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Month: May 2023

Iraqi Team Withdraws from World Fencing Championship over Israel’s Participation
The Iraqi national fencing team withdrew on Friday from the World Fencing Championship in Istanbul, Turkiye, after finding out they would be competing against Israel, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. “The Iraqi national […]

IN PHOTOS: Flags and Rubble in Deir Al-Balah
By Palestine Chronicle Staff It is typical of Gaza to be defiant. This defiance is not always communicated as a message to Israel, which launched a war on Gaza, on May 9, that killed […]

‘Avenging the Free’: Thousands of Palestinians Rally in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Soon after Palestinians buried their dead, 33 to be exact, following the 5-day Israeli war on Gaza, they held a parade to emphasize that nothing has changed, and that their […]

Palestinian Teenager Injured by Israeli Occupation Forces near Jenin
A 16-year-old Palestinian teenager was shot and injured on Saturday by Israeli occupation soldiers at the Barta’a military checkpoint, near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The […]

US Lawmakers Call for Justice for Slain Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Several members of the US Congress gathered outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to call for accountability for the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Anadolu news agency reported. According to […]

Jewish Settler Shoots, Injures Palestinian Farmer near Nablus
A Palestinian farmer was shot and injured by an Israeli settler while grazing his sheep on Saturday in the village of Madama, near Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Ghassan Daghlas, a local […]

‘Palestine Must Be Obliterated’: ‘Times of Israel’ Publishes, Deletes Article Calling for Genocide
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An article appeared in the popular Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel on Thursday, openly calling for the genocide of the Palestinian people. Though the piece seems to have been […]

‘Manchester United vs. Real Madrid’ Brings Joy to War-Stricken Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Despite a bloody Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which lasted for five days, Palestinians in the besieged region tried to reclaim an element of normalcy following the declared ceasefire […]

Unanswered Questions after ‘Balfour Project’ Cancels Event with Ghada Karmi and Lowkey
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A webinar hosting renowned Palestinian author and intellectual Ghada Karmi and famed British-Iraqi musician and broadcaster, Lowkey, was canceled on May 10 by the UK-based charity The Balfour Project. Karmi […]

PA President Abbas Urges Arab Countries to Submit Pleadings to ICC
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged Arab leaders on Friday to submit written pleadings to the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on the legality of the apartheid regime established by Israel, […]

Israel Advances Legislation Imposing One-Year Detention for Public Display of Palestinian Flag
The Israeli parliament, Knesset, advanced a bill at a preliminary reading on Wednesday that would ban flying the Palestinian flag during protests, Israeli media reported. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the bill – sponsored […]

Israeli Storming of Al-Aqsa, Provocative ‘Flag March’ Spark Condemnation
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Tensions rose in the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday when tens of thousands of Jewish settlers marched to Jerusalem’s Old City in the provocative ‘Flag march’. Shop owners […]

BREAKING: Israeli Minister Threatens to Assassinate Top Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar
Far-right Israeli minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water, Yisrael Katz, threatened to assassinate top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, at the provocative ‘Flag March’ in Jerusalem, The New Arab reported. Katz took part in the […]

Palestinian Shop Owners in Jerusalem’s Old City Forced to Close ahead of ‘Flag March’
Shop owners in the Old City of Jerusalem were forced to close their businesses by Israeli forces on Thursday, under the threat of weapons, on the pretext of securing the site for the provocative ‘flag […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Injure 14-Year-Old Palestinian Minor near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers injured a 14-year-old Palestinian minor while standing at the entrance to the Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that Israeli soldiers opened […]

800 Jewish Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Compound ahead of Provocative ‘Flag March’
More than 800 Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque early on Thursday, ahead of the annual so-called “flag day” march by Orthodox Jews and Jewish settlers, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa […]

No Money for Jewish Settlements: NY Lawmakers Challenge US Time-Honored Tradition
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The New York’s state assembly will consider legislation aimed at preventing registered US charities from sending money to fund illegal Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank, The New York […]

No Food, No Water: Palestinians of Sudan Speak of the War and the Journey Home
By Lubna Abuhashem Mohammed Mousa, 24, was playing cards with his friends when he heard the sounds of bombs at exactly 9:00 am, on Saturday, April 15. Mousa studies medicine in the Sudanese state of […]

Gaza’s Sports Tournament Features First Female Weightlifter
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Young Palestinian athletes competed in the Weightlifting Federation tournament held in Gaza on Tuesday, May 16. The young lifters belong to various clubs in the Gaza Strip, including the Gaza […]

New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined ‘Unity’
By Ramzy Baroud All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of ‘security’ and ‘fighting terrorism’. Israel’s biggest challenge throughout many of […]

Brazilian City Ends All Ties with Israel, Denounces ‘True Apartheid’ (VIDEO)
The mayor of the Brazilian port city of Belem, Edmilson Rodrigues, has declared his city an Apartheid Free Zone, denouncing Israel’s “expulsion of a people from their ancestral territory, a true apartheid”, the Boycott, Divestment […]

Religious Zionism Reveals Zionism’s True Nature: A Historic Opportunity for One Democratic State?
By Naji El Khatib 75 years after the Nakba, Israeli society has shifted farther and farther to the far right. The fine line between the Zionist state as an apparatus and its settler society is […]

Palestinians Injured as Jewish Settlers Storm Tomb of Joseph in Nablus (VIDEO)
Several Palestinians were injured by bullets and dozens suffocated by tear gas as Israeli forces cleared the way for illegal Jewish settlers to storm the tomb of Joseph, east of Nablus, in the early hours […]

Occupation Army Raids West Bank City to Tear down Poster of Palestinian Slain by Israel
Israeli occupation forces raided the West Bank city of Salfit on Tuesday to tear down a large banner poster of Mohammad Souf, Maan news agency reported. Souf was killed last November by Israeli soldiers. According […]

Israeli Navy Opens Fire at Palestinian Fishing Boats off Gaza Coast
Israeli occupation navy boats targeted Palestinian fishermen’s boats while sailing in the sea of the northern Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA correspondent said that Israeli navy soldiers targeted with bullets […]

‘Would Crawl Back to Yaffa’: An Old Palestinian Woman and Her Four Rusty Keys (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Ibtihaj Dawlah, 89, is a Palestinian refugee living in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp in the besieged Gaza Strip. She still holds on to the rusty keys to her home, back […]

The Only Way to Fight Back: Why Do Palestinian Prisoners Go on Hunger Strikes
By Mahmoud Mushtaha Hussein Al-Zrai’i, 43, was imprisoned for 19 years after being charged with belonging to the Palestinian Resistance. During his imprisonment, he carried out three hunger strikes: in 2004, which lasted for 18 […]

Jewish Settlers Set Fire to Palestinian Crops in Bethlehem
Illegal Jewish settlers set fire to crops belonging to two Palestinian farmers in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, on Tuesday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Mousa Ebayyat, the village mayor, told […]

PA President Urges UN to Suspend Israel’s Membership
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged on Monday the international community to suspend Israel’s membership in the United Nations for obstructing the implementation of UN resolutions and international law, Anadolu News Agency reported. Abbas spoke […]

Israeli Forces Injure Three Young Palestinian Men in Jenin (VIDEO)
Three Palestinians were injured on Tuesday during an Israeli army raid of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Ministry said in a short statement that one […]