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Gaza, One Football, One Leg: French Film Documents Courage of Palestinian Athletes, Brutality of Occupation
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Filmmaker Patrice Forget shot an original documentary that is based on a soccer match organized in the French town of Martigues, in July 2019, between a Palestinian team from Gaza […]

Watch as Angry French President Orders Israeli Officers to Leave a Jerusalem Church
By Palestine Chronicle Staff French President Emmanuel Macron had a taste of what Palestinians in the Occupied Territory experience on a daily basis when Israeli occupation officers defiled the sanctity of a holy place […]

France and the EU, Recognizing Yet Supporting Apartheid Reality in Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud A recent statement made by the outgoing French Ambassador to the US regarding the nature of Israeli apartheid accentuates a larger ailment that has afflicted the European Union foreign policy. The […]

Notre Dame of Gaza: Our Mosques and Churches Are also Burning
By Ramzy Baroud As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp, my childhood home in the Gaza […]

Israel Rejects France’s Request to Repay Money Deducted from Palestinian Tax Revenues
Palestinian Authority (PA) Ambassador to France Salman Al-Harfi yesterday reported that Israel has rejected a France request that it repay money deducted from Palestinian tax revenues, Al-Wattan Voice reported. Al-Harfi said that the French letter was met […]

French Ambassador to US Says Israel Becoming an ‘Apartheid State’
French Ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud, has said that Israel is an apartheid state, in candid comments during an interview with The Atlantic as he prepares to step down from his role in […]

Fire Breaks out at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
A fire broke out at Al-Marwani Prayer Room in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound yesterday, at the same time as the world watched Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Cathedral engulfed in flames. Smoke could be seen rising […]

Macron Says Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitism
France is to recognize anti-Zionism, the denial of the state of Israel, as a form of anti-Semitism in response to a surge in acts against Jews not seen “since the Second World War”, reports The Telegraph. […]

Yes, What about Yemen?
By Jeremy Salt After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, many are asking ‘But what about Yemen?’ Yes, indeed, what about Yemen, but what about Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and Somalia? What about Egypt in […]

Palestinian Photojournalist Wins First Place in French Photo Awards
The top photo prize of the 25th edition of the Bayeux-Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents went to Palestinian photojournalist, Mahmoud Hams. Thirty-eight-year-old Hams won for his picture of a Palestinian protester on a wheelchair in […]

Abbas: Palestine Ready to Enter Peace Talks with Israel (VIDEO)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday voiced readiness to resume peace talks with Israel, either behind closed doors or in public. Speaking at a joint press conference in Paris with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Abbas […]

Khan al-Ahmar: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK Issue Joint Statement
The UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain issued a joint statement on Monday opposing the proposed demolition of Khan al-Ahmar. A Bedouin village situated east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, Khan Al-Ahmar has […]

France Demands that Israel Releases French Citizen
The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs in Paris has pointed out that a year has elapsed since the arrest of French citizen Salah Hamouri by Israel. France is still concerned about his administrative detention, […]

Palestinian Artist Denied Visas to France, UK to Attend Exhibits of Her Own Work
Young Palestinian Artist Malak Mattar from Gaza said Monday that she was refused a visa to France and to the U.K., in order to be present at exhibitions of her own paintings in the European […]

Europe’s Iron Curtain: The Refugee Crisis is about to Worsen
By Ramzy Baroud A recent European Council summit in Brussels was meant to articulate a united policy on the burgeoning refugees and migrant crisis. Instead, it served to highlight the bitter divisions among various European […]

Israel to Extend Detention of French-Palestinian Lawyer by 3 Months (VIDEO)
On Saturday, French Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri will attend a confirmation hearing in Jerusalem District Court where his colleagues at the Palestinian NGO Addameer are told, his administrative detention order will be renewed for at […]

French Company Withdraws from Israel’s Jerusalem Rail Project
French engineering company Systra has withdrawn from part of Israel’s construction of a rail network in occupied Jerusalem, after its connection to the project was revealed by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). French […]

French Suburb Remove Nakba Street Sign under Israeli Pressure
Under Israeli pressure, a French suburb yesterday removed a street sign commemorating the Nakba. The Mayor of Bezons, a northwest suburb of Paris, unveiled the “Nakba Lane” plaque on Monday to commemorate the 70th anniversary […]

French Protesters: Israel’s Real Brand Is Colonization, Occupation, Apartheid (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff French activists in Paris protested on Saturday in front of an Israeli pavilion at VivaTech, a major international fair for start-ups. Action #BDS ce samedi 26 mai devant le pavillon israélien […]

Israel Arrests French Citizen over Alleged Weapons Smuggling
Israel has said that it is holding an employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem on suspicion of smuggling weapons from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. The French citizen, identified as Romain Franck, […]

French Intellectuals’ Statement on Palestinian Child Detainees Published in ‘Le Monde’ (FULL TEXT)
French academics and writers published a collective letter in Le Monde on January 23, focusing on the case of Ahed Tamimi and the plight of the approximately 360 Palestinian child prisoners in Israeli prisons. The […]

French Municipality Recognizes Palestinian State
Patrice Leclerc, mayor of Gennevilliers, a northern suburb of Paris, on Friday announced his decision to recognize the state of Palestine saying that the decision will be officially signed next Monday. Leclerc said in a […]

France Condemns Israeli Plans to Build over 1,100 Units in 20 West Bank Settlements (VIDEO)
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday condemned the Israeli authorities’ decision to allow more than 1,100 housing units to be built in 20 different West Bank settlements with some on private Palestinian lands. The […]