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Month: January 2023

Palestinian Footballer Dabbagh Scores Brace against Estoril Praia, Lifts Arouca to 7th in Portugal (VIDEOS)
By Sammy Baroud Oday Dabbagh, the 24-year-old Palestinian talent, scored two goals on Saturday against Estoril Praia to take his team, F.C. Arouca, to 7th in the Liga Portugal standings. His brilliant brace included an […]

IN PHOTOS: Palestine’s Eastern Christians Celebrate Christmas
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestinian Eastern Christian community celebrated Christmas on January 6, according to the Eastern calendar, throughout occupied Palestine. The midnight mass was held on Saturday in the St. Porphyrios Church […]

Jewish Settlers Destroy Dozens of Olive Trees near Qalqiliya
Jewish settlers on Saturday chopped down dozens of olive trees belonging to Palestinian residents near the village of Amateen to the east of Qalqiliya, the official news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that […]

This Week In Palestine: New Israeli Government Sets the Tone for Its Administration
By Robert Inlakesh Following the 13-minute storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday, by the Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli government doubled down on the provocation at the UN security council. Gilad […]

Ben-Gvir Visits Prison to Ensure No Improvements Made to Palestinian Prisoners’ Conditions
Israel’s newly appointed National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir paid his first visit on Thursday to the Nafha Prison to make sure that conditions had not improved for Palestinian prisoners, in the wake of a High […]

Kushner Reveals Washington Pressured Tunisia to Dismiss Pro-Palestine UN Ambassador
Jared Kushner revealed in his memoirs that the Trump administration pressured Tunisian authorities to dismiss the former Tunisian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Moncef Baati, the Middle East Monitor reported. According to Kushner, the […]

Palestinian Child Injured in the Head by Israeli Gunfire in Jericho
A Palestinian child was seriously injured in the head by an Israeli bullet on Friday evening, in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, the official news agency WAFA […]

Ilan Pappe on the Socio-Political Formations behind Israel’s Neo-Zionist Government
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle Two months after the election of the new government of Israel, the blurred picture is becoming more transparent, and it seems one can offer some more informed […]

Dying in the ‘Waiting Prison’: Why Palestinian Prisoners Die in Israeli Detention at High Rate
By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah Almost every day, Zubaida Muatan talks to her husband’s doctors about his condition. Abdul Baset Muatan, a 49-year-old prisoner from the city of Ramallah, has suffered from colon cancer for […]

Rashida Tlaib Says US Congress Must Stop Funding Israeli Apartheid
US-Palestinian Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said in a tweet on Wednesday that the US Congress must stop funding Israeli apartheid in Palestine. “Congress must stop funding apartheid,” the US congresswoman wrote. Tlaib noted that the year […]

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Arrives in Bethlehem to Head Christmas Midnight Mass
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, arrived at Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Friday, to lead the Christmas midnight mass, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Patriarch, who arrived from the patriarchate […]

Israel Returns Bodies of Palestinians Killed by Israeli Army Two Years Ago
Palestinian authorities on Wednesday received the bodies of two Palestinians withheld by Israel for more than two years, the Middle East Monitor reported. In a statement, the Palestinian Civil Affairs Ministry said Israeli authorities handed […]

UNSC Criticizes Israel over Ben-Gvir’s Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Takes No Action
The UN Security Council convened on Thursday for an emergency discussion in the aftermath of Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s provocative storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The […]

Palestine Celebrates Karim Younis, Freed after 40 Years in Israeli Prison (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinians in Gaza held a rally in celebration of Palestinian prisoner Karim Younis, who was released on Thursday morning after spending 40 years in an Israeli prison. Younis, a 66-year-old […]

‘Illegal even Under Israeli Law’: US Warns Israel over Outposts in Occupied West Bank
In a rare warning, the US State Department called on Israel to refrain from the legalization of the illegal West Bank outpost of Homesh, the Middle East Monitor reported. “The Homesh outpost in the West […]

From Gaza to Tunisia: Grief is All the Same
By Majd Salem “Our sons are being thrown into the sea and the fish are eating them.” I was lucky. After I finished high school in Gaza in 2016, I got a scholarship to college […]

Jewish Organizations Call on Ben-Gvir to Allow ‘Slaughter Offering’ at Al-Aqsa
Jewish organizations called on Israel’s newly-appointed National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to allow the ritual slaughter of lamb in Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. According to […]

Israel Releases Palestinian Prisoner after 40 Years in Israeli Prison
Israeli authorities released on Thursday the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Karim Younis after spending 40 years behind bars, the official news agency WAFA reported. Younis, a 66-year-old Fatah official from the Arab-Israeli town of Ara, was […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Child near Nablus
A Palestinian child has been killed by Israeli forces during a military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported that […]

Following His Inauguration: What is Lula’s Position on Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Brazil’s new President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reaffirmed his support of the Palestinian struggle and an independent Palestinian state, the official news agency WAFA reported on Tuesday. According to […]

Criticizing or Whitewashing Israel: Netanyahu’s New Government Accentuates West’s Hypocrisy
By Ramzy Baroud Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on December 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but also among Israel’s historic […]

Palestinian Social Work with Bedouin Communities and the Need for Geopolitical Awareness
By David Harrop “Do you know why the Bedouin are called the black goats? Like the black goats they are stubborn and go where they want, and they do their own thing” – (Z., Bedouin […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Boy in West Bank
Israeli forces shot a 14-year-old Palestinian boy with a live bullet on Wednesday, in the Arroub refugee camp, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that Palestinian residents clashed with Israeli […]

UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Session on Israel’s Violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency session on Thursday to discuss Israel’s violation of the status quo in Jerusalem, and specifically, at Al-Aqsa Mosque, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Riyad […]

Netanyahu Postpones UAE Visit following Ben-Gvir’s Storming of Al-Aqsa Compound
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his planned visit to the UAE following the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli media reported. According to Hebrew-language media, the […]

Palestinians, Arab Countries Condemn Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir’s Storming of Al-Aqsa
Several Arab countries condemned the storming of occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday by Israel’s new extreme-right national security minister, The New Arab reported. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates […]

Palestinians Refrain from Retaliating against ‘Forgotten’ Israeli Female Soldier in Occupied West Bank Town (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Though an Israeli female soldier was ‘forgotten’ by her army unit, Palestinians watching her being lost in the small West Bank town didn’t retaliate against her as is often the […]

Including Online Activists: Number of Palestinians Arrested by Israel in 2022 Revealed
Israeli Occupation Forces rounded up and detained around 7,000 Palestinians in 2022, contributing to last year being the deadliest since 2005 for those living under Occupation. According to a report by the Palestine Centre for […]

Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity – Book Review
By Benay Blend (Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity, by Tahrir Hamdi, I.B. Tauris, 2022) “The words ‘imagining Palestine,’” writes Tahrir Hamdi, do not refer to a Palestinian people who never existed, but […]

An Ode to the Children of Palestine
By Maliha Iqbal I can see you standing Surrounded by the rubble of the house where you once lived Still holding on to your colorful teddy bear. What does it feel like When you get […]