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Month: January 2021

Israel to Approve Construction of 850 New Settlement Units in Occupied West Bank
Israel plans to approve the construction of 850 settlement units across the occupied West Bank, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday. According to the report, the Israeli Defence Ministry panel is set to green-light the […]

Israel Postpones ‘Peace Talks’ with PA
Israel put off a scheduled meeting between Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi, Maariv revealed yesterday. The Shehab News Agency reported the Israeli daily saying that the meeting […]

UAE Receives First Shipment of Illegal Jewish Settlement Goods
The first shipment from illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank was exported to the UAE yesterday, local media reported. The Jerusalem Post reported that the shipment included olive oil and honey from the […]

PA President Abbas to Set Dates for New Elections in Palestine
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to issue decrees for holding the first legislative elections, to be followed by presidential elections, by January 20, following an agreement reached with the Hamas movement and after […]

Israeli Forces Open Fire at Palestinian Fishermen, Farmers in Gaza
Israeli navy today opened fire at Palestinian fishermen in the northern Gaza shore, while soldiers targeted farmers working in their lands in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli navy […]

Abbas is Exploiting Palestinian Reconciliation and Unity Efforts
By Ramona Wadi After returning to security coordination with Israel just days after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US presidential election, the Palestinian Authority wasted no time in reassuring the international community […]

Israeli NGO: Israel is Obliged to Unconditionally Afford COVID-19 Vaccine to Gaza
Following media reports about Israel linking the entry of COVID-19 vaccines into Gaza with the release of an Israeli soldier, Israeli rights group Gisha-Maslak stressed that the entry of vaccines “must not” be conditional. In […]

Hundreds of Israelis Resume Weekly Protests against Netanyahu (VIDEO)
Hundreds of Israelis resumed their weekly demonstrations last night against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for the long-serving Israeli leader to resign over corruption charges and mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. Protesters held signs reading […]

If Elections are Held Today: New Poll Predicts Rise of Right, Demise of Center in Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff According to a public opinion poll, released by Israel’s Channel 13 on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, the Likud, is exhibiting strength ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections scheduled […]

How the Left is Being Manipulated into Colluding in Its Own Character Assassination
By Jonathan Cook There was a fascinating online panel discussion on Wednesday night on the Julian Assange case that I recommend everyone watch. The video is at the bottom of the page. But from all […]

Unknown Assailants Shoot, Seriously Wound Former Arab Mayor in Israel
Unknown armed assailants on Thursday shot and seriously wounded Suleiman Ghebareyyeh, former mayor of Umm Al-Fahm, a major Arab city in central Israel. Ghebareyyeh was not only the former mayor of an Arab city but […]

Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Elderly, Paramedic during West Bank Protest
An elderly and a paramedic were injured today when Israeli occupation forces assaulted hundreds of protesters taking part in nonviolent popular resistance events in the area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and in the […]

The US and UK May Not Will Assange’s Death, but Everything They are Doing Makes it More Likely
By Jonathan Cook There was a hope in some quarters after Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled on Monday against an application to extradite Julian Assange to the US, where he faced being locked away for the […]

Palestinian Prisoner Freed from Israeli Prisons after 18 Years
A Palestinian prisoner who has been in Israeli prisons for 18 years was released yesterday from Ofer prison near Ramallah. Hassan Fatafta, an activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was arrested […]

Palestinian Teen Injured from Ordnance Left behind Israeli Army near Hebron
A Palestinian teenager sustained moderate injuries today after a piece of ordnance left behind by the Israeli occupation army exploded in the area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according […]

Israeli Court Postpones Netanyahu’s Trial Due to COVID-19 Restrictions
An Israeli court has postponed today the hearing into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial indefinitely, citing coronavirus lockdown restrictions. The Jerusalem District Court announced that the next hearing, set for Wednesday, has been postponed […]

US Congresswoman Pledges to Fly Israeli Flag outside Rashida Tlaib’s Office
US Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack has pledged to hang an Israeli flag outside her Capitol Hill office, which is right next door to that of Democrat Rashida Tlaib, who is of Palestinian heritage. Cammack was […]

US Congressman Pledges to Resume US Aid to Palestinians
US Congressman Gregory Meeks, the new Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has said he was looking forward to resuming humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, as part of a push by President-elect Joe Biden […]

PA Ministry of Health Dismisses Reports about Receiving Vaccinations from Israel
The Palestinian Ministry of Health dismissed last night reports by Israeli media outlets that it had received any COVID-19 vaccinations from Israel. The ministry said in a statement that it had been approached by non-governmental […]

Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinians near Ramallah, Injure Three
At least three Palestinians were injured today in an attack by hardcore Jewish settlers in the village of Kafr Malik, to the east of Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian […]

2021: Palestine’s Chance of Fighting Back
By Ramzy Baroud 2020 will go down in history as the year that terminated the American-sponsored ‘peace process’. While 2021 will not reverse the monumental change in the US attitude and objectives in Palestine, […]

Israeli Right-wing Parties Unite to Sideline Netanyahu’s Likud in Upcoming Election
Two right-wing Israeli parties yesterday signed a vote-sharing agreement in an apparent effort to sideline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party. The move was signed by the leader of the Yamina Party, Naftali Bennett, and […]

Amnesty: Israel Must Provide Palestinians with COVID Vaccine
Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Israel to start providing coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, the vaccination drive includes only those living in […]

Jewish Settlers Graze Cattle on Palestinian Crops, Uproot Olive Saplings
Jewish settlers today grazed their cattle on Palestinian crops in Khirbet As-Samra in the northern Jordan Valley, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Aref Daraghmeh, a local activist, told WAFA that Jewish settlers from […]

Ex-Adviser to UAE Crown Prince Compares Iran’s ‘Occupation’ of Gulf Islands to Israeli Occupation
A former adviser to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, has sparked controversy by comparing Iran’s “occupation” of three islands in the Gulf contested between his country and Tehran to the Israeli occupation […]

Israeli Forces RaId West Bank Hospital, Fire Tear Gas
Israeli occupation forces raided a Palestinian hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem and fired tear gas into it in the early hours of yesterday morning, the Wafa news agency reported. Director of […]

BREAKING: Israeli Forces Shoot, Kill Palestinian Man near Bethlehem
An unidentified Palestinian was shot and killed today by Israeli forces’ fire in the Bethlehem area, the southern occupied West Bank, according to the Ministry of Health. Further updates to follow. Article from @AJEnglish "Israeli […]

‘Public Lands are Stolen Lands’: On the Necessity of Networking in 2021
By Benay Blend “Anti-imperialist politics also have to speak to the conditions of people in the US,” writes Onyesonwu Chatoyer, “if you want to win people in the US to anti-imperialism.” A cadre with the […]

Jewish Settlers Damage Palestinian Land, Vandalize Homes in West Bank (VIDEOS)
Jewish settlers launched a wave of separate attacks on Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank on Monday, with cars, homes and farmland vandalized, according to local media. Jewish settlers on Monday morning damaged Palestinian […]

Report: Netanyahu Canvasses for Arab Votes in Election Campaign
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been canvassing Arab citizens in Israel for their votes in the upcoming general election, Quds Press reported on Sunday. Netanyahu is also the leader of the Likud Party. According […]