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Month: May 2016
Palestinian Woman Sentenced by Israel over ‘Facebook Incitement’
A lawyer for the Palestinian Authority’s committee for prisoners’s affairs said Monday that Israel’s Ofer military court has sentenced a young Palestinian woman from the southern occupied West Bank district Bethlehem to 45 days in […]
PA Backlash as Israel Attempts to Legalize Settlements
Riyad al-Maliki, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister, said on Sunday that Israel’s decision to build a new settlement in the occupied West Bank is an attempt to “legalize settlements and destroy the two-state solution”, […]
Only 3% of Gaza’s Water is Fit for Human Consumption (PHOTOS)
By Yousef M. Aljamal – Gaza The Gaza Strip, a 365-square-kilometer-costal enclave, is home to one of the most densely populated communities in the world, where water has become a sacred source. The nearly two […]
Extremist Settlers Attack Palestinian Human Rights Activists in Hebron
A group of extremist Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked two Palestinian human rights activists in the Tel Rumeida area in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, video footage showed. Human Rights Defenders spokesperson […]
Rising from Ruins: Gaza’s Engineers Use Ashes to Make Bricks
Two Palestinian female engineers made what could be a breakthrough discovery. Majd Almashharawi and Rawan Abdullatif developed a new bricks-mixture, adding coal ashes to it. According to a report by Aljazeera Arabic, the two engineers […]
Joint Talks: Awad Abdelfattah and Karl Sabbagh in London Soon
It is 68 years since the Nakba of 1948. The one undemocratic state reality in Palestine – under exclusion of the 6 or 7 million Palestinians in exile – is intolerable. Every day sees new […]
“Albarghouthi: Israel Should be Brought to Account not to Repeat Crimes in the Future”
Mustafa Albarghouthi, the Secretary General of the Palestinian Initiative said on Friday that Israel “would never dare to repeat its attacks on the Gaza Strip if it was prosecuted for the savage war crimes it […]
Three Children Burned to Death after Gaza House Catches Alight
By Yousef M. Aljamal – Gaza Three Palestinian children burned to death after their house caught fire in Alshatee refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip. The fire resulted from lighting candles due to the continuing […]
Haniyeh: We Are not Seeking War, but no to a Buffer Zone in Gaza
Deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, stressed that his movement will not allow for changes on the ground in response to the Israeli escalation on the Gaza Strip’s eastern border. During his […]
Žižek’s Junction 48: Between Intersectional Analysis and Marxist Critique
By Jamil Khader In his blog, “Junction 48, Sexual is Political” (Huffington Post April 26, 2016), the eminent Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek roots, and rightly so, for Udi Aloni’s film, Junction 48, on “ideologico-political” grounds. […]
Saudi Prince, Ex-Netanyahu Adviser Hosted by AIPAC-Funded Organization
Marketed as a “pathbreaking public dialogue between senior national security leaders from two old adversaries,” May 5, 2016 featured a high-profile public meeting in Washington DC between officials from Saudi Arabia and Israel. In rare joint […]
Israel’s Defence Minister Backs General Who Likened Israel to Nazi Germany
Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Thursday expressed support for the Israeli army’s Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan, who was strongly criticized for appearing to compare Israel to pre-Holocaust Germany in remarks at an […]
Israeli General under Fire for Drawing Similarities between Nazis and Israel
An Israeli army IDF general has come under fire after his remarks suggesting a parallel between Nazi Germany and present day Israel in his Holocaust Remembrance speech. The controversial comments fueled heated discussion among politicians […]
Latest Escalation in Gaza – A Timeline of Events
By Palestine Chronicle Staff – Gaza The current escalation in the Gaza Strip was proceeded with remarks made by Israeli leaders following the alleged discovery of a tunnel dug inside the boundaries of Israel from […]
Turkish Lifts Veto, Israel to Open Permanent Mission at NATO HQ (VIDEO)
NATO has allowed Israel to open a permanent mission at its HQ after Turkey lifted its veto on Israeli activity within the bloc. NATO said in a statement that Israel’s Ambassador to the European Union […]
