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Month: March 2023

Mass Protests and False Hope: Israel’s Supreme Court is No Friend of the Palestinian People
By Ramzy Baroud As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the wider struggle against the Israeli military occupation […]

Israeli Knesset Advances Law to Resettle Illegal Outposts Vacated in 2005
The Israeli parliament (Knesset) passed the first reading of a new bill on Monday, allowing illegal Jewish settlers to occupy outposts in the West Bank vacated since 2005, The New Arab reported. Forty Knesset members […]

Israel Asks EU Not to ‘Meddle’ in Its Domestic Affairs
Israel asked the European Union on Tuesday not to meddle in its internal affairs after Israeli policies against the Palestinians and the planned judicial overhaul were criticized by a senior EU official, the Middle East […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Seal off Checkpoint near Jerusalem
Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday sealed off the Jab’a military checkpoint, northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Jerusalem, the official news agency WAFA reported. Eyewitnesses told WAFA that the gun-toting soldiers closed the […]

Quds Brigades Concludes Military Drills (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Islamic Jihad armed wing Al-Quds Brigades announced the completion of its military drills under the title ‘In commitment to the revolutionaries of the West Bank’. The spokesperson for the […]

Israel Extends Solitary Confinement of Ahmed Manasra
Twenty-one-year-old Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Manasra has been denied his freedom again after an Israeli court on Monday extended his detention in solitary confinement by at least another six months, The New Arab reported. Manasra, who […]

Incredible Photos of Bat Rays Fishing in Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Throughout the month of March, bat rays began their migration from the southern Mediterranean region south of the Gaza Strip to the north. For Palestinian fishermen, this is a unique […]

National Day of the Wounded Marked in Gaza (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian amputees took part in the ‘National Day of the Wounded’, marked on March 13 of every year. Thousands of Palestinians have been maimed and wounded during the Israeli military […]

Blood Does Not Wash Away Blood: Words are Stronger than Weapons
By Kathy Kelly The extraordinary March 10, 2023 announcement that China’s top diplomat, Mr. Wang Yi, helped broker a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that major powers can benefit from believing that, as Albert […]

Israeli Teachers Open WhatsApp Group to Mock Ethiopian Students
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli teachers from a school in the Southern city of Netivot opened a WhatsApp group where they made racist remarks about their Ethiopian students, Israeli media reported on Monday. According […]

Ignoring Protests, Israeli Knesset Advances Judicial Overhaul
The Israeli parliament approved at its first reading on Tuesday morning a bill limiting the Supreme Court’s ability to overturn laws it deems unconstitutional – a key element of a judicial overhaul package that has […]

Mayor of Illegal Settlement Orders to Remove Palestinian Passengers from Buses
The mayor of the illegal Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit has said that he has ordered Arab passengers to be removed from buses, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. The passengers were denied entry even if […]

Israel Orders to Demolish House of Palestinian Elderly Woman in Sheikh Jarrah
The Israeli occupation authorities on Monday posted a demolition order on the house of a Palestinian woman in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem, the Middle East Monitor reported. Israeli forces, accompanied by municipality staff, […]

Anticipating Israel’s Counter-Attack: Make the ‘One Democratic State’ Solution Mainstream Again
By Mazin Qumsiyeh & Alain Alameddine The settler-colonial apartheid state of Israel is facing unprecedented pressure on at least three fronts: The burden of its own internal contradictions which is taking it on the path […]

Amani Shaat and Riham Hamouda: Palestinian Women Take Charge
By Lubna Abuhashem Every morning, Amani Shaat starts her day at 9 am by shopping for all the ingredients she needs for the day. Then she heads to her little street kiosk to cook beef […]

Finding Melody Sullivan – Book Review
By Benay Blend (Finding Melody Sullivan. Alice Rothchild. Cune Press, Seattle, 2023) Alice Rothchild’s long career as a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and human rights activist enabled her to write this book. In medical school she began […]

France24 Suspends Renowned Journalist over Pro-Palestine Stance
France24 TV suspended renowned Palestinian journalist Laila Odeh on Saturday, after opening an investigation into her use of “pro-Palestine” terminology on her personal social media accounts, the Middle East Monitor reported. The television network accused […]

Al-Shati Obtains Precious Point to Advance to Palestine’s Football Premier League (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In an exciting match held at the Al-Yarmouk Stadium on Friday, the Al-Shati Services Football Club rose to the ranks of the Premier football clubs in the Gaza Strip. Al-Shati […]

As Ramadan Grows Near, Gaza Artist Prepares Beautiful Lanterns (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Reham Shurrab is a Palestinian woman who lives in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. She excels in the art of designing and producing Ramadan lanterns. Lanterns are considered […]

Palestinian, Jewish Advocacy Groups Protest Smotrich’s Meeting in Washington (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hundreds of activists from different Palestinian and Jewish advocacy groups demonstrated against far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s visit to Washington D.C., on Sunday, Israeli media reported. According to the […]

83-Year-Old Palestinian Prisoner Freed after 17 Years in Israeli Prisons (VIDEO)
The eldest Palestinian prisoner, 83-year-old Fouad Shobaki, was released on Monday after serving 17 years in Israeli prisons, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. Shobaki was born on March 12, 1940, in the al-Tuffah neighborhood […]

Strike Declared in Nablus following Israeli Killing of Three Palestinians
Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus held a strike on Sunday over the killing of three Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces earlier in the same day, The New Arab reported. Shops remained closed […]

Three Syrian Soldiers Injured in Israeli Airstrikes
Three Syrian soldiers were injured Sunday morning in Israeli airstrikes which hit targets in northwestern Syria, the state-run broadcaster SANA said. SANA, citing a military source, said that Israeli fighter jets launched a barrage of […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Three Young Palestinian Men near Nablus
Israeli occupation forces killed three young Palestinian men Sunday morning at the Israeli military checkpoint of Sarra, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the official news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Ministry of […]

Remove Ignorance, Not Kufiyahs: Challenging Anti-Palestinian Racism in Halifax
By Paul Salvatori Last week in Halifax several students were asked to remove their Kufiyahs, known to many as the checkered (black and white) Palestinian scarf, from their person at Park West School. To […]

Meet Gaza’s Biotechnology Graduate Who Carves Wood for Living (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Rozan al-Borno, 23, is a biotechnology graduate from Gaza who invested her talent in the arts of wood carving. Rozan produces dozens of wood carvings inside a room in her […]

Israeli Opposition Leaders Slam Netanyahu over Saudi-Iran Deal
Israeli opposition leaders slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Saudi-Iran deal, Israeli media reported on Friday. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties on Friday after talks in Beijing between top security […]

Vatican Reiterates Importance of Free Access, Worship in Jerusalem
During a conference held in Rome on Wednesday and Thursday, the Vatican reiterated the importance of free access and worship in all holy places in Jerusalem, The Middle East Monitor reported. The conference was organized […]

Time to Challenge Canadian Schools’ Anti-Palestinian Racism
By Yves Engler While Jewish settlers launch pogroms and Israeli ministers call to “wipe out” Palestinian towns, Canadian schools suppress Palestinian symbols and celebrate colonial violence. Last week Park West School in Halifax forced a […]

Through Artistic Sweets, Palestinians Celebrate Archeological Sites in Gaza (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian women displayed cakes in the shape of Palestinian archaeological sites in the Monastery of St. Hilarion, also known as Tell Umm el-’Amr, located in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in […]