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Month: July 2021

Legal Complaint Launched against Israeli-Canadian Charity
By Yves Engler A request to revoke the Canadian Zionist Cultural Association’s charitable status is an important step towards lessening Canadian complicity in Palestinian dispossession. Registered Canadian charities provide significant support to Israel and drawing […]

Jewish Settlers Destroy over 140 Olive Saplings in West Bank
Jewish settlers destroyed 140 olive saplings in al-Khader town, south of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local activist Ahmad Salah told WAFA that settlers from the two […]

US Navy: Deadly Attack on Israeli-operated Ship in Gulf was Carried out by Drones
The attack that killed two people aboard an Israeli-operated vessel off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, is believed to have been a drone strike, US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which operates […]

Hundreds of Palestinians Wounded by Israeli Army During Anti-Settlement Protests (VIDEO)
Some 270 Palestinians were injured in the occupied West Bank as they clashed with Israel Defense Forces troops, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds protesting illegal Israeli settlements. Hundreds of Palestinians gathered […]

Israel Blames Iran for Alleged Attack on Israeli-Operated Tanker near Oman
The Israeli government is blaming Iran for an attack this week on an Israeli-operated tanker off Oman, urging the international community to come up with a harsh response to the incident, which killed at least […]

UN Urges Israel to Investigate Killing of Palestinian Child
The United Nations (UN) urged Israel on Thursday to investigate the killing of a Palestinian child, 12-year-old Mohammad al-Alami, who was shot in the chest near the town of Beit Ummar in the southern West […]

Ben & Jerry’s Co-founders: Nothing ‘Anti-Semitic’ about Ice Cream Embargo of Illegal Israeli Settlements
Ben & Jerry’s co-founders have pushed back against claims of anti-Semitism following the company’s decision to stop offering its ice cream products in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, noting that they themselves are Jews. Writing in the […]

The Two-State Compromise Normalizes Israeli Colonialism
By Ramona Wadi Following the signing of last year’s Abraham Accords brokered by the Trump administration, the international community woke up to the normalisation of Israel’s colonization of Palestine; nobody seemed to be particularly averse […]

WATCH: Israeli Forces Raid Defense for Children International’s Office in Al-Bireh
Israeli forces raided Defense for Children International’s headquarters in the central occupied West Bank, confiscating computers and client files, early Thursday morning. Israeli forces raided DCIP’s headquarters located in Al-Bireh’s Sateh Marhaba neighborhood, near Ramallah, […]

Funeral of Palestinian Child Killed by Israeli Army Turns Deadly
A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after the presence of Israeli forces at the funeral of a Palestinian boy sparked violence, officials said. “Shawkat Khalid […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Kill Palestinian Child, Youth in West Bank
A 20-year-old Palestinian who was shot by Israeli soldiers earlier today in Beit Ummar town in West Bank and critically wounded has died of his wounds, said the Ministry of Health. Shawkat Khaled Awad is […]

How Ben & Jerry’s has Exposed Israel’s Anti-BDS Strategy
By Ramzy Baroud Ben & Jerry’s decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts, which ultimately aim at holding Israel accountable for its […]

HRW Dubs Israel’s May War on Gaza ‘Apparent War Crime’
Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday accused Israel of carrying out attacks against the Palestinians in Gaza “that violated the laws of war and apparently amount to war crimes” during its 11-day assault in May. The […]

Palestinian Authority Police Shut down J-Media Office, Summon Director for Investigation
Palestinian police on Tuesday shut the office of J-Media in Ramallah. The director of the Ramallah office Alaa Al-Rimawi told Safa Press Agency that the police had closed the network’s office after “prohibiting (the) staff […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Municipal Employee near Nablus
Israeli forces Tuesday night killed a municipal employee near Beita town, south of Nablus city, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli troops gunned down Shadi Omar Lotfi Salim, 41, near the entrance of […]

The Little Talked About Covid-19 ‘Variants’: Vaccine Mismanagement Will Have Dire Repercussions
By Ramzy Baroud Do you remember the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals, which included the eradication of “extreme poverty and hunger”, to “combating lethal diseases” […]

UAE Officials Threaten Diplomatic Repercussions if Israel Cancels Oil Deal
A decision by Israel’s Environmental Protection Minister, Tamar Zandberg, to freeze a major oil deal with the UAE to Israel might lead to ties between the two countries being severed, UAE officials have warned. The […]

‘You Are a Terrorist’: Israeli MK Lashes out at Arab Parliamentarian (VIDEO)
Far-right Israeli MK Itamar Ben Gvir called his Arab colleague Ahmad Tibi a “terrorist” while he was chairing a session in the Knesset yesterday night, local media reported. Tibi was involved in a debate about […]

Jewish Settlers Take over Water Spring in Jordan Valley
After fencing an area where a vital water spring is located in the Ein al-Hilweh area in Wadi al-Malih in the occupied northern Jordan Valley, Israeli settlers last night began construction work in the area […]

Gaza Market Reels from Deadly Explosion (PHOTO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian government workers and volunteers began the process of removing rubble and cleaning debris resulting from an explosion that rocked an old market in Gaza City last Thursday. The massive […]

UN: Palestinian Elections Must Include Occupied East Jerusalem
United Nations special rapporteurs Monday called for the rescheduling of Palestinian elections within a reasonable time to ensure “free, fair, democratic, peaceful, and credible” polls, Anadolu News Agency reported. The Palestinian parliamentary elections had been […]

Another Palestinian Teen Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces
A Palestinian teen Monday morning succumbed to the wounds he sustained from Israeli gunfire two months ago, according to medical sources. The Health Ministry said that Yousef Nawaf Mhareb, 17, a resident of Abwein village, […]

Tlaib: US ‘Must Act’ to End Tax Exemption for Entities Supporting Illegal Settlements
US House Representative Rashida Tlaib has caused a stir after pointing out on Twitter that illegal Jewish settlements currently receive tax-exempt status in America, a contravention of international law. In an open letter, she called […]

Normalization Afoot: Israel’s El Al to Fly to Morocco from Tel Aviv
El Al Israel Airlines on Sunday launched nonstop flights to Marrakesh from Tel Aviv following a resumption of diplomatic ties last year between Morocco and Israel, reports Reuters. Flight 553 took off at 11:35 a.m. […]

After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed
By Jim Miles (After the Apocalypse – America’s Role in a World Transformed. Andrew Bacevich. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. New York. 2021.) The contemporary apocalypse as seen by Andrew Bacevich in his latest […]

Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Youth in West Bank
A Palestinian youth was injured and two others were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, according to a local official on Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency. “Israeli forces set up a trap for […]

Pro-Palestine Activists to Block Israeli Cargo Ship at New York Port
Thousands of activists in New York City and New Jersey are scheduled to block an Israeli-operated cargo ship from unloading at the Port of New York on Sunday morning in support of the call for […]

On Cuba’s Historic Connections to Palestinian Liberation
By Benay Blend “People be ‘nuancing’ and ‘both-siding,’ then a government is overthrown and a country falls into devastation and they are nowhere to be found.” That quote from Hood Communist sums up the history […]

Yamina to Leave Government if Settlement Freeze is Agreed
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has confirmed that her Yamina party will leave the coalition government if it agreed to a request from the Biden administration to implement a building freeze in West Bank settlements, […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Kill Palestinian Teenager in West Bank
A Palestinian teenager who was shot and critically wounded yesterday by Israeli soldiers in the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, has died of his wounds hours later, according to the Ministry of Health. […]