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Israel’s State Attorney Will Not Appeal Acquittal of Soldier Who Killed Autistic Palestinian Man
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Last July, the Israeli District Court acquitted an Israeli soldier who killed autistic Palestinian man Iyad Hallaq in the Old City of Jerusalem on May 30, 2020. The Israeli State […]

BREAKING: Bloody Scenes in Tel Aviv as Israeli Police Cracks Down on Eritrean Protests
By Palestine Chronicle Staff At least 170 people were injured on Saturday during clashes between Israeli police and hundreds of Eritrean asylum seekers in Tel Aviv. The majority of the wounded were Eritreans. However, […]

Palestinian Citizens of Israel March against Israeli Police Failure to Stop Crime
Palestinian citizens of Israel accuse the police and government of discriminating against them and not doing enough to stop crime in their towns compared to Jewish towns. Scores of Palestinians in the Arab town of […]

Former Shin Bet Chiefs Urge Biden Not to Host Netanyahu Citing ‘Jewish Supremacy’, ‘Apartheid’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Two former chiefs of Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency have urged US President Joe Biden to refrain from hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next month, […]

Protests in Apartheid Jewish Ethnocratic State are Neither Revolutionary Nor Egalitarian
By Jamil Khader The fact that Zionism is responsible for the Nakba and its ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and erasure is either denied or ignored in these social media commentaries, liberal news media, […]

‘I Don’t Apologize’: Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir Lashes out at Supermodel Bella Hadid
Ben-Gvir called Hadid an “Israeli hater” and accused her of posting only a segment of the interview “with the intention of making me appear racist and evil”. Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir lashed […]

Rights Group Links Israel to Organized Crimes in Arab Communities
Israeli authorities must take immediate and effective action to end the killings and violence that have reached unprecedented levels in Israel’s Arab community, said Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor in a statement. Euro-Med Monitor expressed grave […]

What Did Tor Wennesland Say in His Latest UN Briefing on Palestine
By UN News The United Nations Middle East Envoy gave a briefing on Monday about Palestine and the Israeli occupation. This is what he said .. ‘Concerning Trends’ More than 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 […]

Israeli Army Kills another Palestinian Minor, Conducts Mass Arrests in West Bank
A Palestinian teen Tuesday morning succumbed to the wounds he sustained from Israeli forces during a military raid in the town of al-Zababdeh, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. According to Fawaz […]

Israeli Authorities Storm Palestinian Shops in Jerusalem, Impose Heavy Fines
Israeli occupation authorities stormed several shops in the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday, imposing heavy fines on Palestinian shopkeepers, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. According to eyewitnesses, staff of the Israel Tax […]

Shot, Detained at Huwwara; Children, Fishermen Arrested in Silwan, Gaza: Palestine News Roundup
This is the latest Palestine news roundup from the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, the Palestine Chronicle and other sources. Children Arrested Israeli occupation forces Wednesday detained two Palestinian children from al-Thawri neighborhood in the town […]

‘End Illegal Occupation’: Australian Senator Tells Government Time to Recognize Palestine
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe condemned “the violent occupation of Palestine, the brutality of the colonial power that is Israel, and their state-sanctioned murder of the Palestinians.” Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the Australian […]

‘Ignorance is Bliss’: On the So-Called Contradictions within Israel’s Alleged Democracy’
By Benay Blend Gorenberg’s case for Israel’s “democracy” is a good example, and is itself a contradiction, because the Zionist state was established by the Nakba (catastrophe), during which military forces expelled at least 750,000 […]

On the Use and Misuse of the Term ‘Jewish Supremacist’
By Yves Engler Should a person who defends and promotes a state that actively endorses Jewish supremacy be called a Jewish supremacist? In the recent Globe and Mail commentary “Canada must rethink its friendship with […]

Organized Crime is Linked to Messianic Zionist Terrorism and Necrocapitalism
By Jamil Khader The Israeli apartheid police is part of the problem and cannot be relied upon to protect the unequal citizens of the apartheid Jewish ethnocractic state. Three weeks ago, I attended the henna […]

