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Month: December 2020

When the People Rose up: How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse on Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud December 8 came and went as if it was an ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, however hastily. It was on this day, thirty-three […]

Kushner to Lead US Delegation to Morocco, Israel
White House adviser Jared Kushner will lead a US delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week, a senior administration official said […]

Palestinian Intellectuals Discuss ‘Right of Return’ in a London Conference (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The London-based organization Palestine Return Centre (PRC) hosted a conference which began on Friday, December 11, to discuss the Palestinian Right of Return within historical, political and cultural contexts. The […]

Israeli Army Shell Strikes a Gaza Home (VIDEOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli occupation army fired a shell at a Palestinian home in the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestine Chronicle correspondent, Wafaa Aludaini reported. An Israeli army tank opened fire at the […]

Tunisia’s PM: Normalization with Israel ‘Not on Agenda’
Tunisia has no plans to match Morocco’s decision to recognize Israel, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said, insisting that establishing relations with the Jewish state was “not on the agenda”. Last week, Morocco became the fourth […]

UNRWA Unable to Pay Staff Salaries Due to Funding Cuts
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will not be able to pay the salaries of its staff if donors do not send enough money this month, the UNRWA Director of Communications […]

Morocco Bans Anti-Normalization Protest in Rabat (VIDEO)
Authorities in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, have refused to authorize an anti-normalization demonstration that was scheduled to take place yesterday outside parliament, local sources have said. Six Moroccan associations issued a joint statement condemning the […]

Israel to Build Thousand of Settlements Units South of Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation authorities have approved the building of thousands of new settler units at the expense of seized Palestinian land extending from the Beit Safafa neighborhood to al-Walaja village, south of Jerusalem. Only Jewish […]

Antisemitism Claims Mask a Reign of Political and Cultural Terror across Europe
By Jonathan Cook The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of antisemitism. The article documents […]

Following Normalization with Israel, US Removes Sudan from State Sponsor of Terror List
The United States on Monday formally removed Sudan’s state sponsor of terrorism designation, 27 years after putting the country on its blacklist, the US embassy in Khartoum announced. “The congressional notification period of 45 days […]

Jewish Settlers Escalate Attacks against Palestinians in West Bank
Illegal Jewish settlers escalated their attacks against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday. On Saturday night, a group of Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Sa’ir neighborhood in the West Bank […]

Israeli Municipality Damages Centuries-Old Islamic Cemetery in Jerusalem
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem today infringed on the centuries-old al-Yousifieh Islamic cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Mustafa Abu Zahra, a caretaker of the Islamic cemeteries in […]

Israel Establishes Diplomatic Relations with Bhutan
Israel established diplomatic relations with the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Saturday, the Israeli foreign ministry said, the latest in a string of normalization deals agreed by the Jewish state. “The circle of recognition of […]

Jewish Settlers Set fire to Olive Trees near Hebron
Jewish settlers set fire to large tracts of olive fields, burning hundreds of fully grown trees belonging to a local Palestinian family in Khallet Ad-Dabi‘ area to the east of Yatta town in the southern […]

A Room of Their Own: Takeaways from ‘Mangrove’ and Palestine Writes Back
By Benay Blend A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in September 1929. Here she argues that a woman requires a room of her own and money if […]

PFLP: PA Ignores National Consensus as It Returns to Talks with Israel
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) announced on Friday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has ignored national consensus when it decided to return to talks with Israel. In a statement issued on […]

Health Ministry: Four Million Doses of Russian COVID-19 Vaccine Expected Soon in Palestine
Four million doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine are expected in Palestine in the near future, today said Osama Najjar, an official with the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Najjar told Voice of Palestine radio that […]

India Contributes $2m to UNRWA
India has contributed $2 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of its core programs and services including education, healthcare and relief and […]

Arab League Urges Release of Palestinian Prisoners during Pandemic
The League of Arab States again called for the need to exert pressure on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners, especially the elderly, the sick, and people with weak immunity, in line with the rules of […]

Israeli Forces Brutally Suppress Weekly Protest in Kafr Qaddum
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated from teargas today as Israeli occupation forces attacked the weekly protest against illegal Jewish settlements, which takes place every Friday in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank. […]

EU Representative Urges Israel to Cancel Eviction Orders in Jerusalem
The Office of the European Union Representative called today upon the Israeli occupation authorities to cancel a recent court ruling, which orders the eviction of eight Palestinian families in the Batan al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan […]

Morocco Joins Other Arab Countries, Normalizes with Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff US President Donald Trump claimed another foreign policy victory for his administration by declaring that Israel and the North African Arab country of Morocco have agreed to normalize relations. This […]

Days of the Future Passed: A Syncretic Look at the Problems of Empire – Book Excerpt
By Jim Miles (Days of the Future Passed – Point of No Return, Jim Miles. Kindle Edition. 2020) By Introduction The United States has throughout its existence demonstrated all the features of ‘empire’, from the […]

Israel Summons Russian Ambassador over Iran Remarks in Interview
Israel’s foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned Russian ambassador Anatoly Viktorov over the remarks he made to media that was perceived as undermining the “regional threat” of Iran. In an interview with the Israeli daily The […]

With Surge of Coronavirus Cases, Occupancy of Gaza Hospitals has Reached 100%
Due to a large number of coronavirus cases in the Gaza Strip, all the enclave’s hospital beds are currently occupied, today said Fathi Abu Warda, an advisor to Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. He warned […]

Israel to Turn Jerusalem International Airport into Settlement
The recent decision of the Israeli District Planning and Building Committee in Jerusalem to build 9,000 settlement units in the Israeli settlement of Atarot will erase the remnants of the Jerusalem International Airport, built in […]

Confirmed: Top PLO Official Hanan Ashrawi Resigns (Full Statement)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accepted today, Wednesday, December 9, the resignation of Hanan Ashrawi, an influential member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the official […]

‘Long Live the (Dead) Peace Process’: Abbas Prioritizes US Ties over Palestinian National Unity
By Ramzy Baroud No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where […]

PA Official: 2020 ‘Worst Year for Palestinian Prisoners’
The head of the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoner Affairs Commission has described 2020 as the “worst” year yet for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention. According to figures collected by Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, at the […]

Israel Lobbies US to Pass Sudan Immunity Bill to Boost Normalization Efforts
Israel has started lobbying US Senators and Congressmen to approve a bill which would stop Sudan from being the victim of future lawsuits by terror victims, Axios news website reported on Monday. This comes as […]