Salman Abu Sitta’s, Mapping My Return – Book Review
Reviewed by Vacy Vlazna (Salman Abu Sitta, Mapping My Return: A Palestinian Memoir. Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press; 2016) “I spent the rest of my life on a long, winding journey of return, […]
Gaza: The Memories of War Still Haunt Us
By Noor Salha – Gaza It was a memorable and a tragic night at the same time. I wish I could forget those moments and everything that happened to us on that day. But I […]
Several Israeli Airstrikes Target Rafah (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
Israeli airstrikes targeted Gaza’s International Airport, which was also repeatedly targeted in recent years. Eyewitnesses report that the strikes also reached the eastern parts of the city of Rafah. No information on causalities is yet to […]
Following Israeli Shelling, Gaza Schools Evacuated
Israeli forces destroyed two military towers belonging to the military wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, following what Israeli military sources said the targeting of Israeli forces near the border. According to these sources, Israeli soldiers […]
China: Palestinians Suffer more Than Refugees
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday that Palestinian suffering is “larger than the refugee tragedy,” stressing the Palestinian issue is on top of the Chinese diplomatic agenda, the Anadolu Agency reported. Receiving his Palestinian counterpart Riad […]
The Spirit of Nelson Mandela in Palestine: Is His Real Legacy Being Upheld?
By Ramzy Baroud I had mixed feelings when I learned that Palestine has erected a statue of Nelson Mandela, the iconic South African anti-Apartheid leader. On the one hand, I was quite pleased that the […]
Is Israel Jewish Like France is French? (VIDEO)
On June 11, 1967, days after Israel’s armed forces had conquered the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan appeared on US news show ‘Face the Nation’. Addressing Israel’s ability to “absorb” Palestinian […]
Palestinians Recall Dark Days of Israeli Offensives as Bombing of Aleppo Continues (PHOTO)
By Yousef M. Aljamal – Gaza The Gaza Strip has witnessed three major offensives carried out by Israel from 2008-2014, which claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinians and made tens of thousands homeless. The […]
By Sparing Israel, Abbas Deepens Palestinian Split
By Ramzy Baroud Palestinian National Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, is playing a very dangerous political game. At the same time as he is placing less pressure on the belligerent Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, he […]
Age of Fools – Book Review
Reviewed by Jim Miles (Age of Fools. William A. Cook. Dandelion Books, LLC. Mesa, Arizona. 2015. ) In a world of fools, Age of Fools by William Cook is passionate and accusatory book that reviews […]
Power Supply in Gaza is Reduced to 6 Hours for Every 18 Hours
Electricity grids for all districts in the Gaza Strip will only be providing power for six hour intervals followed by 12 hours without power, due to a problem with the Egyptian power lines, Gaza’s electricity […]
Foreign Policy Shift: Skepticism of German-Israeli Friendship Growing in Berlin
By now, Angela Merkel is used to it. Whenever she meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the confidential content of their discussion appears in an Israeli newspaper a few days later. But the story […]
More Than 40 Israeli Violations against Journalists in April (VIDEO)
A Palestinian committee has documented 42 Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists and media groups during April, Felesteen newspaper reported on Sunday. A report from the Committee for the Protection of Journalists has called for human […]
On May Day in Gaza: Everyone Takes the Day off Except for Workers
By Yousef Aljamal – Gaza Across the world, the 1st of May is a day to celebrate workers as a gesture of appreciation of their contribution to the society. Workers across the globe take the […]
On May Day in Palestine, High Unemployment and Harsh Working Conditions (PHOTOS)
As the world marks International Workers’ Day (May Day), laborers in the Palestinian territory continue to suffer from soaring unemployment, poverty, and other dire working conditions. The average unemployment rate in the Palestinian territory was […]