Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday stressed that the PA is to cooperate with the ICC in providing all data needed to speed up investigations to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice. He […]
By Ramona Wadi Short-term funding initiatives for Palestinians provided without addressing Israel’s colonialism and military occupation have been proven to be a recipe for long-term failure. They simply do not address the decades of deprivation […]
Facing elections for the first time in 15 years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is battling a growing rift within his powerful Fatah party that poses a new threat to his dominance over Palestinian politics, reports […]
Five Palestinian factions and PLO members have agreed to run for Palestinian parliamentary elections on a united list with Fatah, member of PLO Executive Committee and Fatah Central Council Azzam Al-Ahmad said yesterday. Speaking to […]
The Palestine delegation and the Council of Arab Ambassadors to the United Nations are continuing in their meetings and contacts with the members of the International Quartet, the Security Council, and countries of influence. Riyad […]
Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila today urged the United Nations (UN) to help step up the provision of COVID-19 vaccines to the occupied Palestinian territories. #Israel Blocks Shipment of #Russian #Vaccine to #Gaza https://t.co/LtI3yUJtLm via […]
By Ramona Wadi The Biden administration is adopting a confusing position regarding Jerusalem, signaling a possible effort to square the circle of taking the US back to the fold of international consensus on Palestine and […]
Member of Palestinian Fatah Central Committee Hussein Al-Sheikh is due to meet Marwan Barghouti, who is serving a life-term in Israeli jails, to urge him not to run in the upcoming presidential elections slated for […]
Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad announced yesterday that it will not take part in the presidential and legislative elections due to be held later this year, a statement released by the group said. In the statement, […]
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Tuesday prominent Hamas member, Khaled Al-Hajj, in the West Bank’s northern city of Jenin. “An Israeli force raided our home in Al-Jabriyat neighborhood and detained my husband,” Al-Hajj’s wife told […]
The Palestinian political factions concluded tonight a two-day meeting in Cairo during which they agreed to hold the legislative and presidential elections, as previously scheduled and decreed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The factions […]
The Palestinian Authority must lift the sanctions it has imposed on the Gaza Strip in order to provide the enclave an equal standing in the upcoming elections, a senior Hamas official said today. Speaking at […]
Palestinian political activist and academic Abdul Sattar Qassem died of COVID-19 yesterday at the age of 73. Qassem was a Palestinian writer, thinker, political analyst, and academic. He was a professor of political science and […]
The Palestinians are to receive the first batch of 50,000 coronavirus vaccines by mid-February when they will launch inoculations in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister said Monday. Speaking ahead of a […]
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced on Monday the resumption of contacts with Washington, Al-Quds Al-Araby has reported. He made the announcement during his weekly cabinet meeting. Shtayyeh said that he had spoken with […]
A sharp rise in the Israeli army and Jewish settler attacks against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank prompted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today to call on the United Nations Secretary-General and to […]
By Ramona Wadi The Palestinian legislative and presidential elections are set to be held in May and July respectively, and the Palestinian Authority is following US President Joe Biden’s diplomatic path meticulously. A democratic veneer […]
Palestinian leaders condemned the new US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday for his remarks reiterating Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the move of the US Embassy to the occupied city. […]
By Ramona Wadi The UN has mastered the art of dissociating itself from colonization, especially that which it has supported through international consensus. Former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh expressed on Monday his hope that the new US administration will stop illegal Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, Wafa News Agency reported. Speaking at the […]
A European Commission spokesman on Saturday hailed Palestine’s decision to hold general and presidential elections for the first time in 14 years, Anadolu Agency reported. “Palestine welcomes decree-law on holding legislative, presidential and National Council […]
The ruling Fatah movement and its rival, the Hamas movement, welcomed the decree issued yesterday by President Mahmoud Abbas setting dates for national elections in Palestine. The decree set May 22 for holding legislative elections […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Responding to a recent call by the Biden Administration to hold elections in Palestine as soon as possible, the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Friday that parliamentary […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has signed an order to pay the full salaries to more than 900 prisoners and former prisoners, Head of the Prisoners and Ex-prisoners Affairs Authority Qadri Abu Bakr announced […]
By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, […]
The administration of US President-elect Joe Biden has asked Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to renew legitimacy and hold general elections, Israel’s Channel 20 reported. #PA President #Abbas to Set Dates for New #Elections in […]
Israel put off a scheduled meeting between Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi, Maariv revealed yesterday. The Shehab News Agency reported the Israeli daily saying that the meeting […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to issue decrees for holding the first legislative elections, to be followed by presidential elections, by January 20, following an agreement reached with the Hamas movement and after […]
By Ramona Wadi After returning to security coordination with Israel just days after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US presidential election, the Palestinian Authority wasted no time in reassuring the international community […]
US Congressman Gregory Meeks, the new Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has said he was looking forward to resuming humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, as part of a push by President-elect Joe Biden […]
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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