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Month: June 2022

Gaza’s Amputee Athletes Train for Upcoming Football Competition (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestine Amputee Football Association squad is currently training, in preparation for the Football League Championship that will take place in Gaza soon. The Palestine Chronicle met with Fouad Ibrahim […]

Pro-Palestine Organizations Urge British Prime Minister to Scrap Anti-BDS Bill
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A group of UK-based anti-apartheid organizations, led by Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA), have submitted a petition to Downing Street urging the British Prime Minister to scrap the anti-BDS Bill and […]

Palestinian Prisoner Ahmad Manasra is a Victim of Israeli Vigilantism
By Paul Salvatori In a recent article I described Israel’s judicial system as a “kangaroo court.” I changed my mind. The system is more akin to vigilantism. It’s made up of judges and other […]

Israeli Court Postpones Expulsion of Palestinian Family from Silwan
The Israeli High Court delayed on Wednesday a decision to expel a Palestinian family from its home in the occupied Jerusalem’s neighborhood of Silwan, Safa news agency reported. The court, according to Safa, said it […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Detain 14 Palestinians in West Bank Raids (VIDEO)
Israeli forces detained 14 Palestinians on Thursday, in overnight raids across the West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local and security sources said that Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian after breaking into […]

WATCH: Israeli PM Bennett Says He Will Not Run in Upcoming Election
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that he will not be running in the upcoming election, news agencies reported. “I leave behind a thriving, strong, and secure country,” he told reporters. “We proved this […]

Palestinians ‘Are Not Animals in a Zoo’: On Kanafani and the Need to Redefine the Role of the ‘Victim Intellectual’
By Ramzy Baroud (To the memory of Ghassan Kanafani, an iconic Palestinian leader and engaged intellectual who was assassinated by the Israeli Mossad on July 8, 1972) Years before the United States invaded Iraq […]

Family Members of Slain Palestinian ‘Arrested for Their Testimony’
Israeli forces recently arrested and interrogated family members of a Palestinian who was killed by a Jewish Israeli settler last week, The New Arab reported. Ali Harb, the 27-year-old Palestinian from the village of Skaka […]

Jewish Settlers Harass Palestinian Children in Hebron, Scare Them with Dogs
Jewish settlers on Wednesday terrorized Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Arij Jaabari, who is in charge of a summer camp for children, […]

Jerusalem Churches Slam Israel’s ‘Judaization’ of Land near Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine condemned on Tuesday the decision by the Israeli Justice Ministry to register ownership of Palestinian land adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque, Petra News Agency has reported. The […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Young Man in Jenin (VIDEO)
Israeli occupation forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man on Wednesday morning, during a military incursion into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Watch: Palestinians chant […]

Explosive Hamas Video Renews Discussions on Prisoner Exchange Deal with Israel (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The military wing of the Palestinian political group Hamas released a video on Tuesday which shows footage of an Israeli soldier detained in the besieged Gaza Strip, Reuters, Aljazeera, and […]

Chomsky on Israeli Apartheid, Celebrity Activists, BDS and the One-State Solution
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo This is, according to the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the ‘interregnum’- the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires collapse and others rise, and […]

‘My Home is Not a Military Firing Zone’: On the Ground in Masafer Yatta (VIDEO)
By Palestine Deep Dive In its latest live show, Palestine Deep Dive shines a spotlight on Israel’s ongoing forced displacement of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, a region in the South Hebron hills of the occupied […]

Israeli Release Committee Rejects Appeal to Free Palestinian Prisoner Ahmed Manasra
The Israeli early release committee meeting in Ramle prison rejected on Monday an appeal to free 20-year-old Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Manasra, who is suffering from a deteriorating mental health condition, the official Palestinian news agency […]

Israeli Court to Rule on Ahmed Manasra’s Case Today
Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Manasra is scheduled to appear before the Israeli court on Tuesday to decide upon granting him an early release based on his psychological health condition, The New Arab reported. Manasra was arrested […]

CPJ Urges Biden Administration to Investigate Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) – a nonprofit press freedom advocacy organization – has called on the US Biden Administration to lead a thorough, independent, and transparent investigation into the killing of Palestinian journalist […]

China Calls for Urgent, Decisive Actions on the Question of Palestine
China called on Monday for urgent and decisive actions to prevent the Palestinian question from being totally derailed, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. “It has been proven time and again that the question […]

Stories from Qalandiya: Where All the Troubles of the World Converge
By Tamar Fleishman I was going home after spending a long time on the Palestinian side of the Israeli Qalandiya military checkpoint. I had filled my basket with fresh seasonal fruits after taking pictures near […]

Message in a Bottle: Gazans Commemorate the Israeli Siege with Notes of Sumoud, Steadfastness (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On the 15th anniversary of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, young Palestinian activists gathered on the Gaza beach for an original form of protest. The activists wrote notes […]

Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Warns Israeli Excavations Could Cause the Collapse of Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, Mohammad Hussein, warned on Monday that the ongoing excavations carried out by the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Elad settlement group near and under the foundations […]

New Report: Construction of Illegal Jewish Settlements Increased by 62% in the Past Year
A new report has revealed that Israel’s construction of illegal settlements on Palestinian land increased by 62 percent under the government led by far-right Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, since it came to power in June […]

WSJ Reveals US Held Secret Meeting With Israeli, Arab Military Chiefs
For the first time, an Israeli army chief held talks with his Arab counterparts, including representatives from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar, in Egypt’s resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, the Wall Street Journal […]

Israeli Authorities Force Palestinian to Demolish His Own House in East Jerusalem
Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday forced a Palestinian to demolish his own house in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without a permit, the official Palestinian news […]

Lazzarini: ‘UNRWA Might Not Be Able to Pay Salaries after September’
Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini warned on Friday that his organization might not be able to pay salaries for its employees after September, the Middle East […]

WATCH: Dozens of Jewish Settlers Break into Al-Aqsa Mosque
Scores of Jewish settlers, escorted by Israeli police, broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday, and performed rituals in its courtyards, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA correspondent said […]

Three Palestinians Injured by Israeli Gunfire near Tulkarm
Three Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire on Sunday, during separate incidents in the city of Tulkarm, north of the occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Health […]

UK Official Visits Masafer Yatta, Opposes Israeli Eviction Plans (VIDEO)
British Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East Amanda Milling stated on Friday that the United Kingdom is strongly opposed to Israeli plans to evict Palestinians from their homes, during a visit to […]

Israel Cancels Agreement to Release Palestinian Prisoner after He Ends Hunger Strike
The Israeli occupation authority canceled on Thursday its agreement to release Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh from administrative detention, following his 111 days of hunger strike, the Middle East Monitor reported. According to the Palestinian Prisoner […]

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Raid Wedding Party in Hebron (VIDEO)
Israeli occupation soldiers on Friday raided a Palestinian wedding party in the city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), in the occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Eyewitnesses told WAFA that Israeli troops broke […]