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Month: April 2021

Mossad Reportedly Interrogates Palestinian Journalist in Spain
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Público, a popular Spanish online newspaper, reported on Friday on the case of Palestinian journalist, Muath Hamed, who was interrogated by the Israeli Mossad on Spanish soil. Hamed is a […]

Republicans Delay $75m in US Aid to Palestine
US Congressional Republicans delayed $75 million in aid from being sent to Palestinians, reported the Jerusalem Post. Last month, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) sent Congress a “program narrative” of $75 million in […]

Palestinian Child Loses His Eye by Israeli Bullet in Hebron
A 13-year-old Palestinian child lost his right eye today after he was shot at by Israeli occupation forces in the neighborhood of Bab al-Zawiya, in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the […]

Major UK Charity Accepts ‘Dirty Money’ Linked to Human Rights Violations in Palestine
By Sharen Green A British children’s charity is accepting money made from human rights violations in Palestine, campaigners affiliated with the UK branch of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD UK), claim. The National […]

Euro-Med Monitor: Israel’s Refusal to Cooperate with ICC is Indirect Admission of War Crimes
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has strongly condemned Israel’s decision to refuse cooperation with the International Criminal Court following the latter’s announcement in March on opening an investigation into possible war crimes in the Palestinian […]

Israel Transfers Sheikh Raed Salah to Ramon Prison without Notice
The defense team of the head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel Sheikh Raed Salah has slammed the Israel Prison Service’s decision to transfer him to Ramon prison. The team announced […]

Israeli MK Threatens to Expel Muslims Who Do Not Recognize Israel as Land of Jews
Leader of the far-right Religious Zionist party MK Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday threatened to expel an Arab MK and other Muslims who do not accept the rule of Jews in Israel. Earlier in the day, […]

Israel Refuses to Cooperate with ICC on War Crimes Probe
Israel will tell the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it does not recognize the authority of the tribunal, which is set to investigate alleged war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Israeli Prime Minister […]

VIDEO: Prominent Rabbi Assaulted by Jewish Settlers as He Defends Palestinians
The former president of Rabbis for Human Rights was violently assaulted by far-right Jewish settlers yesterday. Video footage of the brutal attack near the Maale Ahuvia illegal settlement outpost, shows prominent Rabbi Arik Ascherman being […]

East Jerusalem: Jewish Settlers Seize 15 Palestinian Homes in Silwan
Jewish settlers seized 15 Palestinian houses in the occupied East Jerusalem district of Silwan, Israel’s Channel 7 reported. According to the channel, the settlers placed Israeli flags on 15 houses in Silwan after the Ateret […]

Palestinian Prisoner Agrees to End 47-Days Hunger Strike after Reaching Deal for Release
Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, Imad Batran, 47, from Hebron (Al-Khalil), suspended his hunger strike, which lasted for 47 days, after an agreement to set a ceiling for his administrative detention, according to the Palestinian […]

US to Restore over $200 Million in Aid to Palestinians
The Biden administration plans to provide at least $235 million in US aid to the Palestinians, restarting funding for the United Nations agency supporting refugees and restoring other assistance cut off by then-President Donald Trump, […]

PODCAST: Palestine Chronicle Editors Interview International Law Expert on ICC War Crimes Investigation (LISTEN)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli government is ramping up its efforts aimed at creating a centralized strategy to combat an imminent investigation into war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). A high-level […]

Palestinian Mayor of Sebastia Assaulted by Jewish Settlers While Saving Child
Jewish settlers attacked the Mayor of Sebastia, Mohammad Azem, as he tried to prevent them from beating and abducting a Palestinian child, reported Wafa news agency. Azem told Wafa that dozens of Jewish settlers arrived […]

Jewish Settlers Assault Palestinian Mother, Baby in Hebron
Jewish settlers assaulted a Palestinian mother and her baby in the southern West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) on Tuesday evening, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Mufeed Sharbati, a resident, said that a […]

From His Solitary Confinement, Marwan Barghouti Holds the Key to Fatah’s Future
By Ramzy Baroud If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for the current PA President, Mahmoud […]

Hamas: ‘No Parliamentary Elections without Jerusalem’
Hamas on Monday stressed it would not accept holding Palestinian parliamentary election without the participation of Palestinians in Jerusalem. In a statement, member of the movement’s political bureau Ezzat Al-Reshq said: “We insist that the […]

Palestinian Elderly Woman Dies after Being Hit by Jewish Settler near Hebron
A Palestinian elderly woman died today after being struck by a Jewish settler near As-Samu‘ town, south of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Security sources confirmed that 73-year-old Shafiqa Abu Aqeel […]

The US’ Designation is Glossing over Colonialism in Palestine
By Ramona Wadi In another move that shows US President Joe Biden is navigating between the Trump administration’s era and the return to the two-state politics, the US State Department’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights presented […]

PA Urges Quartet to Pressure Israel to Allow Elections in Jerusalem
The Palestine Authority (PA) yesterday urged the Quartet on the Middle East to pressure Israel into allowing Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in occupied East Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported. In a letter sent […]

Israeli Forces Detain Hamas Candidate for Bethlehem
Israeli forces this morning detained senior Hamas official Hasan Wardyan, a candidate in the upcoming Palestinian elections, and other citizens from their homes in Bethlehem, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Wardyan has previously spent over […]

Why Can’t Canadian Social Democratic Leader Jagmeet Singh Say ‘Palestine’
By Yves Engler On CBC’s The House on Saturday Jagmeet Singh was asked about resolutions submitted to next week’s NDP convention regarding “Canada’s relationship to Israel and the Palestinian territory”. Instead of responding to the question, the NDP leader mentioned […]

Israeli President Tasks Netanyahu with Forming Government
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin today tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a government after the country’s fourth election in two years. Highlighting the ongoing division in the political circles in Israel, Rivlin said no […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man, Injure His Wife near Ramallah (VIDEOS)
A Palestinian man was killed and his wife injured today after they were shot by Israeli army gunfire near the village of Beir Nabala, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. […]

Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Engaging the World: The making of Hamas’s foreign policy. Daud Abdullah. Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC), 2020.) Hamas has been a strongly maligned actor within the western mainstream media. The concise and well-written […]

Palestinian Election Officials Approve 36 Lists to Run in May Vote
Palestinian election officials announced Sunday that 36 candidate lists had been approved to run in legislative elections set for next month, the first Palestinian polls in 15 years. The vote, which precedes a presidential election […]

Israeli PM Back to Trial over Corruption
Israel’s Central Court in East Jerusalem on Monday resumed the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, Anadolu reports. The court will hear witnesses in three cases where Netanyahu faces charges of fraud, […]

Report: Netanyahu Knew of Jordan Security Unrest as It Happened
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was aware of the security unrest in Jordan and the arrests campaign against senior officials including former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein the minute they happened, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper […]

On Palestine Children’s Day, 140 Minors Held in Israeli Prisons
Marking Palestine Children’s Day, the Palestine Prisoners’ Club revealed that there are 140 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons, including two under administrative detention. According to the Defence for Children International-Palestine, every year between 500 and […]

In Photos, Gaza’s Christian Community Celebrates Easter Sunday
By Fawzi Mahmoud Under strict precautions, the Palestinian Christian community in Gaza celebrated Easter Sunday inside the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family. Celebrations and special prayers were also held in many parts of […]