War on Coexistence: Why Kisch Banned Israeli-Palestinian Bereavement Support Groups
The Israeli Education Ministry yesterday banned the grassroots organization, Parents Circle-Families Forum (PCFF), which comprises bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families, from arranging activities at schools. The decision was based on new ministry rules issued by […]

Huwwara and Stella Maris: The Truth about Judicial Overhaul, Israeli Protests
By Jamil Khader Huwwara and Stella Maris are the truth of the judicial overhaul and the protests in the apartheid Jewish ethnocratic state The pogrom in Huwwara, near Nablus, and the attacks on the Stella […]

Don’t Cross the Picket Line: Palestinians Call on Christina Aguilera to Cancel Israel Concert
Pro-Palestine activists as well as Palestinian civil society groups have urged American singer Christina Aguilera to cancel a show scheduled in Israel on August 10th. The 42-year-old singer and songwriter, who’s also an advocate for […]

WATCH | ‘You Are Terrorizing the Boy’: Israeli Soldiers Raid Home in Jerusalem
By Palestine Chronicle Staff At 3 AM, every single day, a whole Israeli army unit arrives at the Al-Basiti home in East Jerusalem. Their target is a 13-year-old boy. Ayham Fawzi Al-Basiti is a […]

‘Gross Violations’ in Palestine: Arab League, OIC Submit Statements to ICJ
The General Secretariats of the Arab League and of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) submitted on Thursday written statements on the issue of Palestine to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, […]

Doctors without Borders Offers Legal Definition for Israeli Violations in Masafer Yatta
The international NGO, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) said on Wednesday that Israel’s conducts in the Masafer Yatta region in the Occupied West Bank could amount to war crimes. The Israeli measures include the […]

Major Victory for BDS as American Anthropological Association Endorsees Boycott of Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The American Anthropological Association (AAA) voted to endorse a boycott of Israeli academic institutions and sever ties with Israeli universities over their role in discriminating against Palestinians. The vote is […]

Palestinians Praise Portugal’s Recognition of Nakba, Israel Censure
The Portuguese Parliament voted on Friday, by majority, to recognize the Nakba and praised the Palestinians’ struggle to obtain their right to self-determination. The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Friday welcomed the decision of the Portuguese […]

Israeli Protesters Block Highways, Mob Stock Exchange to Protest Judicial Overhaul
Dozens of protesters reportedly entered the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, tossing fake banknotes as symbols of corruption. Israeli protesters blocked highways and briefly mobbed the stock exchange on a so-called ‘Day of Disruption’ on Tuesday […]

‘Unite the Union’, Condemns UK’s Anti-Boycott Bill, Reaffirms Support for BDS
Unite the Union, which represents 1.2 million workers in the UK, passed three crucial motions on Friday, July 14, regarding the Israeli occupation and the ongoing Palestinian struggle for freedom. The resolutions reaffirmed the Union’s […]

Israeli Watchdog Reveals Number of Jewish Settlers, New Constructions in Occupied Palestine
Rightwing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government has promoted a record number of housing units in illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank in its first six months, Israeli anti-settlement watchdog, Peace Now, […]

Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Youth, Arrest Three Others in Military Raid near Jericho
A Palestinian youth was injured, while three others were detained, during an Israeli military raid in the refugee camp of Jabr, near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA […]

Illegal Jewish Settlers Seize Home of Sub Laban Family in Jerusalem’s Old city (VIDEO)
Illegal Jewish settlers seized on Tuesday the house of the Sub Laban family in Jerusalem’s Old City, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The settlers, escorted by Israeli occupation forces broke into the family […]

Caged, Stripped, Beaten: Latest ‘Save the Children’ Report on Palestine Makes Chilling Read
According to a just-released report by the international rights organization, Save the Children, four out of five Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system are beaten and 69 per cent are strip-searched. The research […]

Palestinian Youth with Down Syndrome Summoned for Questioning by Israeli Forces in Jerusalem
Palestinians with disabilities face daily challenges due to the Israeli occupation. A Palestinian youth with Down Syndrome was summoned on Sunday for questioning by the Israeli occupation authorities, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]