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Month: September 2022

UK Calls for Swift, Thorough Investigation into 7-Year-Old Palestinian Boy’s Death
The United Kingdom called on Friday for a swift and thorough investigation into the death of a seven-year-old Palestinian boy, after his father said he died of heart failure while being chased by Israeli soldiers […]

Stories Worth Telling: Why You Must Support the Palestine Chronicle
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestine Chronicle needs your support so that it may carry on with its critical mission, that of spreading the truth about Palestine. Let us, very briefly make a case […]

Day without Phones: ‘Ya Hala’ Organizes Fun Day for Gaza Kids (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff With Palestinian and international music playing in the background, dozens of Palestinian children from the ‘Ya Hala’ private school participated in various sports activities on a day full of fun […]

Israel Bans Palestinian Party from Running in Upcoming Elections
Israel’s Central Election Committee on Thursday banned a major party representing Palestinian citizens of Israel from running in forthcoming elections, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The CEC voted 9 to 5 to ban […]

From Nabulsi to Shtayyeh: Which Side is the PA On?
By Ramzy Baroud The arrest of a prominent Palestinian activist, Musab Shtayyeh, and another Palestinian activist, by Palestinian Authority police on September 20 was not the first time that the notorious PA’s Preventive Security […]

Recruiter of ‘Volunteers’ for Israeli Military to Face Charges in Canada
By Yves Engler In a sign of the brazenness of Israel’s supporters, the lead organ of Canada’s Jewish community has long received funds from and supported an organization whose raison d’être likely breaches Canadian law. […]

Report: Israel Approves Use of Drones to Assassinate Palestinians in West Bank
The Israeli army has green-lighted the use of armed drones to carry out assassinations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Israeli Army Chief Aviv Kochavi gave his approval to […]

Prominent French-Palestinian Lawyer Launches Hunger Strike in Israeli Prison
French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, who has been held by the Israeli authorities without charges for more than half a year, joined a mass hunger strike earlier this week. The name of Hamouri appeared […]

Palestinians Observe General Strike in Jenin in Mourning of Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces
A general strike was called in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, in mourning of the four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces during a military raid on the city and the refugee camp, […]

Palestinian Child Dies after Falling while Running away from Israeli Soldiers
A Palestinian child has died after falling from a high position while running away from Israeli soldiers who were chasing him in the village of Toqou, near Bethlehem, the official Palestinian agency WAFA reported. Medical […]

Palestine Chronicle Interviews Deputy Head of ICRC in Gaza about ‘Gaza’s Youth’ Campaign
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Gaza siege, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza (ICRC) organized an art exhibition, entitled “Modern Visual Art Exhibit”. The exhibition is […]

IN PHOTOS: ICRC Inaugurates Art Exhibition in Besieged Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Gaza siege, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza (ICRC) organized an art exhibition, entitled “Modern Visual Art Exhibit”. Palestine Chronicle Interviews […]

Stories from Qalandiya: Children of the Checkpoint
By Tamar Fleishman From the outside, nobody can fully understand the difficulties and hardship of Palestinian workers who work nearby Israeli military checkpoints. When they find it difficult to make a livelihood in their towns […]

Jewish Settlers Attack Home, Injure Two Palestinians near Nablus
Two Palestinians were injured on Wednesday in a Jewish settler attack on a Palestinian family in the village of Madama, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]

Israeli Military Drone Maker Hacked by ‘Unknown Actor’
An Israeli arms contractor specializing in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has fallen victim to a hack that impacted nearly 400 employees, the company said, RT reported on Wednesday. The firm announced the cyber attack in […]

Japan Urges against Moves Harming Palestinian ‘Peace Process’, Including Illegal Settlements
Japan’s Prime Minister urged on Wednesday against any move that would harm the Palestinian peace process, including illegal Jewish settlements, Anadolu News Agency reported. Fumio Kishida reaffirmed Japan’s support for a two-state solution and “expressed […]

