FIFA Needs to Act to Kick Out Apartheid
By Jonathan Kuttab During the World Cup 2022, players and fans in Qatar, and people all over the world took a strong stand for Palestine. Social media was buzzing, and mainstream media from around the […]
Activism
Protesting ‘Violent Settler Colonialist’ Regavim is Not Antisemitic
By Yves Engler Has the extreme right gone mainstream in Canada’s pro-Israel community? A number of prominent figures in Toronto’s Jewish establishment have rallied to support a “settler colonial NGO” set up by a racist […]
FOA Organizes Palestine Weekend of Solidarity in London
By Palestine Chronicle Staff This weekend Londoners will show their solidarity with Palestine by attending Palestine Pop-Up, a 2-day interactive event in Shoreditch, the UK-based organization Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) said in a statement […]
Do Not Apologize: Being Pro-Palestinian is Not a Crime
By Paul Salvatori This week Joel Harden, a Canadian member of Ontario’s provincial parliament, made this unnecessary apology: “I would like to apologize unreservedly to the Jewish community for comments I made during an […]
Pro-Palestinian Activists Celebrate 12 Years of BDS Successes in Adelaide, Australia
By Margaret Cassar A huge amount has changed in the twelve years since we started our weekly BDS actions, organized by the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (Afopa), in the heart of Adelaide, Australia. People […]
‘We are all Palestinian’: Fans Show Solidarity with Palestine ahead of World Cup in Qatar (VIDEOS)
Hundreds of football fans converged on Qatar’s Lusail City on Saturday waving Palestinian flags ahead of the start of the World Cup, The New Arab reported. The event was organized by the Qatar Youth Against […]
PC Contributor Yves Engler: How I Was Assaulted, Again, for Disrupting Anti-Palestinian Event (VIDEO)
By Yves Engler On Sunday, Canadian activist Bill Sloan and I interrupted a Technion Canada fundraiser to challenge its support of the Israeli military and the role of government-subsidized charities in promoting Israeli apartheid. After […]
The Unnecessary Challenges of Being Pro-Palestinian in a Society That is Not
By Paul Salvatori It’s hard to be a pro-Palestinian voice. I want to avoid saying “a pro-Palestinian activist” as that is too honorific a title. So I’ll stick to a “pro-Palestinian voice”, which I’m […]
How I Was Assaulted and Illegally Detained for Interrupting Anti-Palestinian Speaker (VIDEO)
By Yves Engler On Monday, I registered for a public talk with anti-Palestinian activist Hillel Neuer in Montreal, Canada. After receiving my electronic confirmation, I headed to the venue with the intention of challenging his […]
US University Student Government Adopts Resolution Declaring Israel Apartheid State
The Ohio-based Case Western Reserve University student government adopted on Tuesday a resolution declaring Israel an apartheid state, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. According to The Observer, the student newspaper of CWRU, “after […]
Thousands of Activists March for Palestinian Rights in Brussels (VIDEOS)
Thousands of activists marched on Sunday outside the European Parliament in Brussels in support of the rights of the Palestinian people. The protesters chanted slogans and waved flags of Palestine and banners affirming the right […]
Canada Permits Abuse against Pro-Palestinian Voices
By Paul Salvatori There’s a new report out. And it’s troubling. Very. Authored by Sheryl Nestel and Rowan Gaudet of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada, “Unveiling the Chilly Climate: The Suppression of Speech on […]
From the River to the Sea: Join the Palestinian March for Return and Liberation
By Benay Blend From October 22-29, the Palestinian Alternative Path Movement (Masar Badil) will host a popular march centered in Brussels to commemorate its launch, a landmark in the struggle for return, liberation, and victory […]
Following Boycott Pressure, Uruguayan National Football Team Cancels Trip to Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Pro-Palestine activists in Uruguay celebrated a major victory on Wednesday as their country’s football team officially announced that they were not going to play in Israel as was previously scheduled. […]
Surviving the Killing Fields, a Worldwide Challenge
By Kathy Kelly & Nick Mottern Awaiting discharge from a hospital in Cairo, Adel Al Manthari, a Yemeni civilian, faces months of physical therapy and mounting medical bills following three surgeries since 2018, when a […]
Social Workers in Palestine: Solidarity, A Verb or a Noun?
