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Month: March 2019

Calling On Our Readers: Your Palestine Chronicle Needs Support
It has been a long journey, but with your support, it continues to be possible Challenging the skewed and biased corporate media’s coverage of the Israeli occupation, Zionist colonialism and Apartheid in Palestine is not […]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro To Netanyahu: ‘I Love Israel’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro landed in the Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday reciting the Hebrew phrase “Ani ohev et Israel”—‘I love Israel’ in English. Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed the Brazilian leader to his first official […]

Israeli Forces Arrest 3 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces detained three Palestinians during pre-dawn raids, on Sunday, in the southern and northern occupied West Bank. According to Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district […]

On the Meaning of Sumoud
By Benay Blend In his poem “I Come from There,” Mahmoud Darwish distinguishes himself as the poet of resistance, insistent that he could make “a single word: Homeland” stand for Palestine, the place where he […]

Year of The People: Music for the March of Return
Dedicated to Gaza’s Great March of Return The Palestine Chronicle Presents: The Year of the People, a musical medley arranged and performed by Italian flute player and Palestine Chronicle Editor, Romana Rubeo. The two minute […]

Land Day in Gaza – Live Blog
Tens of thousands of people gathered to the border, to take part in Land Day protests, also marking the one year anniversary of “The Great March of Return,” as the National Committee for Breaking the Siege […]

Brazil May Backtrack on Jerusalem Embassy Move
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will apparently not move his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Ma’an News reported. Instead, he may announce the opening of a “business office” in West Jerusalem during his upcoming two-day visit […]

Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Fire on Great Return March Anniversary
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man and a teenage boy and wounded 33 protesters, according to Palestinian medical officials. The protests mark the first anniversary of the often violent weekly border demonstrations in which […]

Million-Man March Sets off in Gaza on Land Day (VIDEO)
Injuries were reported among thousands of Palestinians who marched to the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Saturday, in commemoration of Land Day and as “The Great March of Return” protests mark one […]

Gaza: Electricity Cuts off, Leaving Thousands without Heating
Large areas in the besieged Gaza Strip had its electricity cut off since predawn Friday due to the failure of a second power generator. The Electric Distribution Company in Gaza confirmed that a second power […]

Palestinian Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Israeli Punitive Measures
Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli prisons announced the launching of an open hunger strike to protest against the occupation’s attacks on them. The movement said in a statement signed by representatives of prisoners from Fatah, […]

WHO Firmly Condemns Killing of Young Palestinian Paramedic
The World Health Organisation (WHO) strongly condemned the killing of volunteer paramedic Sajed Abed al-Hakim Mizher, by Israeli forces, while on duty in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank city of […]

Israel: End ‘March of Return’ in Exchange for Easing Gaza Siege
Israel has offered a package of moves that would ease the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip in return for stopping the Great March of Return, local media reported. Israel’s Ynet News site said the Egyptian security […]

Three Lessons for the Left from the Mueller Inquiry
By Jonathan Cook Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russiagate is never going to uncover collusion between […]

‘Every War Is a War against Children’
By Kathy Kelly At 9:30 in the morning of March 26, the entrance to a rural hospital in northwest Yemen, supported by Save the Children, was teeming as patients waited to be seen and employees […]

Netanyahu Calls for Corruption Investigation into Gantz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a corruption investigation to be opened into his main political rival, head of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance Benny Gantz, after a 50 million shekel […]

UN Blasts US for Recognizing Israeli Sovereignty over Golan
The United States came under sharp criticism from 14 other United Nations Security Council nations for its decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in violation of international law. The Security Council met […]

US Ambassador Reveals Three Key Elements of ‘Deal of the Century’
The US Ambassador to Israel revealed on Wednesday three key elements of the long-awaited American Middle East peace plan known as the “deal of the century”, Anadolu has reported. David Friedman, who is a member of the […]

Israel Intensifies Crackdown on Palestinian Prisoners
Israel has imposed heavy fines on Palestinian prisoners in Al-Naqab (Ketziot) and Ramon prisons as part of a series of crackdowns which have seen their cells raided and phone signals jammed. The Israeli Prison Service […]

Delaying Publication of the Settlement Blacklist Exposes the UN’s False Narratives on Human Rights
By Ramona Wadi The UN is openly flaunting its priorities and, sadly, human rights are far from a major concern for the international organization. Since its creation post-World War Two, and having established itself as […]

On My Visit to New Zealand: Can Christchurch Heal Our Collective Wounds?
By Ramzy Baroud I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that also took me to Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Dunedin. New […]

More than Half of Israelis Believe Gaza Attack Was ‘Too Soft’
Over half of Israelis believe that Israel’s recent attack on the Gaza Strip was too weak, while only three percent thought it constituted an excessive approach. The poll – which was published by Israel’s public […]

Israeli Undercover Forces Arrest 3 Palestinian Students in West Bank
A group of Israeli undercover forces yesterday broke into Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank and arrested three students, taking them to an unknown location, Arab48 reported. Israeli occupation forces also carried out wide-scale raids across […]

Israeli Airstrikes Damage 500 Palestinian Homes in Gaza (VIDEO)
A total of 500 houses in the Gaza Strip were damaged by the latest Israeli airstrikes, Palestine’s public works minister said late Tuesday. Mufeed al-Hasayneh said in a statement: “In Israeli airstrikes against Gaza, 30 […]

Israeli Army Kills 18-Year-Old Palestinian Paramedic in West Bank
A Palestinian paramedic succumbed, on Wednesday morning, to wounds he sustained during clashes with Israeli forces in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on predawn. Medical sources confirmed that […]

Trump’s Golan Green Light Paves Way to Israel’s Annexation of West Bank
By Jonathan Cook When President Donald Trump moved the US embassy to occupied Jerusalem last year, effectively sabotaging any hope of establishing a viable Palestinian state, he tore up the international rulebook. Last week, he […]

The Future is Palestinian: On Sumud and Benny Morris’ Prophecies
By Ramzy Baroud In an interview with the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, prominent Israeli historian Benny Morris predicted a grim future for his country. “This place will deteriorate into a Middle Eastern state with an Arab majority,” […]

American Singer Della Miles Expresses Support for Palestine
American singer and songwriter, Della Miles, expressed her support for Palestine and its people in response to the recent Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip and US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize to the […]

Jewish Settlers Raid 2 Palestinian Elementary Schools
A group of Jewish settlers attempted to raid two Palestinian elementary schools, on Tuesday afternoon, in the Tuqu village, southeast of the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem. Locals told Ma’an that heavily armed […]

Israeli Ministers Bennett, Shaked Call for More Bombs on Gaza (VIDEOS)
Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked have called for the bombardment of the Gaza Strip to be intensified after a night of heavy air strikes on the territory. The duo – […]