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 […]
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 […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff British popstar Sam Smith decided to cancel the planned concert in Tel Aviv next month, organizers announced on Friday. “Due to unforeseen technical and logistical problems, there will be no […]
By Ramzy Baroud A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent a strong message to Israel: The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and […]
World Rugby has concluded that a decision made by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to disinvite an Israeli team from an international competition last month was not discriminatory, but justified by security threats, the […]
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition leading the global BDS movement for freedom, justice and equality, warmly welcomed the decision by Norway’s capital, Oslo, not to trade in […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A Kuwaiti athlete announced on Monday his withdrawal from the 2023 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, after refusing to face an Israeli opponent. Ahmed Awad said […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Lebanese runner Mazen Chreim withdrew on Thursday from the 200-meter competition of the World Masters Athletics after he was placed in a group that included an Israeli runner. Chreim was […]
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) postponed on Sunday the draw for the Under-20 FIFA World Cup that was slated to take place in Indonesia next week, due to Jakarta’s refusal to host Israel’s […]
By Paul Salvatori Recently, I came across an online post made by well-known musician and pro-Palestinian activist, Rogers Waters, on his Facebook account. What was interesting about it for me was that it had […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On the last Friday before Ramadan, over 20,000 leaflets were distributed at mosques across the UK, in an effort to urge Muslims to boycott Israeli dates during the holy month […]
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 […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The UK-based organization Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) launched the campaign #CheckThe Label to encourage Muslims across Europe to boycott Israeli dates this Ramadan. “By choosing not to buy Israeli dates […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff ‘University of Manchester Friends of Palestine’ and ‘Youth Front for Palestine’ led a demonstration on Wednesday through the Manchester streets and into the stores of food retailer Pret A Manger […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The city of Frankfurt announced on Friday that it was canceling the forthcoming concert of Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters, accusing him of being “one of the world’s best-known […]
The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to review an Arkansas state law forcing contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel, leaving the anti-BDS state law to stay in place, The New Arab reported. The […]
By Iqbal Jassat Having read the report on News24 that talks about a “backlash” against South African Rugby Union (SARU) for having the guts to annul the participation of an Israeli-based team at the forthcoming […]
By John McAulay It has been an unusually warm winter in Barcelona, with clear skies that have allowed a dazzling sun to push temperatures up, at times into the low twenties. But on Tuesday, January […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The UK-based organization Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) has launched a campaign in response to the food franchise chain Pret A Manger’s decision to open more than 40 branches in Israel […]
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 […]
Palestinian citizens of Israel have called for a boycott of Spanish clothing giant Zara after the franchise holder for its Israeli stores hosted notorious far-right extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir at his home. Joey Schwebel, the Canadian-Israel […]
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 […]
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. […]
Israeli media attacked French author Annie Ernaux, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, for showing solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post said that she called “to boycott Israeli cultural […]
The board for one of Australia’s biggest cultural festivals announced on Tuesday the immediate suspension of investments from foreign governments, a year after the event was rocked by controversy over funding from the Israeli embassy. […]
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee (BNC) welcomed the announcement by the online travel agency Booking.com to add a travel warning to accommodations located inside illegal Jewish settlements. According to the Dutch […]
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 […]
The European Union’s energy deals with Israel violate the block’s own policies and obligations under international law, according to the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the broadest Palestinian civil society coalition that works to lead and […]
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 […]
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 […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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