The Fatah Central Committee today dismissed longstanding member Nasser al-Qudwa. The Fatah Central Committee (FCC) announced in a press statement the decision to oust al-Qudwa, a veteran diplomat, was made prior in its session held […]
Jordan today refused to allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fly through its airspace on his way to the UAE for his first official visit to the Emirates following the signing of peace accords […]
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry yesterday called on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) “to protect all Palestinian archaeological and religious sites from Israeli violations, attacks, and falsifications.” In an official statement, the […]
Israeli occupation forces today detained five Palestinian children between the ages of 7 and 11, including three brothers, while they were picking akoub (wild vegetables) in the Masafer Yatta area, near Hebron (Al-Khalil). this morning […]
By Ramzy Baroud Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts find themselves in the unenviable position of having to declare a stance on whether they support or reject upcoming Palestinian elections which are scheduled for […]
A group of Jewish settlers today stormed the archaeological site of Sebastia, north of Nablus city, according to a local source. The mayor of Sebastia, Mohammad Azzem, told WAFA that Israeli forces closed off the […]
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday stressed that the PA is to cooperate with the ICC in providing all data needed to speed up investigations to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice. He […]
By Yves Engler B’nai B’rith is at it again. The racist group is smearing a pro-Palestinian voice for pointing out a simple truth about Canadian life. Last week the anti-Palestinian organization released a statement headlined […]
Hamas will this week elect the head of their Gaza political branch — the group’s de facto leader in the Palestinian enclave, Hamas sources told AFP on Tuesday. The powerful position is currently held by […]
Hospital wards in parts of the occupied West Bank are at full capacity as coronavirus continues to spread in the Palestinian territories, according to officials. Naji Nazal, the head of hospitals at the Palestinian health […]
The Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) has called for all Palestinians in the diaspora to take part in the election for the Palestinian National Council. More than 200 Palestinian figures from 26 countries have […]
Palestinian human rights organizations on Sunday expressed their hope that the investigations of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into possible Israeli war crimes in the Palestinian territories would begin before the end of this month. […]
A social media monitoring group said today that anti-Palestinian racism and incitement by Israelis on social media has increased by 16 percent in 2020 compared to 2019. “7amleh – The Arab Center for Social Media […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli occupation forces arrested on Monday, March 8, two Palestinian women who were taking part in an event celebrating International Women’s Day in the town of At-Tur, east of occupied […]
By Ramona Wadi Short-term funding initiatives for Palestinians provided without addressing Israel’s colonialism and military occupation have been proven to be a recipe for long-term failure. They simply do not address the decades of deprivation […]
Israeli occupation forces today demolished a Palestinian house that was under construction and a water well in the village of Bani Naim in Hebron (Al-Khalil). According to a Wafa correspondent, Israeli soldiers raided the area […]
Just days after being fined and imprisoned by Israel, Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar has sent a letter to Palestinian women on International Women’s Day. The prominent member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of […]
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), a local NGO which advocates for the rights of the Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, said today that the Israeli authorities are currently incarcerating 35 female Palestinian prisoners, 11 […]
A Palestinian youth, who was not identified, was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli army during a raid of the city of Tubas in the north of the West Bank, according to the Palestinian […]
Facing elections for the first time in 15 years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is battling a growing rift within his powerful Fatah party that poses a new threat to his dominance over Palestinian politics, reports […]
Three Palestinian fishermen were killed on Sunday morning while fishing in an area adjacent to the town of Khan Younes, in the southern Gaza Strip, Wafaa Aludaini, Palestine Chronicle correspondent from the Gaza Strip, reported. […]
By Ramzy Baroud “That’s certainly our goal and our intention.” This was the non-committal answer given by White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, when, on February 12, she was asked by a reporter whether the […]
This week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was met with criticism for his opposition to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) announcement of its investigation into Israeli war crimes. “The ICC has no jurisdiction over this […]
By Jim Miles (Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas Between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial. Somdeep Sen. Cornell University Press, New York. 2020) A book that has a very narrowly defined title often fails to look at the […]
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv into “genuine hunger,” an official survey found, as experts said there is a “severe humanitarian crisis”. According to the Israeli daily Haaretz on Friday, […]
By Roger Fowler The multi-billion-dollar NZ Super Fund (state pension fund), has finally divested from five of Israel’s biggest banks due to their funding of illegal settlement construction in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. New Zealand […]
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) at Ofer prison threatened today to intensify its punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners, which would aggravate the already poor health conditions in Israeli prisons amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus […]
Israeli authorities deported 29 Palestinians from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the occupied city of Jerusalem in February, Wadi Hilweh Information Centre announced yesterday. “The Israeli decisions included preventing 27 Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa and another […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris, in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, reaffirmed Washington’s opposition to an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe of possible war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories, Reuters […]
Israeli navy today targeted Palestinian fishermen offshore Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip, injuring two fishermen, according to the news agency WAFA. The fishermen were sailing only three nautical miles offshore the area […]
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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