WATCH: Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians, Wound over 40 in Jenin
Four Palestinians were killed and 44 others were injured Wednesday morning, in an Israeli army assault on the Jenin refugee camp, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Palestinian security sources told WAFA that a […]

IN PHOTOS: Gaza Mourns Passing of Prominent Egyptian Scholar Yusef al-Qaradawi
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A funeral tent was erected in Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon to honor prominent Egyptian Muslim scholar, Sheikh Yusef al-Qaradawi, who passed away on Monday in Doha, at the age […]

The Little Mermaid and Marvel’s ‘Sabra’: On the Limits of Representation
By Benay Blend “Marvel’s new superhero is actually a monster,” explains the writer/activist Susan Abulhawa, “just like the powerful Zionist propagandists doing all they can to normalize their horrendous colonial project.” Included in a forthcoming […]

EU Representative Visits Palestinian School Facing Imminent Threat of Demolition
The Representative of the European Union to Palestine, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, visited on Tuesday the EU-funded Ras al-Teen elementary school, near Ramallah, which is facing the imminent threat of demolition by the Israeli authorities. […]

BDS Victory: Sydney Festival Halts Foreign Government Funding after Mass Boycott
The board for one of Australia’s biggest cultural festivals announced on Tuesday the immediate suspension of investments from foreign governments, a year after the event was rocked by controversy over funding from the Israeli embassy. […]

Google Must Stop Harming Palestine: In Conversation with American Activist Ariel Koren (PODCAST)
By Paul Salvatori I reached out to former Google worker Ariel Koren after reading about her courageous decision to blow the whistle on the company’s Project Nimbus. The initiative, involving other tech giants like […]

Father Manuel Musallam Calls on Palestinian Christians to Protect Al-Aqsa Mosque from Israeli Raids
Palestinian catholic priest Father Manuel Musallam called for all Christians in Palestine to mobilize and protect Al-Aqsa Mosque from planned Jewish settler raids in the coming days and weeks, the Middle East Monitor reported. In […]

Israeli Bombing of Gaza: The Man Who Had His House Demolished to Reach Trapped Neighbors
By Shahd Safi – Gaza “I was at my father’s house when I heard the voices of bombardments. Immediately after, I received a call. They told me that Israel was bombing my neighborhood,” said Ashraf […]

Prisoners Affairs Commission Documents Severe Beating of Two Palestinian Children during Detention
The Prisoners Affairs Commission said on Tuesday that its lawyer Hiba Saleh documented the severe beating of two Palestinian minors at the hands of Israeli forces during detention, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]

Stories from Qalandiya: Collaborate or Die
By Tamar Fleishman As I was standing at the Qalandiya military checkpoint, I saw a woman with cancer. She was moaning in pain, as four Red Crescent workers lifted her emaciated body and moved her […]

From Exodus to Marvel: A Brief History of Hollywood’s Justification of Israeli War Crimes
By Ramzy Baroud The introduction of an Israeli Mossad agent as the latest Marvel movie character crosses the line, even by Hollywood’s poor moral standards. However, the Israeli superhero, Sabra, must be understood within […]

PA Foreign Ministry: 25 Palestinian Refugees aboard Sunken Migrant Boat off Syrian Coast
At least 25 Palestinians were aboard the vessel that tragically sunk off the Syrian coast, having departed from Minyeh in Lebanon carrying around 150 passengers, The New Arab reported. At least 94 people are now […]

New Poll: Support for Two-State Solution Declines among Arabs, Jews in Israel
Support for the two-state solution has declined to below 50 percent among Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jews in Israel, a poll conducted last week by the Israel Democracy Institute found. The poll was conducted […]

30 Palestinian Prisoners Start Mass Hunger Strike against Israel’s Administrative Detention
Thirty Palestinian prisoners started an open-ended hunger strike on Sunday in protest of their administrative detention, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Hassan Abed Rabbo, a spokesman for the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Commission, told […]