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‘Stop the Genocide!’ – Protesters Demand UK Govt Halt Arms Sales to Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Today our message once more is for a ceasefire to end Israel’s genocide, but we are ramping up our demand to stop arming Israel, for a ban on arms sales […]

‘Reconsider Your Decision’ – Nancy Pelosi Joins Calls for US Arms Transfer Halt to Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A staunch supporter of Israel throughout the years, Nancy Pelosi’s endorsement of the letter was notable. US Representative Nancy Pelosi has joined dozens of congressional democrats in urging President Joe […]

Secret Transfers – Latest Approved US Weapons Shipment to Israel is Most Devastating
By Palestine Chronicle Staff According to the Washington Post, rifts that “have emerged between the United States and Israel over the war’s conduct” did not limit weapons transfers to Israel. The US Administration of […]

‘Not Everything It Asked For’ – US Assesses Stockpile Before Arming Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Some of that is because they’ve asked for stuff that we either don’t have the capacity to provide or not willing to provide, not right now.” The United States’ top […]

Complicit in Genocide: Who Gave Israel the Murder Weapon?
By Ramzy Baroud Though many of Israel’s traditional allies in the west are openly disowning its behavior in Gaza, weapons from various western and non-western countries continue to flow. Over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since […]

‘Totally Unacceptable’ – 130 Parliamentarians Urge UK Government to Ban Arms Sales to Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The British parliamentarians wrote in the letter that “business as usual” for arms exports to Israel is “totally unacceptable” amid the ongoing war on Gaza. 130 parliamentarians signed a letter […]

These are the Two Countries that Provide Israel with 99 Percent of Its Weapons – Report
By Palestine Chronicle Staff With increasing international pressure to stop supplying weapons to Tel Aviv amid its genocidal war in Gaza, recent data reveals that the overwhelming majority of Israel’s weapons imports originate from […]

An Arms Embargo on Israel is Crucial to Give Credence to ICJ Ruling on Genocide
By Iqbal Jassat All evidence points to the fact that not only has Israel disregarded the order, but has blatantly disregarded the ICJ ruling by intensifying its murderous campaign of genocide. Dubbed a mighty legal […]

Call to UN: Stop Fueling Gaza Crisis, Halt Weapons Transfer – Aid Agencies
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Member states have a legal responsibility to use all possible tools to leverage better protection of civilians and adherence to international humanitarian law. Demanding an immediate ceasefire, at least 16 […]

Vatican Rejects Donation from ‘Leonardo’ over Gaza – Did Italy Impose Arms Sale Boycott on Israel?
By Romana Rubeo The Israeli news website Walla reported on Saturday that Italy, which is responsible for nearly 5 percent of Israel’s military procurement, has decided to impose an arms sales boycott on Tel […]

No Halt to Export of F-35 Fighter Jet Parts to Israel –Dutch Court Ruling
A Dutch court has rejected demands from human rights groups to halt the government from exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel. The Hague District Court ruled on Friday that the Dutch government should be […]

US Rep. Ilhan Omar Proposes Bill to Block Weapon Sale to Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff US Representative Ilhan Omar has introduced legislation to block the sale of $320-million worth of bomb kits to Israel, in the midst of its onslaught on the Gaza Strip. In […]

US Secretly Increasing Weapons Deliveries to Israel – Bloomberg
The US Department of Defense has reportedly ramped up weapons deliveries to Israel without making any public announcement. The United States Department of Defense has boosted weapons deliveries to Israel without making any public announcements […]

War on Gaza: Washington State Activists Block US Weapons Shipment to Israel – VIDEO
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Despite aggressive, and at times violent harassment of activists by the security at the port, activists continued to block streets, as others joined them throughout the day. Hundreds of activists […]

Pro-Palestine Activists Block US Military Supply Ship to Israel – WATCH
Pro-Palestine activists demanding an end to the US-backed Israeli war in Gaza delayed a US military supply vessel for several hours in the Port of Oakland on Friday, RT reported. According to the group the […]

A ‘Moving Event for Every Jew’: Germany, Israel Sign $3.5Bn Arrow 3 Deal
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel and Germany signed a deal on Thursday to finalize the $ 3.5 billion purchase of the Israeli and American-developed Arrow 3 long-range air defense system, Israeli media reported. According […]

New York City Mayor to Incorporate Israeli Drone Technology into NYPD
Adams visited Israel this week in order to assess Israel’s law enforcement technology and the possibility of incorporating it into the New York Police Department. The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, is looking […]

Hungary to Manufacture Combat Drones with Israel, German Company
Hungary has signed an agreement with Israeli and German companies to manufacture combat drones jointly, Israeli media reported. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a new combat vehicle factory in south-west Hungary on Friday, Hungarian […]

Activists Say UK Police Used ‘Excessive Force’ against Pro-Palestine Protestors
Activists staging a week-long demonstration outside a subsidiary of Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems in the UK have accused British police of using excessive force to crack down on their right to protest, The New […]

US Democrats Call for Investigation into Israel’s Use of American Weapons on Palestinians
US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have been urged by Democrat members of Congress to carry out an investigation into Israel’s use of American weapons to carry out human rights abuses […]

NYT: US Secretly Shipping Weapons from Israel to Ukraine
The US military is supplying Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds pulled from stockpiles based in Israel, according to the New York Times. The Pentagon is reportedly “scrambling” to find munitions as Ukrainian […]

Peace Activists Take on the Pentagon: Decry the Merchants of Death
By Kathy Kelly Days after a US warplane bombed a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing forty-two people, twenty-four of them patients, the international president of MSF, Dr. Joanne Liu […]

On Movement’s Anniversary, Fatah in Gaza Reveals Two New Rockets (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On the occasion of the 58th anniversary of the creation of the Fatah movement, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the Martyr Nidal Al-Amoudi Brigade organized a military parade on Sunday in […]

Report: Israeli Arms Exports Mark Significant Increase in 2021
Israeli weapons exports have seen a significant increase last year, Isreali media reported. Figures by the Israeli Defense Ministry’s International Defense Cooperation Directorate showed that the Israeli military and security exports “surged by 30 percent” […]

Israel to Buy Four Aerial Refuelling Planes from the US for over $927m
Israel will purchase four Boeing KC-46A refuelers for its air force, in a deal valued at $927.5 million, the Israeli government and a US defense contractor announced on Thursday. First deliveries of the aircraft, which […]

LA Times Reports on Google’s ‘Retaliation’ against Employee Critical of Israel, ‘Project Nimbus’ (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Over 500 Google employees expressed solidarity with a colleague who was reportedly pushed out of her job for her views on the company’s Israel military contract, The Los Angeles Times […]

Israel Signs Multi-Billion Dollar Deal for German Submarines
Israel closed a deal on Wednesday to buy three submarines from German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp for €3 billion ($3.4bn), the Israeli newspaper Times of Israel reported. “I would like to thank the German government for […]

How Cutting down Military Spending Could Bring about Peace
By Ron Forthofer Since the end of WWII, especially since the breakup of the Soviet Union, it appears as if US political leaders feel they are trapped in a time warp and are unable to […]

Understanding the War Industry – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Understanding the War Industry. Christian Sorensen. Clarity Press, Atlanta, Georgia. 2020.) For readers wondering about the state of the US economy, this work by Christian Sorensen provides a small encyclopedic compendium of […]

Hiroshima: Our Survival at Stake
By Kathy Kelly For many, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the atomic attack on Hiroshima, August 6, was a day for quiet introspection. I recall a summer morning following the U.S. 2003 “Shock and Awe” invasion of […]