Israeli occupation forces last night detained a Palestinian minor after raiding his family’s home in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the West Bank, according to a local source. Israeli soldiers […]
Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s famous novel ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’, the talented singer-songwriter Doc Jazz has released his latest album “Love in the time of Corona”. He was nicknamed “Doctor Jazz” by […]
By Raouf Halaby For centuries Easter in Palestine has been a special familial and communal celebration that commemorated the passion of the Christ, his crucifixion, and his triumphant resurrection. Not unlike Christ’s times when Pharisees […]
Palestinian humanitarian worker Mohammad al-Halabi, who worked with the American World Vision organization, is in serious health condition due to torture by his Israeli interrogators, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission. Al-Halabi, 42, from […]
Only a handful of priests celebrated Holy Saturday at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher this year, following severe restriction on gatherings and movement due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Holy Sepulcher was closed on […]
By Jonathan Cook Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most acclaimed film directors, has spent more than a half a century dramatizing the plight of the poor and the vulnerable. His films have often depicted the […]
Despite the coronavirus outbreak in Israel, with over 9,500 cases and nearly 80 deaths reported so far, Israeli occupation forces today opened several wastewater tunnels near the West Bank city of Qalqiliya to smuggle Palestinian […]
Israeli authorities are exploiting the world’s preoccupation with confronting the novel coronavirus to escalate its ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people, the Arab League warned yesterday. The Arab League said in a statement that the […]
Israeli forces today sealed off the main entrance to Bani Naim town, east of the Palestinian city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli forces closed the metal gate installed at […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff ‘Gaza is out of Coronavirus test kits’ was the ominous, but expected announcement made by Palestinian Health Officials in the impoverished Gaza Strip on Wednesday. This means that the besieged […]
Amidst reports of a new coalition government in Israel which agreed to move forward with unilateral annexation of West Bank territory, eleven members of the United States Congress yesterday issued a statement reaffirming opposition to […]
By Ramona Wadi Unsurprisingly, Israel has not heeded requests to safeguard the health of Palestinian prisoners in its jails. Besides recommending “precautionary measures”, which are likely to provide no protection in confined spaces, it seems […]
The head of Israel’s Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance, Benny Gantz, said on Tuesday that he is still willing to form a “national emergency government” with the Likud party led by Benjamin Netanyahu, but “not […]
A group of Jewish settlers vandalized last night several tombstones in a Palestinian cemetery in the village of Burqa, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The Jewish settlers sneaked into the village from […]
For the second day in a row, Israeli navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza shore injuring two, according to the Gaza Fishermen Federation. The Israeli navy chased Palestinian fishing boats […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A well-known Palestinian doctor died in the Italian town of Cagliari on Wednesday, April 8, due to the COVID-19 disease caused by the Coronavirus. Nabeel Khair, 62, was one of […]
By Ramzy Baroud While the Coronavirus continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable, or unwilling, to formulate a collective strategy to help the poorest and most vulnerable Arabs survive […]
By Benay Blend In a new collection of seder readings, Rabbi Brant Rosen acknowledges that Passover 2020 truly is a night “like no other.” In many ways, Rabbi Rosen also stands apart. In 2014 he […]
After weeks of speculation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday expressed willingness to enter into a prisoner exchange with Hamas. “The government coordinator for prisoners and missing persons, Yaron Blum, and his team, in cooperation […]
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon has accused Israel’s Ministry of Health of neglecting Palestinian hospitals in the occupied eastern section of the city after it failed to deliver essential equipment it promised to provide. According to […]
Israeli soldiers today seized the tractor of a Palestinian farmer who was plowing his land in the town of al-Shyoukh, in the southern West Bank, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. Hassan Breijieh, director of […]
Famous Spanish singer, songwriter and long-time Palestine supporter, Luis Eduardo Aute, passed away in Madrid on Saturday, April 4, at the age of 76. Aute was known for his songs celebrating beauty and love, but […]
In Palestine, hardship, military occupation, thus lack of resources are often precursors for ingenuity and invention. The latest such example took place at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. On April 1, Al Quds University President, […]
By Jim Miles I cannot say “I told you so” because I did not. But I can say “They told us so” because they did. “They” being the alternate media that provided news and views […]
Palestinians in Gaza have launched a new sterilization process for fresh fruit and vegetables in an effort to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. The new system allows all fresh produce to be vacuum-packed […]
The head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, called on the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah on Sunday to put political differences aside and unite in the efforts to confront the coronavirus pandemic. Haniyeh made […]
A group of Jewish settlers today brutally attacked a Palestinian man in the village of Kubar, northwest of Ramallah, and kidnapped his two sons, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. Kubar mayor Izzat Badwan told […]
By Ramzy Baroud Call it a ‘quarantine’, a ‘shelter-in-place’, a ‘lockdown’ or a ‘curfew’, we Palestinians have experienced them all, though not at all voluntarily. Personally, the first 23 years of my life were […]
By Ramona Wadi Cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority regarding the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 is similar to security coordination. The only real difference is that Israel can play the humanitarian card, even as […]
The Palestine Liberation Organization has warned that Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem have become epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic, threatening nearby Palestinian cities, towns, and villages. The PLO’s National Office for […]
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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