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‘Are Palestinian Children’s Lives Not Worth Anything?’ – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Slams UN
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Where is the system of justice in the United Nations? Only to put out documents and statements? Are the lives of the children of Palestine not worth anything?” Venezuelan President […]

‘Middle East on Brink of Full-Scale War’ – Russia Raises Concern at BRICS Summit
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “The degree of confrontation between Israel and Iran has sharply increased. All this resembles a chain reaction and puts the entire Middle East on the brink of a full-scale war.” […]

‘Failing in Mandate to Maintain Global Peace and Security’ – South African President Slams UN
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “It does not represent the interests of the global community, and therefore does not have the means to give effect to the global desire for peace.” South African President Cyril […]

BRICS Summit Condemns Israel’s ‘Mass Killing’ in Gaza, West Bank – Call for Urgent Ceasefire
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “We reiterate our grave concern at the deterioration of the situation and humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular … the Gaza Strip and in West Bank as […]

Crime of Genocide – South Africa Officially Brings War Crimes Charges against Israel at ICC
Ramaphosa had previously called for the ICC to investigate Israel for its actions in the war against Gaza. South Africa has submitted all necessary paperwork to the International Criminal Court (ICC), bringing war crime charges […]

‘Injustice’ in Palestine and US ‘Monopoly’ Must End – Putin at BRICS Summit
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Generations of Palestinians were raised in an atmosphere of injustice towards their people,” Putin said on Tuesday, in televised comments at a virtual BRICS summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin called […]

Putin’s Speech at BRICS Summit Will Focus on Gaza – Kremlin
According to the statement, the meeting will focus, in particular, on the situation in the Gaza Strip. Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in an extraordinary online BRICS summit on the escalation of the […]

When the Torturer is the ‘Savior’: Can BRICS, Global South Help Us Escape the West’s Hegemony, Contradictions
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Without downplaying the internal contradictions among the main countries that established the BRICS group or the newcomers, one cannot help but ponder a world without US-Western domination. At the […]

BRICS Summit Calls for Establishment of Independent Palestinian State
The BRICS summit conference, held on Thursday in the South African capital of Pretoria, has called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, the official Palestinian news agency […]

Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambitions in the Middle East
By Jim Miles (Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambitions in the Middle East. Steven Simon. Penguin Press, New York, 2023.) While Simon’s “Grand Delusion” does provide a good political background to events […]

BRICS Contributes to Palestine’s Oppression through the Two-State Compromise
By Ramona Wadi Israel’s colonization of Palestine has altered the dynamics of politics and expectation to one of permanent exploitation and compromise. The two-state compromise, in particular, has ensnared governments, as well as many prominent […]