By Benay Blend In “Beyond Vietnam” (1967), his speech delivered at the Riverside Church in New York, Martin Luther King opened by quoting from Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. “A time comes when silence […]
Hundreds of Palestinians, including members of a coalition of Arab parties known as the Joint List, held protests in northern Nazareth province as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a vaccination center, Anadolu reports. Several […]
Former Gaza humanitarian worker, Mohammad al-Halabi, is attending his 154th court hearing in Israel, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC) said yesterday. The 42-year-old, who was the director of World Vision in Gaza until he was […]
Israeli forces today notified the family of Mr. Mohammad Mraweh Kabaha, a prisoner in Israeli detention, about their intention to demolish their house in the village of Tura, located southwest of Jenin city in the […]
By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, […]
The administration of US President-elect Joe Biden has asked Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to renew legitimacy and hold general elections, Israel’s Channel 20 reported. #PA President #Abbas to Set Dates for New #Elections in […]
Most Israeli parties have declared their refusal to unite or merge with the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance chaired by Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, local media reported yesterday. “I am […]
Israeli forces Wednesday morning shot and injured a young Palestinian man in the Old City of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Palestinian security forces confirmed that Israeli soldiers opened fire at […]
British-Palestinian Zaher Birawi has agreed to accept a settlement after the World-Check site wrongly listed him on its terrorism categorization. Refinitiv Ltd, which owns World-Check – which describes itself as a database of Politically Exposed […]
By Jonathan Cook Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Culture condemned today a ban by an Israeli court on playing the film “Jenin Jenin” by the artist Mohammad Bakri and the heavy fine imposed on him. The Israeli District Court […]
Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles driving near Surra junction to the west of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, with stones, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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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