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The Irony of ‘World Refugee Day’: ‘Celebrating’, then Blaming the Victims
By Ramzy Baroud Fadi, a Syrian teenager, with curly hair and an acne-covered face, has miraculously survived one of the greatest migrant boat disasters in the modern history of the Mediterranean. Only 104 people […]

Netanyahu: Israel Will Help Italy Become Energy Hub
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel intends to export gas to Europe via Italy, promising much greater cooperation between the two countries, Reuters news agency reported. […]

From Gaza to Tunisia: Grief is All the Same
By Majd Salem “Our sons are being thrown into the sea and the fish are eating them.” I was lucky. After I finished high school in Gaza in 2016, I got a scholarship to college […]

Hamas Mourns Death of Palestinian Migrants off Tunisian Coast
Hamas has mourned Palestinian migrants who drowned off the Tunisian coasts on Sunday. “With deep sorrow and pain, Hamas is following up on the news about the death of Palestinians after a migrant boat sank […]

Israel Approves Testing Procedures in Disputed Karish Gas Field
UK-based energy company Energean announced Sunday that it had started conducting testing procedures by pumping gas to the disputed offshore Karish gas field, after receiving approval from Israel, The New Arab reported. Israel says the […]

PA Foreign Ministry: 25 Palestinian Refugees aboard Sunken Migrant Boat off Syrian Coast
At least 25 Palestinians were aboard the vessel that tragically sunk off the Syrian coast, having departed from Minyeh in Lebanon carrying around 150 passengers, The New Arab reported. At least 94 people are now […]

Israel, Egypt and EU Sign Gas Export Deal to Reduce Energy Dependence on Russia
Egypt, Israel, and the European Union have signed a deal to boost shipments of liquified natural gas (LNG) to EU member states, Sky News Arabia reported on Wednesday. Brussels hopes that the move will help […]

BDS Calls on PA to Leave Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum
The Palestinian BDS National Committee has called on the Palestinian Authority to cancel its membership in the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), saying the membership “gives legitimacy to Israel to steal natural gas off the […]

Oil Spill off Israel’s Coast Reaches Lebanon’s Shores
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Hassan Diab said yesterday he was following up on an oil spill that may have originated from a ship passing near the Israeli coast and has now reached the southern shores […]

To Protect Gas Fields from Hezbollah: German Naval Technology on Its Way to Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli military officials are celebrating the imminent arrival of German missile boats, which they claim are designed to protect the Israeli natural gas industry from future attacks by the Lebanese […]

Israel Approves Giant Pipeline Project, to Export Natural Gas to Europe in 2025
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli government cabinet approved on Sunday a $6.9 billion plan to lay a natural gas pipeline, Eastmed, with the aim of exporting natural gas to Europe. The plan was […]