Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that “flames of war” should not be let “re-ignited” in the besieged Gaza Strip, Anadolu News Agency reported on Wednesday. “China has always firmly stood on the side of peace, […]
Erdan’s allegations did not sit well with China’s and UN Ambassador Zhang Jun, who had presided over the meeting on Wednesday. “Shame on you! Shame on you,” Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Arab and Muslim ministers called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as their delegation visited Beijing on Monday, Reuters news agency reported. According to Reuters, this is the first part […]
“We must work to end this crisis and end this war on Gaza as soon as possible,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said. Ministers from Arab and Muslim-majority countries will visit China on […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Online digital maps from Chinese companies Baidu and Alibaba no longer refer to Israel by name. It all started with social media rumors that the Chinese multinational technology company Alibaba […]
Russia and China articulated their political positions regarding the Israeli war on Gaza at a UNSC special session on Tuesday. The words of Zhang Jun, however, were unapologetically pro-Palestine. Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had phone calls with foreign ministers of both Israel and Palestine and he reiterated Beijing’s call for preventing a further escalation and guaranteeing the basic […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff As Israel continues to escalate its war against Gaza, the region, in fact, the world, is also undergoing rapid developments in response. This is a summary of some of the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that a ceasefire is “imperative” as soon as possible and that establishing an independent Palestinian state is the “fundamental way out” of the […]
China wants Muslim countries to remain united while speaking on the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Sunday in an effort to “help […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday that Israel’s actions have gone “beyond the scope of self-defense” and that the Israeli government must “cease its collective punishment of the […]
China announced on Friday that it will be sending urgent humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through the United Nations channels, Anadolu news agency reported. “In light of the current severe situation, China believes that […]
China’s envoy to the Middle East Zhai Jun called for “an immediate ceasefire” to the war in Gaza during a phone call with a Palestinian official, the Chinese foreign ministry said Wednesday. Zhai spoke Wednesday […]
First there was Munir Abu Kishk. Now, Hala al-Qadi, Palestine’s new champion at the Asian Game, underway in China. Both have made history. Palestine’s second medal ever at the Asian Games was achieved on Thursday. […]
By Ramzy Baroud Palestinians need China, as they need other powerful players in the Global South, but it is not mediation that they desperately require. It is feasible for China to continue playing an […]
By Ramzy Baroud In modern times, as in the past, common identities are ordered around common interests and new power paradigms. In a recent speech, China’s highest-ranking diplomat, Wang Yi, spoke of a ‘united […]
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki explains the reasons why the PA is turning away from the US and building stronger ties with China. As the US Joe Biden administration has been a disappointment for […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “If this trend continues,” Baroud concluded, “the Middle East is likely to emerge in coming years as a whole new geopolitical space compared to the one which preceded the war. […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that he is willing to promote peace talks between Israel and Palestine with the aid of establishing an independent Palestinian state. In recent months, Beijing has emerged as a […]
The visit is aimed at further strengthening bilateral relations in all areas, according to the PA Presidency. President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to make an official three-day visit to China next week, the Palestinian news […]
By Ramzy Baroud Considering Washington’s unparalleled importance to Israel, on the one hand, and the Arab-Muslim world’s significance to China on the other, the future is easy to foresee. Remarks by China’s United Nations […]
China has called on Israel to “stop encroaching” upon Palestinian territory and resources, as Tel Aviv continues to allow and approve the construction of illegal Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories. Speaking to the United […]
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 […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Following a security briefing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel’s opposition, Yair Lapid, said that he “entered the meeting worried and left more worried”. Lapid also […]
The United Nations Security Council is expected to hold an emergency closed session on Thursday to discuss Israeli violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, the official news agency WAFA reported. The joint request […]
By Ramzy Baroud The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up the current geopolitical conflict, still in its nascent stages, […]
By Kathy Kelly The extraordinary March 10, 2023 announcement that China’s top diplomat, Mr. Wang Yi, helped broker a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that major powers can benefit from believing that, as Albert […]
By Jim Miles (America and Iran: A History 1720 to the Present. John Ghazvinian. Vintage Books, Penguin Random House, New York, 2021.) The relationship between Iran and America has been one of tension, misunderstandings, and […]
By Ramzy Baroud The moment that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was ousted by his own former military colleague, Captain Ibrahim Traore, pro-coup crowds filled the streets. Some burned French flags, others carried Russian flags. […]
The US and Israeli militaries began their largest-ever joint exercise on Monday, seeking to hone seamless coordination of their forces and prove a point to Iran about their readiness to fight a conflict in the […]
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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