UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza has decided to separate patients with respiratory diseases from other patients as part of its efforts to fight the coronavirus, Quds Net News reported yesterday. In order […]
Israeli authorities have further tightened restrictions on Palestinians, with the latest measures targeting day laborers coming from the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media. The restrictions come as Israel reportedly seeks to contain the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Despite its limited resources, the Gaza Health Ministry and international aid agencies operating in the besieged Gaza Strip, are taking precautionary measures to protect the Palestinians in the Strip from […]
By Ramzy Baroud “I am a Zionist. You don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist,” current Democratic Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, said in April 2007, soon before he was chosen to […]
By Jim Miles (Circle in the Darkness – Memoir of a World Watcher. Diana Johnstone. Clarity Press, Atlanta Georgia. 2020) Diana Johnstone has done a masterful job of writing her autobiography, Circle in the Darkness, […]
Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz has called for a unity coalition, vowing to form a government “within a few days” after President Reuven Rivlin officially appointed the leader to establish the next government amid a […]
While Palestinians are busy fighting the outbreak of the coronavirus, Jewish settlers have increased their attacks in the occupied Jordan Valley, Al Mugtama Magazine reported yesterday. The armed settlers carried out a wide-scale campaign of attacks […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a display of solidarity with Italy, which is reeling under the effects of the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19 disease, Palestinian soldiers raised Italian flags during a parade in the occupied […]
By Ramona Wadi Aside from lobbying governments to oppose the International Criminal Court’s investigation and possible war crimes charges, Israel is planning a joint response with the US to counter the process. The plan, according […]
By Benay Blend If voters in America had the benefit of political education, the kind that Lectores de Tabaqueres provided at the turn of the century to cigar factory workers in cities like Tampa Florida, […]
An Israeli court on Sunday postponed the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges to May 24 amid fears of the novel coronavirus. The move came one day after Justice Minister Amir Ohana […]
The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs ordered today a closure until further notice of mosques and churches in all the governorates of Palestine, as part of ongoing efforts to curb a seemingly growing spread […]
By Pitamber Kaushik It is often said that history is written by victors, however, it is forgotten that the same frequently applies to language. Embedded in the intrinsic fabric of etymology is populism, majoritarianism, injury, […]
Jewish settlers today attacked Palestinian herders while grazing livestock near the village of al-Mughayir, to the east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to a local source. Ameen Abu Alia, mayor of the […]
Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Operations in Gaza, Matthias Schmale, has announced that the international organization suffers from a $1 billion deficit, warning that […]
A new poll has revealed that a broad national unity government is the most popular option amongst Israelis, but a plurality also believe that a fourth election is inevitable, reported the Jerusalem Post. According to the […]
A Palestinian family from the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem demolished its own home today after it was forced to do so by the Israeli municipality. Tareq Mohammad Ali said he was forced, along […]
At least two Palestinians, including a journalist, were injured by Israeli occupation forces today during the weekly protest against illegal Jewish settlements, in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank, local sources […]
Israeli authorities on Wednesday released a senior member of Hamas, Mazen Jamal Al-Natsheh, to his home in the occupied city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) after he spent three months in administrative detention. Hamas’ Prisoners’ Information Office […]
By Jonathan Cook The Democratic presidential nomination race is a fascinating case study in how power works – not least, because the Democratic party leaders are visibly contriving to impose one candidate, Joe Biden, as […]
The US State Department described East Jerusalem Palestinians as “Arab residents” or “non-Israeli citizens” in an annual global human rights report released on Wednesday, changing from the previously used “Palestinian residents” description. In a report […]
The leader of Israel’s Blue and White bloc, Benny Gantz, and the head of the Labor Party in the Zionist state, Amir Peretz, reaffirmed in a meeting yesterday that they will continue their joint efforts […]
The Israeli army today allowed groups of Jewish settlers into Sebastia archeological site in northern West Bank, despite the Palestinian Authority’s decision to closing tourist sites and banning gathering in an effort to fight coronavirus […]
By Ramzy Baroud I was only introduced to the term ‘Chilestinians’ last February at a conference in Istanbul, during a presentation by the Director of the Palestinian Federation of Chile, Anuar Majluf. When Majluf […]
A plan to build a separate road “for Palestinians” connecting the northern and southern parts of the West Bank has been approved by Israel, Defense Minister Naftali Bennet announced on Monday. The settlement plan, which […]
The first meeting between MKs belonging to the Joint List and the Blue and White bloc due to take place yesterday has been postponed until today, Arab48 reported. The news site quoted Arab MK Mansour […]
A Palestinian teen was killed on Wednesday by Israeli gunfire during confrontations that broke out at Mount Al-‘Arma, south of Nablus, Palestinian Health Ministry announced. The Ministry announced that Mohammad Hamayel, 15, succumbed to his […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Political arrests in Palestine have continued despite the spread of the Coronavirus, political commentators in Palestine reported. However, the Coronavirus seems to be giving the Palestinian Authority yet another excuse […]
By Marion Kawas The new Haaretz report entitled “42 Knees in One Day” is a difficult and painful read, and many people of conscience have responded with disgust and rage. For those few who have […]
By Ramona Wadi Brazilian federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of right-wing dictatorship fanatic President Jair Bolsonaro, announced recently that the country will be moving to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. “Inside the government, […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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