By Benay Blend In late August 2021, Palestinian prisoner Anhar Al-Deek, who is nine months pregnant, wrote a moving letter to her family. “What should I do if I give birth far from you? I […]
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers started a campaign on social media platforms, demanding greater authority to shoot Palestinians and change the Israeli Army’s protocols regarding opening fire at Palestinians. The campaign, under the title “Untie Our […]
The high-level meeting between Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has prompted outrage from both Israeli lawmakers and Palestinian political movement Hamas, which termed it a “betrayal of martyr […]
Seven Palestinian journalists were arrested by Israeli occupation forces on Friday while covering nonviolent protests south of Hebron (Al-Khalil). The journalists said they were being arrested for being in a ‘closed military zone’ however the […]
Palestinian media reported yesterday that an Israeli court rejected the release of a Palestinian woman who is nine months pregnant and due to give birth in detention. Twenty-five-year-old Al-Deek from the town of Kafr Ni’ma, […]
By Ramzy Baroud Amid chaotic politics and anti-immigrant and refugee sentiments, Stadio Olimpico in Rome seemed like an oasis of social and cultural harmony. AS Roma and Raja Casablanca fans gathered in their thousands […]
An Israeli official close to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett downplayed on Monday the first official Israeli-Palestinian talks since the premier took office in June, saying there won’t be any peace negotiations with the Palestinians. According […]
Rights groups and activists have called for the immediate release of a Palestinian prisoner who is nine-month pregnant and is expected to give birth imminently. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs [CDA] said […]
At least 18 Palestinian demonstrators were wounded on Sunday night in an Israeli crackdown on demonstrations near the eastern fence of the northern Gazan city of Jabalia, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced […]
Israeli occupation forces today brutally beat a Palestinian school student in the southern West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Raed Tamimi told WAFA that Israeli forces stopped his […]
Egyptian authorities on Sunday reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions. Passengers gathered since early morning to cross into and out of the Gaza Strip, according to an Anadolu Agency […]
Israeli fighter jets attacked two locations in Gaza late last night, resulting in physical damages but no human casualties, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Isreali fighter jets attacked with four missiles a location […]
An Israeli court has upheld a travel ban imposed upon Palestinian activist Hanadi Al-Halawani, who has been barred from leaving the occupied West Bank to travel abroad.until January 19 next year. The renewed ban was […]
A 13-year-old Gaza boy, who was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli soldiers last week, has died this morning of his wounds, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Medical sources told WAFA that Omar […]
By Jim Miles Obdurate A word can have strong meanings associated with it, and depending on its use, can be interpreted from different perspectives. Recently I heard a citation from Michael Ignatieff, Canada’s contribution to […]
After being forced to postpone their first face-to-face meeting because of the Afghanistan suicide bombings, US President Joe Biden is scheduled to host Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Friday, with […]
A Palestinian family, from the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, embarked today on demolishing their own home after they were forced to do so by the Israeli municipality, according to local sources. Members of the […]
Palestinian Anhar Al-Deek, who is nine months pregnant, has appealed for international intervention to release her from Israeli prison, so she can have her baby at home. Twenty-six-year-old Al-Deek from the Kafr Ni’ma town, west […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hamdi Lubbad, 28, may appear to be a typical Gaza vendor. His specialty is corn on the cob and coffee, an odd combination, not just in Gaza but anywhere else. […]
By Jane Otaqui This poem was written shortly after a conversation with our Palestinian friend Rafiq who, together with his entire village, was expelled by the Israelis in 1948 and forced into exile. He spoke […]
Gaza could again come under assault by the Israeli military, army chief Aviv Kochavi threatened on Wednesday. “Perhaps we are preparing for a new operation in Gaza in the near future, and we do not […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s Corruption Crimes Court sentenced Ghassan Banat, brother of murdered activist Nizar Banat, to two years in prison in absentia after accusing him of corruption, ordering him to repay 6,900 shekels ($2,143), […]
Some 14 Palestinians were injured during protests calling for the end of Israel’s brutal siege on the Gaza Strip yesterday, as Israeli occupation forces opened fire at protesters gathered near the fence separating Gaza from […]
Palestinian Women’s Affairs Minister Amal Hamad urged today the international community to force Israel to release Anhar al-Deek, 26, a pregnant Palestinian woman held in Israel as she is expected to have her baby in […]
By Ramzy Baroud The killing of four young Palestinians by Israeli occupation soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, on August 16, is a consequential event, the repercussions of which […]
Israeli parents with children in a primary school in Herzliya complained after the educational institute hired a Palestinian teacher, Israel’s Channel 12 reported. In a letter addressed to the principal, they argued that their objection […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will grow illegal settlements and his coalition won’t facilitate the establishment of a Palestinian state, the Yamina chief said in an interview. This comes ahead of a key Thursday meeting […]
A Palestinian man, injured in protests along the eastern fence separating Gaza from Israel, succumbed to his wounds on Wednesday morning, according to WAFA correspondent. Medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital confirmed that Osama Khaled Dueij […]
Egyptian authorities have been pressuring Hamas to cancel planned demonstrations at the fence separating Israel from the besieged enclave, Al Maydan News revealed yesterday. Reporting a Palestinian source, Al Maydan said that the closure of […]
By Ramzy Baroud The decision by the African Union Commission, on July 22, to grant Israel observer status membership in the AU was the culmination of years of relentless Israeli efforts aimed at co-opting […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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