UPDATE: According to Haaretz, the vote to allocate the funds to obtain Palestinian-owned land has taken place, and the proposal has been approved. The Board of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Israel is scheduled […]
By Ramzy Baroud Until recently, Israeli politics did not matter to Palestinians. Though the Palestinian people maintained their political agency under the most demoralizing conditions, their collective action rarely influenced outcomes in Israel, partly […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Youssef Ajjour is a 35-year-old teacher from Gaza. He has just launched a very special project named “We will read you, do not forget”. The aim is to teach students […]
Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that his support for the Palestinian cause contributed to accusations of ‘antisemitism’ that eventually led to his downfall and his ongoing suspension as a member of […]
A Palestinian singer has been denied entry to Egypt after she was due to perform at two scheduled concerts in Cairo, The New Arab reported. Nai Barghouti was denied entry after she arrived at Cairo […]
Israeli soldiers stationed at the borders separating besieged Gaza from Israel opened fire at Palestinian farmers working in their lands and forced them to leave the area, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestine Olympic Committee organized its annual National Olympic Week, with the participation of several Palestinian sports federations. The Palestine Chronicle attended the third day of the kermesse at the […]
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teen and injured another Monday night, during a military raid in the Jenin refugee camp, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Health Ministry confirmed that 17-year-old Dirar al-Kafrayni […]
Palestine affirmed on Tuesday its position supporting the sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of the People’s Republic of China, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Presidency affirmed in a statement Palestine’s longstanding […]
By Tamar Fleishman A few weeks ago, the shops in front of the Qalandiya refugee camp were raided by Israeli forces. Officials from the Jerusalem Municipality and representatives of the tax authorities had arrived without […]
The US and Israeli navies have launched a four-day joint exercise in the Red Sea amid rising concern over the alleged threat posed by Iran’s maritime forces. The joint war games began on Monday and […]
By Yves Engler On Wednesday B’nai Brith announced a lawsuit against McGill University, Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) and student group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR). The apartheid lobby group is angry that […]
By Sammy Baroud The under-20 Palestine National team have made it to the semi-finals of the U-20 Arab Cup coming off a late win against Jordan. Palestine’s young champions will meet Saudi Arabia on August […]
The Arab League on Monday pledged to boycott Israel as a means to press Israel to end the occupation and salvage the two-state solution, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The final communiqué of […]
A 15-year-old Palestinian child was hit in the head by a tear gas grenade fired by Israeli soldiers on Monday, in the town of Kufr al-Deek, near Salfit, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestinian Ministry of Education announced on Saturday the results of the secondary schools’ final exam, known as Tawjihi. Of the nearly 85,000 students who took the exam across Palestine, […]
The Lebanese group, Hezbollah has posted a video suggesting that Israel’s offshore natural gas industry will come under attack unless Tel Aviv resolves a maritime border dispute with Beirut. The group posted a video on […]
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office said on Thursday that the comments of Miloon Kothari, a member of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (COI) “echo the darkest days of […]
The European Union condemned in a statement on Sunday a recent increase in violence by Jewish settlers across the occupied West Bank, which resulted in the killing of a Palestinian teenager on Friday, the official […]
Israeli authorities withdrew the licenses of six schools in occupied East Jerusalem for ‘glorifying’ resistance against Israel’s illegal occupation, The New Arab reported. Israel’s Minister of Education, Yifat Shasha Biton, decided on Thursday to cancel the […]
By Ramzy Baroud To judge US President Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel and Palestine as a ‘failure’ in terms of activating the dormant ‘peace process’ is simply a misnomer. For this statement to […]
A series of newly-released documents have revealed fresh details on the premeditated murder of 49 Palestinian civilians at the hands of Israeli forces during the massacre in the village of Kafr Qasem, in October 1956, […]
Hussein Kawarik, a 60-year-old Palestinian man who was injured by Israeli gunfire last Tuesday, succumbed to his wounds on Friday night, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Khaled, Kawarik’s brother, told WAFA that his […]
Saudi Arabia has reiterated that it will not change its firm position on the Palestinian issue, despite its decision to open its airspace to all international aircraft, including those from Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. […]
By Chas W. Freeman (Ambassador Chas W. Freeman delivered the following remarks at a panel of the Middle East Policy Council on July 29, 2022) In June 1974, cornered by Watergate, Richard Nixon set off […]
By Paul Salvatori The Canadian government recently published a report entitled, “The Rise of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism in Canada.” It has several important and necessary recommendations. But this one is troubling: “The Government […]
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager on Friday afternoon in the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a press statement that Amjad […]
The Syrian government has not responded to mediators’ attempts to bridge views with the Palestinian movement, Hamas, following the movement’s decision to restore ties with Damascus, Al-Quds newspaper reported yesterday citing informed sources. According to […]
Iranian police announced yesterday that it arrested five members of a spy network suspected of working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad. “The network is made up of five people, including the leader of an […]
Palestinian prisoner Raed Rayan suspended his hunger strike after reaching an agreement with prison authorities, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Rayan has been on hunger strike for 113 days in protest of his […]
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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