born […]

Israeli Minister Calls for Targeting Hamas Leaders
Israeli Minister of Public Security, Gilad Erdan, said in an interview with Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth: “It’s time for the heads of Hamas to pay a personal price for organizing these terror attacks.” El ministro de […]

Reports Without Borders: Investigate Israel’s Shooting of Gaza Journalists
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Reporters Without Borders (RSF) asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate what it considered “war crimes” committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian journalists covering the ‘Great March of Return’ protests […]

Kashmiris and Palestinians Meet to Discuss Their Mutual Nakbas
By Yousef M. Aljamal In today’s world, people who live under injustice and ongoing colonialism, find many commonalities in terms of their experiences of continued struggle to live in freedom by addressing the continued legacy […]

Justifying Gaza Massacre, Israel Minister Calls Palestinians ‘Nazis’
An Israeli government minister has justified the killings in Gaza by Israeli occupation forces by calling Palestinians “Nazis”. top #Israeli politician Gilad #Erdan said that #Jewish #military has enough bullets for everyone in #Gaza strip […]

Gaza’s Main Hospital ‘on Brink of Collapse’ (VIDEOS)
Gaza City’s main hospital is bustling with patients and mourning families on Tuesday as the Palestinian enclave reels from Monday’s violence in which Israeli forces killed at least 60 protesters and wounded more than 2,700. […]

Turkey Recalls Ambassadors to Israel, United States
Turkey has recalled its ambassadors to Israel and the United States following the killing of dozens of Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces amid the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem. The diplomats, currently stationed […]

Israeli Violence in Gaza Sparks International Condemnation
Several countries have condemned or voiced concern over Israel’s violence against Palestinian protesters on the day the US relocated its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. At least 58 Palestinian demonstrators have been killed on […]

Palestinians Bury Their Dead in Gaza (PHOTOS)
Funeral of Izzideen Alsammak and Mahmoud Hussein, who were shot dead yesterday by Israeli snipers to the east of Al-Burij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Photos by Abdallah Aljamal, Palestine Chronicle. (PC, Social Media)

BDS Activists Protest British Banks’ Complicity in Israel’s Occupation, Gaza Massacre (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff HSBC and Barclays Banks in the Manchester city center shut their doors as pro-Palestine protesters demonstrated against their involvement in Israel’s arms trade. A spokesman for the Manchester Palestine Action, a […]

Celebrations in Jerusalem, Slaughter in Gaza
By Jeremy Salt Israel frequently claims its ‘right’ to exist. In fact, states do not exist by right and neither do they have a right to exist. They continue to exist because they have a […]

Gaza: Israeli Army Kills 52 Palestinians and Injures 2410 (PHOTOS)
The Ministry of Heath in Gaza said 52 Palestinians were killed on Monday and more than 2410 others wounded as the Israeli army fired live ammunition, teargas and firebombs at protesters assembled along several points […]

Jerusalem under Lockdown as US Moves Its Israeli Mission (VIDEOS)
As Israel gears up for the official inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem, the city has been subjected to road closures and heavy police presence in anticipation of Palestinian protests. The ceremony, beginning at […]

Israel Repurposes Nakba Myths to Justify Today’s Massacre in Gaza
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth On Monday and Tuesday, Palestinians commemorate the anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, their mass expulsion and dispossession 70 years ago as the new state of Israel was built on […]

A Responsibility to Refuse Promoting the Conventional Approach to Jerusalem
By Ramona Wadi Speaking during a tour in Jerusalem organized by the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) Negotiation Affairs Department, advisor to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas called on governments and international organizations to boycott the […]

Gaza Protests, Israeli Violence: Latest Updates (LIVE BLOG)
Scores of Palestinians were killed and thousands wounded as Israeli soldiers continue to open fire at Palestinians protesters at the Gaza border. The Palestine Chronicle is following the developing story. Friday, July 20 At least […]