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Palestinians Are Not Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse
By Ramzy Baroud Palestine can never be truly understood through numbers, because numbers are dehumanizing, impersonal, and, when necessary, can also be contrived to mean something else entirely. Numbers are not meant to tell […]

We Are Not Numbers: Speaking with Palestine’s Young Talents (Palestine Chronicle TV)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff We Are Not Numbers develops the communication skills of Palestinian youth living under occupation, enabling them to share the human stories behind the numbers in the news with a Western […]

The Story Without Palestine is Incomplete: An Urgent Call for Support from Palestine Chronicle Editors
Dear Readers, Many of you already agree that the Palestinian narrative is central and that the marginalized voices of the Palestinian people must be heard. Alas, without independent news outlets like the Palestine Chronicle, media […]

VIDEO: Ramzy Baroud on Israeli Racism, Apartheid and the Palestinian Narrative (Part I & II)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff This talk, by Palestinian author, journalist and editor, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, was scheduled to be delivered in person at the University of Torino, Italy on March 25, during the ‘Israeli […]

Readers’ Choice: ‘My Favorite Books on Palestine’ Written by Palestinians
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A few days ago, we asked our readers on social media to share with us the title of their favorite books on Palestine, based on the following criteria: 1. Nominated […]

‘These Chains Will Be Broken’: Ramzy Baroud’s Book on Palestinian Prisoners – Book Review
By Michael Lescher (These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons, by Ramzy Baroud, Clarity Press, Inc., 2020) Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that “the degree of civilization in a society […]

These Chains Will Be Broken. Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons – Book Review
By Ramona Wadi (These Chains Will be Broken: Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons, Clarity Press, Atlanta, 2019) What the news reports eliminate, Ramzy Baroud’s new book, These Chains Will be Broken: Stories of […]

Israel to Wipe out Palestinian Curriculum in Jerusalem
Up to 100,000 Palestinian students are facing the threat of using distorted schoolbooks in occupied Jerusalem, Deputy Palestinian Education Minister Basri Saleh said on Sunday. According to Arab48, during a meeting held in Cairo, Basri said […]

Palestinian Narratives Must Be Protected from PA Exploitation
By Ramona Wadi Official Palestinian media are playing a major role in disseminating Palestinian narratives, according to Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, that is. Departing from the fact that the Palestinian Authority and its media still […]

Flipping the Script with Ahmed Mansour: ‘Palestinians Are Resilient, Not Traumatized’ (VIDEOS)
By Kevin Gilligan (An Interview with Gazan Filmmaker Ahmed Mansour) Earlier this week I sat down with Gazan filmmaker Ahmed Mansour before he headed out to the Seattle Premiere of his latest feature-length documentary Brooklyn […]

‘Last Chapter’ TV Program Discusses Baroud’s ‘Last Earth’ (VIDEO)
Ramzy Baroud’s latest volume, ‘The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story’ is the subject of a lively discussion in this Press TV program, ‘Last Chapter’, involving former British MP, Derek Conway, Human Rights barrister, Salma Karmi-Ayyoub […]

Baroud at PalExpo: ‘The Whole State of Israel Is a Settlement’
Organized by the British NGO Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA), Palestine Expo has been dubbed the ‘biggest Palestine event in Europe‘, being held in the iconic Olympia Exhibition Centre in London. The Palestine Chronicle chief editor, […]

Israel Systematically Hides Documents Related to Nakba
Teams from Israel’s Defence Ministry started a decade ago to remove and hide documents from the Israeli archives related to crimes against Palestinians during the Nakba of 1948, Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed yesterday. In a long report, Haaretz said […]

Ground-Breaking Palestinian Oral History Map Launched (VIDEO)
A ground-breaking Palestinian Oral History Map has been launched online, allowing users “to explore the testimonies based on the historic landmarks that they describe—from schools, hospitals, and factories to rivers, valleys and mountains”. The project is part […]

Bahrain Summit: Opponents Must Assert Palestinians’ Unequivocal Right to Liberation
By Ramona Wadi As preparations continue for the “Peace to Prosperity” workshop to be held in the capital of Bahrain next month, opposition to US-Israeli scheming grows. The Confederation of Palestinian Communities in Latin America […]

Gramsci and the Palestinian Narrative: Ramzy Baroud Speaks at ‘Nakba71’ in Vancouver (VIDEO)
Following are excerpts from Ramzy Baroud’s talk at ‘Nakba71 – The Palestinian Narrative’, a meeting held on May 18, in Vancouver, Canada, at the Simon Fraser University to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Palestinian […]

Preventing Palestine: A Political History From Camp David to Oslo – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Preventing Palestine – A Political History From Camp David to Oslo. Seth Anziska. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2018.) In all my recent readings of history and current events, Preventing Palestine stands […]

Palestinian-American Wins UFC 236 Preliminaries
Palestinian-American fighter Belal Muhammad soundly beat opponent Curtis Millender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 236 preliminaries by unanimous decision in Atlanta last night. This will be the sixth fight he has won out of […]

On Why There Is (Allegedly) No Palestinian Gandhi
By Benay Blend In September 2004, Arun Gandhi’s visit to Palestine revived conversations about the role of nonviolence in the Palestinian liberation struggle. In March 2019 he will return, only this time he will give […]

Prevailing Reactions to Khan Al-Ahmar Are Harming Palestinians
By Ramona Wadi The silence generated over the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar should be provoking an outrage of different proportions. Last year, the village was a focal point to the exclusion of all other […]

Ramzy Baroud: Reclaiming the Palestinian Narrative (VIDEO)
Ramzy Baroud: There is an absolute and urgent need for the Palestinian people to champion their own story, and to define the nature of solidarity. Without the Palestinian people being the central component of the […]

The International Community Has No Right to Determine Palestinian Narratives
By Ramona Wadi There is a lot of unfortunate truth in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assessment of international diplomacy. Without having to make any concessions on settlement expansion or Jerusalem, Israel is enjoying a […]