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Month: November 2018
Israeli Navy Detains 3 Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza
Israeli naval forces detained three Palestinian fishermen while working less than three nautical miles off the northern besieged Gaza Strip’s coast, on Friday morning. Head of the Fishermen Committees in the Union of Agricultural Work […]
14 Palestinians Injured by Israel in Gaza Marches
Israeli occupation forces once again tried to repress peaceful Palestinian protests in Gaza, injuring 14 on Friday. The marches were held under the banner “the resistance unites us and will be victorious”. Thousands of Palestinian […]
Jewish Settlers Vandalize Mosque, Spray Racist Slogans in the West Bank
Jewish settlers vandalized Palestinian-owned vehicles and spray painted racist, anti-Arab slogans, on Friday, in the Beit Iksa village, in the central occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem. According to local sources, Jewish settlers spray-painted racist, […]
‘Limited Time’ Left on Earth: Israeli Minister Threatens to Kill Hamas Leader
A senior cabinet minister has signaled that Israel is preparing to assassinate the leader of Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, testing a fragile ceasefire agreed last week. Yoav Galant, Israel’s minister of construction […]
Jewish Settler Sues Airbnb over Occupied West Bank Settlement Ban
A Jewish settler is suing Airbnb over its ban on occupied West Bank settlement listings, heeding the call of Israeli officials to challenge the decision. Ma’anit Rabinovich, who advertised her settlement apartment in the Kida […]
City University Students: Israeli Ambassador Demanded Armed Guards
Student societies at City University in London have welcomed the cancellation of Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev’s talk, a decision the students claim was made “in relation to wholly unreasonable demands made upon the university by […]
How Israel and the International Community Normalize Forced Displacement of Palestinians
By Ramona Wadi A Washington Post editorial sums up the mainstream aftermath of Israeli aggression against Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is credited with purportedly “choosing peace” in the enclave: “The ceasefire and humanitarian respite that Mr […]
Israeli Supreme Court Slammed for Facilitating ‘Cleansing of Palestinians’
The Israeli Supreme Court was accused this week of facilitating a “cleansing of Palestinians” in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, following a decision to reject an appeal brought by residents threatened with eviction. According to Israeli […]
Israeli Forces Run Over Palestinian Youth in Hebron
A 21-year-old Palestinian was run over by an Israeli army vehicle as he attempted to cross a road, on Thursday, north of in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron (Al-Khalil). The Palestinian Red […]
Israel to Evict 700 Palestinians from Silwan (VIDEO)
The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday rejected a petition submitted by 104 Palestinians against claims by a right-wing Israeli organization paving the way for 700 Palestinians to be forced from their homes, Haaretz reported. The cleansing […]
SA Ambassador to Palestine Wants Lifting of Gaza Siege
South African Ambassador to Palestine, Ashraf Suliman, has confirmed South Africa’s full support for the rights of Palestinians and denounced recent Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip. Speaking to the African News Agency (ANA), […]
Israeli Ambassador Appearance at London University Shelved ‘over Security Concerns’
A scheduled talk by Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev at City University in London yesterday night was “shelved after concerns over security”, according to reports. In the lead up to Regev’s appearance, the university’s Palestinian Society […]
Netanyahu’s Ceasefire is Meant to Keep Gaza Imprisoned
By Jonathan Cook Palestinians in Gaza should have been able to breathe a sigh of relief last week, as precarious ceasefire talks survived a two-day-long, heavy exchange of strikes that threatened to unleash yet another […]
The Tide Is Turning: Israel Is Losing on Two War Fronts
By Ramzy Baroud The botched Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip on 12 November is delineating Tel Aviv’s failure to utilize its army as a tool to achieve Palestinian political concessions. Now that […]
Israeli Minister Shaked: Deal of the Century Is a ‘Waste of Time’
The “deal of the century”, the peace plan being prepared by US President Donald Trump, is a “waste of time”, Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said yesterday. Israeli-Palestinian peace plan being prepared by US President Donald […]
Canada Federation of Students Endorses BDS
A Canadian student body has announced that it will endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) made the announcement at its general meeting in the Canadian capital Ottawa […]
Israel Demolishes 16 Palestinian Structures in Shuafat Camp (VIDEO)
Israeli occupation forces demolished 16 Palestinian structures in the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem this morning, Al Jazeera reported. The structures are commercial shops that constitute the main source of income for some […]
Israeli Army Arrests Palestinian MP Ahmad Attoun from West Bank Home
The Israeli army this morning arrested a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from the occupied West Bank city of Al-Bireh, according to local witnesses. Witnesses told the Anadolu Agency that an Israeli military force […]
Airbnb to Remove Listings from Illegal Israeli Settlements
Global online rental marketplace Airbnb says it will remove its listings in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in a move that comes after years of pressure from Palestinian and human rights […]
UNRWA Reduces Deficit from $446m to $21m
The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Monday that its budget deficit for 2018 has been reduced from $446m to $21m. Pierre Krähenbühl made the announcement during a conference in […]
Capitals: Game Farouk Plays To Keep Mother’s Mind Active – A Poem
By Rafiq Kathwari Moscow! Mother says when Farouk asks, Capital of Russia? Japan? Tokyo! She gazes at the sun mirrored in a pane across the courtyard. “You were born a week after Nagasaki,” she says […]
What Would Gramsci and Said Do? A Socialist Perspective on BDS
By Rod Such The prominent Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, author of Orientalism and The Question of Palestine, admired the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci for his views on cultural hegemony. What might have transpired if these […]
Netanyahu: Khan al-Ahmar to Be Demolished Very Soon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank, “will be demolished very soon.” Netanyahu made the remark during a press conference. He added: […]
Report: Dahlan Team Helped Cover Up Khashoggi Murder
Four members of Mohammed Dahlan’s security team participated in covering up evidence related to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to high-level sources quoted by the Turkish Yeni Safak newspaper on Sunday, the […]
Gaza Homes Damaged in Latest Israeli Incursion (VIDEOS)
The latest 48-hour Israeli incursion into the besieged Gaza Strip has led to the destruction of some 1252 housing units and displaced thousands of families, the Palestinian Ministry of Public Works and Housing reported yesterday. […]
Hamas: Israel Will Ease crippling Gaza Siege amid Talks
Hamas leader Ismail Radwan has revealed some of the details of the “positive” talks with Israel earlier this week, mediated by senior Egyptian officials. In a press release, Redwan announced that the second phase of […]
Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Ambulance in Hebron
A large number of Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian ambulance, on predawn Sunday, on the al-Shuhada Street in Hebron (Al-Khalil) According to local sources, the ambulance was passing through the al-Shuhada Street in Hebron City, […]
Netanyahu Says Early Election Must Be Avoided (VIDEO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he wanted his government to fulfill its term, putting the onus of triggering an expected early election on to a coalition partner. Netanyahu has faced calls from […]
Palestine Chronicle Tour Continues: Tawasul III Conference, Istanbul – LIVE BLOG
The Palestine Chronicle world tour continues. Palestine Chronicle Editor, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, will speak about the Palestinians’ right to resist Israeli occupation in the 3rd panel, “Global Discourse of the Palestinian Narrative”, along with: Ayman […]
Israeli Forces Suppress Palestinian Journalists’ Protest (VIDEO)
Several Palestinian and international journalists suffered severe tear-gas suffocation as Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful march organized by Palestinian journalists at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem in the central occupied West Bank, on Saturday […]