By Ramzy Baroud It seemed all but a done deal: Israel is finally managing to bend the Arabs to its will, and Palestine is becoming a marginal issue that no longer defines Israel’s relations […]
The Arab League on Monday pledged to boycott Israel as a means to press Israel to end the occupation and salvage the two-state solution, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The final communiqué of […]
A fencing match between Egypt and Israel in a qualifying match for the World Championships in Cairo over the weekend sparked outrage online, with activists saying the Egyptian athlete should have boycotted the bout, The […]
Ben & Jerry’s sued its parent Unilever Plc on Tuesday, to block the sale of its Israeli business to a local licensee, saying it was inconsistent with its values to sell its ice cream in […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A group of UK-based anti-apartheid organizations, led by Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA), have submitted a petition to Downing Street urging the British Prime Minister to scrap the anti-BDS Bill and […]
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo This is, according to the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the ‘interregnum’- the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires collapse and others rise, and […]
By Omar Zahzah Many of us can recall some of the most famous sayings of the revolutionary Palestinian intellectual Ghassan Kanafani, but current events are also providing each one of us dedicated to Palestinian liberation […]
A civil liberties advocacy group announced plans to head to the US Supreme Court after a state appeals court ruled this week that boycotts – historically safeguarded under the First Amendment to the US Constitution’s […]
By Iqbal Jassat Has the South African Jewish Report failed to recognize that its messy reaction to the finding against it by the Press Council of South Africa has turned into a public relations nightmare? […]
International filmmakers have called out the Documentary Edge Festival for its “art-washing” of Israeli racism and apartheid against Palestinians. In a letter signed by a number of filmmakers such as Cole Yeoman, Gabriel Shipton, David […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s branch of the Gaza Strip organized a festival on June 16, to mark the Israeli Apartheid Week. Several cultural activities, including Dabke dances […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestine Chronicle editors Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo hosted a special guest on Thursday, June 16, IMT Professor and world-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky. The wide-ranging interview examined numerous topics. Though […]
By Haidar Eid It’s been a year since Israel’s brutal aerial bombardment of Gaza, in which hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including women and children, were killed by Israel’s war machine. At the time, the […]
Big Thief, an American indie rock band, has pulled out of two upcoming live shows in Israel over its “illegal occupation” and “systematic oppression of the Palestinian people,” the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
Hundreds of Palestinians, including journalists and intellectuals, have signed a petition calling on Al Jazeera to stop hosting Israeli officials on the channel after veteran correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli troops, The […]
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle There is no doubt that Nazi Germany was on the wrong side of history, and it took an enormous amount of international effort to bring Germany over […]
By Yves Engler The McGill administration and Israel lobby have waged a multiyear campaign against student democracy and Palestinian solidarity and recently threatened the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) financial arrangement after students voted […]
Pro-Palestine solidarity organizations voiced opposition on Tuesday to a UK legislation that would likely target boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) efforts against Israel, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Some European organizations expressed opposition […]
Harvard University’s student-run daily newspaper has announced its support for and endorsement of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Israeli occupation, making it one of the most significant steps by an American […]
By Paul Salvatori There was a story recently in Canadian news. In it Palestinian-Canadian professor, Samer Abdelnour, remarked: “It’s tiring. I feel like growing up in Toronto, the narrative has been so hostile against Palestinians. […]
A coalition of UK Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) urged the government on Thursday to halt legislation that would likely target boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) efforts against Israel, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
Jordanian fencing player Iyas Al-Zumur refused to face an Israeli opponent on Saturday, at the Junior and Cadet group of the World Fencing Championships in Dubai, Arab media reported. Etharrak, a Jordanian activist group that […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A Kuwaiti athlete, Mohamed al-Fadli, refused to participate in the World Fencing Championships, which is currently taking place in Dubai, to avoid sparring with an Israeli athlete, Al Jazeera Arabic […]
By Hafsa Habehh The date is a sweet, nourishing treat. Who would think that this cultural and religious favorite would be a factor of exploitation, oppression, and occupation? Dates are a staple in a majority of […]
Thousands of academics who are members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) have voted to endorse a boycott of Israel, the Middle East Monitor reported. The resolution “endorses the Palestinian call for solidarity in […]
Joining the growing list of international funds divesting from companies complicit with Israeli apartheid, Australia’s Future Fund has excluded investments in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest private arms company, A press release by the Boycott, Divestment […]
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has commended Georgetown University students who successfully prevented $30,000 in student funding from being used for a propaganda trip to Israel, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported […]
Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, senior Conservative Party minister Michael Gove said that the only way of combating antisemitism is to “stand against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign,” the Middle […]
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University has forcibly removed students who were occupying university premises in protest over the London-based university’s ties with Israel’s University of Haifa, The New Arab reported on […]
By Claude Zurbach As a gift to the pro-Israeli lobby, the French government, through its Minister of the Interior Gérard Darmanin, has announced its intention to dissolve two Palestine solidarity organizations: the Collectif Palestine […]
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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