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Month: March 2022

Beautiful Photos of Palestinians in Gaza Preparing for Ramadan
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinians in Gaza City are preparing for the holy month of Ramadan. The gallery below takes us to Al-Zawiya market, one of the most popular destinations for Gaza shoppers. The […]

Ukraine is not Palestine, Russia is not Israel
By Issa Khalaf Most people of goodwill and strong politico-moral sense who seek justice and fairness, all of us who are just plain human, naturally desire to be consistent in how we assess and judge […]

Justice for Palestine Cannot Depend on Media Coverage
By Paul Salvatori Each morning I pick up the paper from my porch. On the front page is always something distressing about Ukraine. But nothing about Palestine. I’m not going to waste anytime here […]

Five Palestinian Children Die in House Fire near Hebron
Five Palestinian children died today and their parents were critically injured after a fire erupted in their home in the town of Taffuh, near the city of Hebron (Al Khalil), the official Palestinian news agency […]

Church Leader Says Jerusalem’s Christian Population Sees Steep Decline
A church leader in Jerusalem has expressed concern over the steep decline of the holy city’s Christian population over the years, Anadolu News Agency reported. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Wadih Abu Nassar, the spokesman for […]

Jewish Settlers Torch Mosque in Occupied West Bank
A group of Jewish settlers on Thursday set fire in parts of a mosque in the village of Zeita Jamma’in, south of Nablus, according to local sources and Palestinian media. Israeli news website Kan also […]

Israeli Forces Block Traffic Arteries in Occupied East Jerusalem for Marathon
Israeli forces on Thursday blocked off a number of traffic arteries in the occupied city of East Jerusalem to make room for a marathon, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA correspondent said that Israeli […]

Palestinian Prisoners Cancel Major Hunger Strike after Reaching Agreement
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons decided d on Thursday to cancel a scheduled hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israel Prison Services (IPS), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Qadri […]

Thousand of Middle East Studies Scholars Endorse BDS Resolution
Thousands of academics who are members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) have voted to endorse a boycott of Israel, the Middle East Monitor reported. The resolution “endorses the Palestinian call for solidarity in […]

Jewish Settlers Seize Palestinian House in Jerusalem’s Silwan
Jewish settlers took over a Palestinian house in the Palestinian town of Silwan in Jerusalem on Tuesday, The New Arab reported. The house is a two-bedroom apartment on the rooftop of a three-story building that […]

Morocco, Israel Sign Agreement on Aerospace
Morocco and Israel signed Wednesday a memorandum of cooperation in the aerospace industry, as the two countries aspire to strengthen their one-year-old relationship after normalizing ties in 2020, The New Arab reported. The signing ceremony […]

Rights Group Decries Israel’s Policy of House arrest for Palestinian children
A human rights organization decried on Thurday Israel’s policy of placing Palestinian children under house arrest, Anadolu News Agency reported. In a statement, the Beirut-based Palestinian Association for Human Rights – known as Shahed – […]

Pakistan PM Says Muslim Countries Have Failed Palestinians, Kashmiris (VIDEO)
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Muslim-majority countries have failed both the Palestinians and the people of Kashmir as part of his keynote address to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday, the […]

Palestinian Detainee Suffers Broken Leg in Israeli Prison
Female Palestinian prisoner Fadwa Hamada broke her leg during transportation to Damon Prison after her two little sons visited her, Safa news agency reported on Wednesday. Hamada’s husband said she had had her legs chained […]

Palestine, China Discuss Issues of Common Interest, Palestinian Cause
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Malki, discussed on Wednesday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi a number of issues of common interest and developments in the international and Palestinian arena, the official Palestinian […]

Spanish Footballer Slams Double Standards in Ukraine, Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Spanish professional footballer Hector Bellerin has slammed hypocrisy and double standards in the Ukraine crisis coverage, Spanish sports newspaper Marca reported. Speaking with La Media Inglesa, Bellerin highlighted that war […]

Hundreds of Palestinian Pilgrims Leave Gaza to Perform Umrah (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A group of Palestinian pilgrims left the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday to perform Umrah, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Unlike Hajj, which occurs in accordance with the Islamic lunar […]

UN Special Rapporteur Says Israel is Committing Apartheid
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Michael Lynk has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council, concluding that the situation in occupied Palestine amounts to apartheid, […]

The Billion Dollar Deal that Made Google and Amazon Partners in the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud “We are anonymous because we fear retaliation.” This text was part of a letter signed by 500 Google employees last October, in which they decried their company’s direct support for the […]

Supermodel Bella Hadid Calls for Home for Palestinians in Vogue Feature
Palestinian-American supermodel Bella Hadid has been featured as the cover model on the latest US issue of Vogue magazine, with whom she spoke about her sympathies with the Palestinian people, The New Arab reported on […]

50 US Lawmakers Ask Blinken to Stop Israel’s Demolition of Palestinian Village
Fifty members of the US House of Representatives from the Democratic Party have asked US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to prevent Israel from forcefully evicting 38 Palestinian families and demolishing their occupied West Bank […]

US Secretary of State Blinken to Visit Palestine, Israel Next Week
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority next week, Israeli media reported. Israeli newspaper Ynet News revealed that the visit comes amid fears of an escalation in […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Youth near Ramallah
A Palestinian youth was shot and injured on Wednesday during clashes with Israeli forces in the town of Beit Liqya to the west of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told […]

Four Jewish Settlers, A Palestinian Killed in Bir Al Saba
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Four Israeli Jewish settlers were killed on Tuesday in a stabbing and ramming attack in the southern city of Beersheba (Bir al-Saba), Israeli media reported. The attack was reportedly carried […]

Europe’s Largest University Cancels Event Linked to Amnesty International’s Damning Report on Israel
By Romana Rubeo La Sapienza University of Rome, which is considered the largest university in Europe, has reportedly canceled on Monday evening an event aimed at presenting Amnesty International’s recent findings labeling Israel an […]

New Great Game: Can Venezuela Negotiate an End to US Deadly Sanctions?
By Ramzy Baroud How the tables have turned. A high-level US delegation visited Venezuela on March 5, hoping to repair economic ties with Caracas. Venezuela, one of the world’s poorest countries partly due to […]

World Water Day: Gaza’s Underground Water Supply Faces Dangerous Salinity Crisis
The Gaza Strip’s underground water supply is facing a massive crisis from rising salinity levels and pollution, Anadolu news agency has reported. “There is a continuous, high rate fall in the underground water level in […]

International Organizations, Academics Call for Sanctions on Israel
Dozens of international organizations, human rights networks, academics, and researchers from forty-five countries have called on the UN and the West to sanction Israel for its occupation of Palestine and its apartheid regime, the official […]

Israeli Court Sentences Sheikh Jarrah Activist to One Year in Prison on Classified Charges
An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced Sheikh Jarrah resident and activist Murad Atiyeh, 26, to one year in prison on classified charges, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Atiyeh’s family members told WAFA correspondent that […]

Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Commuters, Vehicles in West Bank
Jewish settlers on Tuesday attacked Palestinian commuters traveling on northern West Bank roads causing damage to their cars, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local activist Ghassan Daghlas said that Jewish settlers threw stones at […]