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Month: May 2023

Bury Me in Ajjur: The Palestinian Refugees of the West Bank
By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah Khairiya Ahmed, 80, sits on the doorstep of her house in Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron (Al-Khalil), in the occupied West Bank. She leans on her crutches and contemplates the […]

Palestinians Commemorate the Nakba in Photos: ‘We Will Never Forget’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hundreds of Palestinians took part in a Nakba commemoration event in front of the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City on Monday. Monday, May 15, marks the 75th anniversary of […]

Western Silence Needs to be Confronted: Ilan Pappe on the Nakba, Gaza and Inclusive Solidarity
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle Once more the Gaza Strip is bombarded from the air, land, and sea, and, once more, Israeli inhumanity and cruelty are met with Western silence. We have […]

Al-Nakba 75: A Challenge to Defeat Colonizers of Palestine
By Iqbal Jassat As most of the world recoils in horror watching deliberately calculated Israeli brutality and cold-blooded killing of Palestinians, many who are outraged would be asking: when will Zionist-led pogroms end? After all, […]

Resistance Until Victory: On 75 Years of Al-Nakba
By Benay Blend In a podcast several days ago on YouTube former Senator from Minnesota Al Franken explained that Israel was the original Jewish homeland, but “of course, it wasn’t a perfect solution because the […]

End the ‘Memoricide’: Planting for Nakba Day
By Lois Griffiths May 15, Nakba Day, is an important date for the Palestinian people. It’s the day when Palestinians commemorate their history and their culture. While Israeli nationalists and Zionist supporters celebrate the forming […]

For First Time in History, UN Commemorates Palestinian Nakba
For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly is commemorating the Palestine Nakba on Monday. “This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians known as ‘the Nakba’ […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Youth near Nablus
A Palestinian youth was killed early Monday by Israeli gunfire during a military raid in the refugee camp of Askar, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA […]

‘She Was My Heaven’: The Tragic End of a Palestinian Love Story
By Lubna Abuhashem and Nada Al-Kahlout After spending time with his fiancée, Dania Adas, on Monday, Mohammed had to leave as he had work the following morning. The 19-year-old Mohammed and Dania, who signed their […]

Analysis: What Islamic Jihad Statement Tells Us about the Gaza War (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff There is no question that by attacking Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday, May 9, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a risk. Wars on Gaza are never predictable; […]

Lives Ruined: Photos of Palestinians and Their Destroyed Homes in the Besieged Gaza Strip
By Palestine Chronicle Staff This is the outcome of the Israeli bombing of a Deir al-Balah neighborhood in the central Gaza Strip. Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, like many neighborhoods across besieged Gaza, inspected the […]

Palestine Celebrates its Resistance in Photos
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Though the five-day Israeli war on Gaza devastated many neighborhoods across the Gaza Strip, killing 33 Palestinians and wounding many others, Palestinians saw the outcome of the war as a […]

Terrorists, Militants, or No Mention at All: How the Media Gets Palestinian Resistance Wrong Once Again
By Benay Blend On the evening of May 9, 2023, Zionist warplanes attacked the Gaza Strip, killing at least 14 Palestinians, including three resistance leaders and their families. Mainstream media reported the strikes using the […]

Gaza: Freedom, Not Improving Conditions of Oppression!
By Haidar Eid We have spent sleepless nights under Israeli bombs before – in 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2021. On Tuesday, apartheid Israel decided to launch yet another murderous campaign of bombardment […]

Two Palestinians Arrested, Others Wounded as Israeli Forces Storm Nablus
Two Palestinian men were arrested after Israeli forces stormed the occupied West Bank town of Nablus Sunday morning, The New Arab reported. The Israeli forces raided Nablus’ old town and surrounded houses there, local sources […]

‘End the Nakba’: The World Stands in Solidarity with Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across the world on Saturday, May 13, in spontaneous expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people and to protest against Israeli violence. London, Downing […]

Euro-Med Monitor: Israel Violated Principles of Proportionality in Its Attacks on Gaza
The bombing and destruction of civilian homes by Israeli warplanes falls within the scope of collective punishment and is practiced extensively by Israel against Palestinians, Euro-Med Monitor in a statement. The Geneva-based independent organization added […]

Israel Bombed a Gaza Cemetery: Here is the Devastating Outcome (PHOTOS
By Palestine Chronicle Staff One of the hundreds of ‘targets’ bombed by Israel during its latest war on Gaza, which started on Tuesday, May 9, was the Beit Lahiya cemetery, where hundreds of Palestinians […]

EXPLAINER: How Should We Understand the Ceasefire in Gaza?
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A few hours after midnight, on Tuesday, May 9, Israel launched what was meant to be a quick war on Gaza. Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Young Palestinian Man near Jenin
A young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli occupation forces on Friday at the Rihan military checkpoint, to the southwest of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Tareq Qabaha, the mayor of Tura […]

BREAKING | Two Palestinians Killed, Three wounded in Israeli Army Raid on Balata Refugee Camp
Two Palestinians were killed and three others injured in an Israeli army assault on the Balata refugee camp in Nablus on Saturday morning, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. lsraeli occupation forces shoot 4 […]

LIVE BLOG: Israeli War on Gaza Continues, Raids on West Bank
This blog has been discontinued. Many Palestinians have been killed and many others wounded as a result of a massive Israeli military attack starting early on Tuesday. Saturday, May 12, 9:43 pm (GMT +3) Tens […]

Palestinian Health Minister: Missile Fired by Israeli Warplane Caused Damage to Gaza Hospital
Palestinian Minster of Health Mai Alkaila condemned the Israeli firing of a missile near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the Gaza Strip that endangered the lives of patients and staff, the official news agency WAFA reported. […]

‘It is All Gone’: Palestine Chronicle Reports from Gaza on Destruction Caused by Israeli Bombs (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On Friday, May 12, Israeli warplanes bombed more residential areas in the Gaza Strip, raising the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli war on Tuesday to […]

Nasrallah: We Will Not Hesitate to Assist the Gaza Resistance at Any Time
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a televised statement on Friday, the leader of the Lebanese Resistance group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, congratulated the Palestinian people and the leadership of the Resistance on their steadfastness in […]

EU: Israel’s Bombing of Gaza is ‘Unacceptable and Intolerable’
The European Union has described Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip as “intolerable,” calling on Tel Aviv to prevent civilian casualties, Anadolu news agency reported. “The European Union is deeply concerned by the […]

LIVE BLOG: Israel’s War on Gaza Enters Fourth Day, Palestinian Resistance Continues
By Palestine Chronicle Staff This blog has been discontinued. To visit the new blog, click here. Many Palestinians have been killed and many others wounded as a result of a massive Israeli military attack […]

Gaza Under Attack: Palestinians Expose Israel’s Moral, Intellectual Bankruptcy (VIDEO)
By Palestine Deep Dive Amid Israel’s ongoing airstrikes on Gaza, Palestine Deep Dive’s Mark Seddon speaks live with Gaza-based author and mother Rana Shubair and is also joined by US-based Palestinian journalist and intellectual Dr. […]

For Third Day in a Row, Israel Prevents Foreign Journalists from Entering Gaza
Israeli authorities have been preventing foreign journalists from entering Gaza since the start of its offensive early on Tuesday, the Middle East Monitor reported. In a press release, the Head of the Government Media Office […]

Shireen Abu Akleh: Family, Friends Call for Justice On Anniversary of Killing
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Family members and friends of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh have renewed calls for justice on the first anniversary of her killing during a week of events celebrating her life, […]