Against all odds, The Palestine Chronicle amplifies Palestinian voices and reports the truth about Gaza. But we can't do it without you. Your support sustains our powerful, independent model of journalism.
Month: September 2020

UK Largest Union Passes Anti-apartheid Motion against Israel
Britain’s largest trade union, the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has passed a motion identifying Israel as a state practicing apartheid and called for the continued support of the Palestinian people. TUC, which has nearly six […]

Israeli Forces Detain 12 Palestinians from West Bank, Including Mayor
Israeli occupation forces arrested 12 Palestinians, including a mayor, from the occupied West Bank last night, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported. According to a statement issued by the PPS, Israeli forces rounded up five […]

Israeli Troops Raid Cells, Assault Palestinian Prisoners in Megiddo
Israeli occupation forces last night raided cells of Palestinian prisoners and assaulted and injured many of them in the Israeli prison of Megiddo, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). According to the PPS, the raid […]

38 Years after the Massacre: Remembering Sabra and Shatila
On this day, September 16, in 1982, several thousand Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon were brutally massacred by the Lebanese phalange militias at the behest of the Israeli military, which […]

The ‘Desaparecidos’ of Palestine: Gantz Escalates Israel’s War on the Dead
By Ramzy Baroud On September 2, the Israeli government approved a proposal that allows the military to indefinitely withhold the bodies of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli army. The proposal was […]

Faux Peace: Israel and Arab Gulf Royals
By Jamal Kanj Ascribing the euphemism, peace, for formally normalizing the relationship between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the smaller Island of Bahrain with Israel, is an abysmal attempt to repackage Jarred Kushner’s string […]

Netanyahu’s Son Fundraises for Convincted Murderer of Palestinian Dawabsheh Family
Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has caused outrage after calling the conviction of a Jewish settler for the triple murder of a Palestinian family a “disgrace” and sharing a crowdfunding […]

Far-Right Italian MP Nominates Netanyahu for Nobel Prize over Normalization Agreement
An Italian MP from the far-right Northern League Party has nominated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a Nobel Prize due to the recent normalization deal his country agreed with Gulf states the UAE and […]

Protests in US as Israel Signs ‘Peace Deals’ with UAE, Bahrain (VIDEO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was met by dozens of anti-corruption Israeli protesters and pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the White House yesterday, the Times of Israel reported. Israeli protesters gathered at the entrance to the […]

Israeli Warplanes Strike Several Sites in Gaza
Israeli warplanes dawn Wednesday carried out a series of airstrikes against several sites across the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. An Israeli F-16 fighter jet targeted with three missiles a […]

Jewish Settler Gets Three Consecutive Life Sentences for Killing Dawabsheh Family
An Israeli court has sentenced a Jewish settler to three life terms following the killing of a Palestinian couple and their baby in an arson attack in 2015. The Dawabsheh family’s home in the Palestinian […]

Hundreds of Palestinians Rally against Arab Normalization Agreements with Israel
Hundreds of Palestinians rallied in several West Bank cities against the signing of normalization agreements with Israel by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain planned for later today in Washington. Palestinians demonstrated in Nablus, […]

Israeli Forces Detain 21 Palestinians, Including Minors, in West Bank
Israeli occupation forces today detained at least 21 Palestinians, including three minors, from various parts of the occupied territories, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). At least 15 Palestinians, including three minors, were rounded […]

Israeli Authorities to Demolish Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem (VIDEO)
An Israeli court yesterday ordered that Al-Qa’qa’ Mosque, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, be demolished because it was built without planning permission, Anadolu reported. The court gave Palestinians 21 days to challenge the […]

Woodward’s New Book Conveys Sensational Revelations on Netanyahu’s Doctored Video
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu never ceases to surprise in his propaganda war targeting Palestinians. The latest revelations contained in a highly anticipated book that was just published in the […]

Hungary Will Be Only EU Country to Send Minister to Israel-UAE Accord Signing
European states have on the whole decided against sending a representative to tomorrow’s signing ceremony in Washington to celebrate normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. The only country that will be sending a […]

Bahrain Civil Society Groups Reject Normalization Deal
Civil society groups in Bahrain have rejected the government’s normalization agreement with Israel which is expected to be signed formally in Washington DC on Tuesday. Seventeen organizations have issued a joint statement to this effect, with […]

Human Rights Watch Calls on Israel to Release Body of Slain Palestinian after over 10 Weeks
Israeli authorities have held the body of a Palestinian man, Ahmad Erekat, for more than 10 weeks after Israeli soldiers killed him seemingly without justification at a checkpoint, in violation of international humanitarian law, Human […]

Israel Approves Construction of 980 New Settlement Units in Occupied West Bank
Israeli authorities approved today the construction of 980 new settlement units in Efrat settlement, illegally built on Palestinian lands to the south of Bethlehem, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Hasan Brijiyeh, a local […]

Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical and Lyrical Essays (BOOK REVIEW)
By Jim Miles (Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical and Lyrical Essays. Edward Curtin. Clarity Press, Atlanta, Georgia. 2020) In the introduction to “Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical […]

Palestinians in Gaza Rally against Bahrain-Israel Normalization (VIDEO)
Dozens of Palestinians rallied in Gaza on Saturday, expressing their anger at Gulf countries’ deals to normalize relations with the Jewish State, Reuters reported. Bahrain followed the UAE to become the fourth Arab country to […]

Israeli Forces Raid Cells of Palestinian Prisoners in Ofer, Injure Dozens
Israeli commandos accompanied by attack dogs raided today the cells of the Palestinian political detainees at Ofer Detention Center, southwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and assaulted and injured many of them, according […]

Israeli Soldiers Install Loudspeakers in Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers installed loudspeakers over the northern and western walls of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday. The speaker system allows Israeli forces to further disturb and violate Muslim worshippers in […]

Palestinian Resistance Movements Call for PLO to Leave Arab League
The Palestinian resistance movements have called for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) to withdraw its membership from the Arab League after its disavowal to support the Palestinian cause and fight normalization with Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. […]

PLO: Arab People, Including in UAE and Bahrain, Reject Normalization with Israel
Saeb Erekat, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said today that the Arab people, including in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, reject normalization with the occupation state, Israel, expressing […]

Bahrain-Israel Normalization Agreement Announced
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The country of Bahrain became the latest Arab nation to normalize ties with Israel, less than a month following a similar decision by the United Arab Emirates. The Bahraini decision, […]

‘Losing both Elections’ is a Sideshow for US Militarism
In an op-ed titled “Losing Both Elections” Gwynne Dyer sees Trump’s presence in the White House as exposing the US’ racism leading to its being “extinguished”, a “necessary evolution of American history.” That is a […]

China Provides Support for UNRWA Food Assistance Program in Gaza
The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Guo Wei, and the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, have signed a contribution […]

Palestinian Youth Hit, Injured by Israeli Teargas Canister
A Palestinian young man was injured on Friday morning after Israeli occupation forces directly hit him by a teargas canister near the village of Qaffin, near the city of Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank, […]

Kushner: Saudi Arabia Agreed to Open Airspace to Israeli Flights
Saudi Arabia agreed to open its airspace to all Israeli flights traveling eastward, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner confirmed on Wednesday. Kushner made the claim in a press conference ahead […]