The foreign ministers of four EU countries urged Israel to halt settlement expansion in East Jerusalem in a statement released on Wednesday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Earlier this month, the Israeli occupation […]
The European Union on Monday urged Israel to release critically-ill Palestinian prisoner Amal Muamar Nakhleh, after Israeli occupation authorities extended his administrative detention until May 18, 2022, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The […]
The Palestinian Authority summoned the Dutch representative Kees van Baar on Monday to object to the Netherlands’ decision to halt funding to one of the Palestinian civil society organizations that Israel banned as ‘terrorist groups’, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Dutch government has said it will no longer fund the Ramallah-based Union of Agricultural Work Committees, UAWC, one of the six major Palestinian civil society organizations that Israel banned […]
The European Union said on Monday that it was seriously concerned about the health condition of Palestinian hunger striker Hisham Abu Hawwash, 40, who has been on an extended hunger strike for 141 days to […]
Veronika Honkasalo, a member of Finland’s parliament, has introduced a legislative motion that seeks to ban the import of goods manufactured in the Israeli settlements illegally built in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territory, the official Palestinian […]
By Romana Rubeo The Italian capital city, Rome, has hosted a Palestinian Christmas Bazaar last weekend, with Palestinian food, traditional dance (dabke), free workshops, and live music. The event took place on December 11-12 […]
In a new report, the Guardian has mapped out the surveillance and deterrent systems being used on EU borders to deter refugees. Last month Poland approved a $398 million, 18-foot-high wall, with cameras and motion […]
By Ramzy Baroud The Belgian government’s decision on November 25 to label products made in illegal Israeli Jewish settlements is welcome, although it will ultimately prove ineffectual. Belgium has historically shown solidarity with Palestine if […]
The European Union (EU) has criticized Israel’s continuous settlement construction on Friday, warning that time is running out for the two-state solution with Israel. EU Representative to the Palestinian Authority Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff confirmed […]
The European Union reiterated on Friday its call on the Israeli occupation authorities to halt demolitions and any other unlawful practices that force Palestinians out of their homes, adding that such demolitions significantly undermine the […]
Belgium’s foreign office has announced on Wednesday that it will label all products produced in West Bank Israeli settlements, considered illegal under international law. The announcement drew a swift rebuke from Israel, with the country’s […]
Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality advanced plans to build 9,000 settlement units on the site of the Kalandiya Airport in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, Israeli media revealed on Wednesday. The proposal is now set to be […]
By Ramzy Baroud The international uproar in response to Israel’s approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian West Bank may give the impression that such a reaction […]
The EU on Friday reiterated its call for Israel to halt its plans to expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, warning that any new changes to the pre-1967 borders that are not agreed upon […]
Germany is “very concerned” over Israel’s decision to list six Palestinian civil society groups as terror organizations, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. “We have, of course, taken note of the […]
By Romana Rubeo Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on Tuesday that Israel will join the European Union’s research funding program from 2021-2028, Israeli media reported. However, Israel’s participation in the multi-billion-euro research funding […]
By Ramzy Baroud Language is politics and politics is power. This is why the misuse of language is particularly disturbing, especially when the innocent and vulnerable pay the price. The wars in Syria, Libya, […]
Jewish settlers attacked Palestinians in the village of Susya, near Hebron (Al-Khalil), as a European Union delegation made his way to the village, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. Video| Israeli settlers brutally […]
The Palestinian flag was raised outside the Danish Parliament building in the capital Copenhagen yesterday, in the first such event to mark Palestinian Flag Day, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Organized by the […]
By Ramzy Baroud Suddenly, the idea put forth by French President, Emmanuel Macron, late last year does not seem so far-fetched or untenable after all. Following the US-NATO hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan, European countries […]
By Ramzy Baroud Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for military interventions and, often, for frivolous wars. Writing in the conservative rag, The National […]
Following increased Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, European Heads of Mission and representatives of West Bank Protection Consortium (WBPC) member states and like-minded countries today visited Beita village, near the northern West Bank […]
By Ramzy Baroud Europe’s identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squabbles by Europeans over the EU, Brexit or football. It goes much deeper, reaching sensitive and dangerous territory, including that of culture […]
The German and French ambassadors, along with other European Union (EU) ambassadors, boycotted a ceremony at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli Ynet News revealed on Tuesday. The ceremony was held on July 4 at […]
The European Union Representative to the Palestinian territories with the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah said in a statement on the situation in East Jerusalem that Israel, as an occupying power, is […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected a case brought by the widow and daughter of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat requesting it reopen an investigation into his 2004 death. After unsuccessful lawsuits […]
A European Union official called on Tuesday for the lifting of a crippling Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip which has been in place for fifteen years, also saying that a unified Palestinian government should […]
In an open letter, 55 former European officials, including prime ministers and foreign ministers, condemned obstruction of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation of Israeli war crimes in Palestine. “We regret to see increasing attacks […]
The Parliament of the Brussels–Capital Region has adopted a pro-Palestinian resolution that calls for condemning the Israeli occupation of Palestine and recognizing the State of Palestine on the borders of pre-1967. The resolution also calls […]
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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