By David Harrop I recently received this e-mail from the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists (PUSWP): “We received with great sorrow the news of the martyrdom of the social worker, Muhammad Ali Abu […]
Google Must Stop Harming Palestine: In Conversation with American Activist Ariel Koren (PODCAST)
By Paul Salvatori I reached out to former Google worker Ariel Koren after reading about her courageous decision to blow the whistle on the company’s Project Nimbus. The initiative, involving other tech giants like […]
Confronting Israeli Apartheid, Zionist Propaganda in Montreal
By Yves Engler Montréal is a bastion of Israeli nationalist ideology. People of conscience must disrupt their activities, confronting the reality of Palestinian dispossession and apartheid. At the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, […]
Activists Worldwide Mark #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action
Thousands of activists around the world participated on Saturday in the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action. against the sportswear company’s sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association and the resulting complicity in the Israeli apartheid regime […]
‘Elbit is Guilty, We are Not’: Palestine Group Founders Face 38 Years in Prison
Eight members of the UK-based organization Palestine Action are facing up to 38 years in prison next month for taking action against Israeli-owned arms factories, the group said in a statement that was cited in […]
Hate in Disguise: the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation is about Anti-Palestinian Racism
By Paul Salvatori A Toronto-based group, the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF), is co-organizing an event for this November. It’s called “RISE UP Ottawa!” According to its GoFundMe page, the event is about promoting […]
McGill-Tel Aviv University Partnership: Why I Interrupted Major Funding Announcement
By Yves Engler On Wednesday, August 31, I interrupted a major funding announcement at McGill to ask the head of the university about her suppression of Palestine solidarity. As she spoke from the Faculty Club’s […]
Musicians, Artists Withdraw from Berlin Music Festival over Israeli Partnership
Several American, English, and French singers have pulled out of Berlin’s Pop Kultur Festival due to the event’s partnership with the city’s Cultural Department of the Embassy of Israel, the Middle East Monitor reported. French […]
Roger Waters Pays Tribute to Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during Concert
The legendary star of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, recently paid a tribute to slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a concert in New York. The 78-year-old songwriter and composer displayed Abu Akleh’s name across […]
National Lawyers Guild Urges US to Condemn Israel’s Raids on Palestinian NGOs
The National Lawyers Guild (NGL) condemned the Israeli raids on seven Palestinian human rights organizations, and demanded that, at minimum, Israel allow them to resume their operations, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. In […]
Amnesty International: Repression of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations Must End
Amnesty International called on Thursday for an end to the repression of Palestinian civil society organizations at the hands of Israeli occupation authorities. After Israeli forces closed the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations […]
My Fortnight as a ‘Terrorist’ in Israel
By Shireen Faisal A week after I flew out of Palestine, Gaza is under attack. By Sunday evening, 44 deaths were reported by Palestinian health authorities, 15 of which were children. More than 300 Palestinians […]
The Post-Oslo Social Economy: An Analysis
By Omar Zahzah “It’s classic Fanon, if you think about it,” Palestinian writer Yara Hawari, Senior Analyst of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, remarked in 2018 about the 25th anniversary Oslo Accords. “It’s like, Let’s […]
Palestinian Activists Rock: On Roger Waters and the Students’ Society of McGill University
By Paul Salvatori At the recent webinar, “Standing up for student solidarity with Palestine” (hosted by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute), featured guest and legendary rock artist, Roger Waters, spoke candidly about two troubling […]
Moroccan Activists Protest Visit of Israeli Army Chief
Dozens of human rights activists demonstrated in front of the Moroccan parliament building in the capital Rabat on Monday in protest at the visit of the Chief of Staff of the Israeli occupation army, Aviv […]
