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Month: February 2020
Founding Fathers’ Worst Nightmare: How Israel Normalized Foreign Meddling in US Elections
By Jamal Kanj In his 1787 farewell speech, George Washington warned, “… foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.” Washington’s compatriots were more specific. Later in the same year, John […]
‘Here’s Why You Can’t Extinguish Us’: On Broadening Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Benay Blend January 27, 2020, was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the end of a traumatic era that should have turned “Never Again” into a commitment to […]
Israeli Authorities Builds Settler-only Road from Nablus to Jordan Valley
Israeli occupation authorities have started the build of a new road that would link the illegal Jewish settlements of Eli and Shilo – in the north of the occupied West Bank – with the Jordan […]
US Congresswoman McCollum Calls AIPAC a ‘Hate Group’
A Democratic US congresswoman called the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) a “hate group” on Tuesday after the pro-Israel lobby ran a Facebook advertisement implying her to be “more sinister” than Islamic State group. Betty McCollum, who has previously […]
Palestinian Minor Reveals Harrowing Details in Israeli Custody
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a testimony made through his lawyer to the Committee of Prisoners and Former Prisoners Affairs, Palestinian teenage prisoner Mahmoud Thawabteh revealed details about the difficult conditions inside Israeli prisons. […]
Israel Targets UN Rights Office with ‘Exceptional and Harsh Measure’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel lashed out at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday, soon after the UN body revealed a list of companies that have ties with illegal Jewish […]
Palestinian Home in Jerusalem partially Collapses Due to Israeli Excavations
A Palestinian-owned house in the Old City quarter of occupied Jerusalem partially collapsed today as a result of ongoing underground excavations by Israeli authorities and illegal settler organizations. Expert warns of collapse of Jerusalem buildings […]
Israeli Army Carries out Military Drills in Jordan Valley
Israeli army today morning carried out military drills in several areas in the northern Jordan Valley. Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know about Israel’s ‘Firing Zones’ in the West Bank | Article by: […]
Pro-Israel Lawyers to Fight ECJ Decision to Label Settlements Products
A network of pro-Israel lawyers is gearing up to fight the implementation of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on the labeling of products from illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. According […]
See Full List Below: UN Blacklists 112 Businesses that Enable Israeli Occupation of Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) has finally released a long-delayed report, on Wednesday, listing over one hundred businesses that have ties with illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied […]
Breaking with Washington: Arabs and Muslims Must Take a Stance for Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud A negotiated solution to the ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict’, at least the way envisaged by successive US administrations, has failed. Now, Palestinians and their allies would have to explore a whole new path […]
The Zionist War without End
By Jeremy Salt A reiteration of the war on Palestine, on the Arab world, on the Muslim world, on international law and human rights. There is no other way to describe the Trump-Kushner-Netanyahu ‘deal.’ Media […]
Canada Celebrates Agents of Palestinian Misery
By Yves Engler Last month the Canadian Embassy in Tel Aviv held an event to celebrate Canadians fighting in the Israeli military. They invited all 78 Canadians in the IDF to the ambassador’s residence to demonstrate their […]
Leftist EU Lawmakers Demand Concrete Action in Palestine
Leftist members of the European Parliament demanded on Tuesday concrete actions from the European Union (EU) in favor of Palestine and the end of an association agreement with Israel, following the U.S. plan for the […]
Israeli Soldiers Arrest Palestinian Boy, Drag him away from his Mother (VIDEO)
Israeli soldiers arrested a 13-year-old Palestinian child, identified as Amer Oweidat, from his home in Al-Arroub refugee camp, in Hebron (Al-Khalil). A video posted on social media shows the mother crying and running after Amer who […]
Israeli Forces Desecrate Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
Israeli soldiers desecrated today the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) when they broke into it, forcing the Muslim employees and staff to leave it, according to officials from the […]
‘Largest in Nation’s History’: Personal Information of Millions of Israelis Leaked
It has been described by the Times of Israel newspaper as “one of the largest and most compromising leaks of Israelis’ personal information in the nation’s history”, and foreign intelligence agencies may have already seized […]
Abbas at UN: ‘US Cannot be the Sole Mediator’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Appearing before the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas rejected Washington’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’. Holding a copy of a map used by the […]
The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The Age of Illusions – How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory. Andrew J. Bacevich. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, NewYork, 2020.) Another in his series of remarkable books, Andrew J.Bacevich has […]
Abbas is a Mouthpiece for International Impositions on Palestine
By Ramona Wadi The Palestinian Authority has learned nothing from decades of futile UN Security Council Resolutions. Do the people of Palestine really need international consensus regarding the already very clear illegality of US President […]
Gantz Accuses Netanyahu of Failure in Gaza, Storms out of Knesset
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Leader of Blue and White party and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main opponent in the forthcoming elections in March, Benny Gantz, accused the government of failing to stop Palestinian […]
‘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 […]
Israeli Court Sentences Palestinian Leader Sheikh Raed Salah to 28 Months
An Israeli court on Monday sentenced the head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raed Salah, to 28 months in prison for “inciting to terror” in a series of speeches he made […]
Israeli Forces Arrest 16 Palestinians, including Two Minors
Israeli forces today arrested ten Palestinians from several areas of the occupied West Bank and six others in Jerusalem, including minors, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). In a press release, PPS stated that […]
Israeli Forces Storm West Bank Refugee Camp, Injure Dozens
A number of Palestinian residents of Al Arroub refugee camp in the south of the West Bank suffered severe teargas suffocation today, during clashes that erupted with Israeli forces, reported WAFA correspondent. #Palestinian Rights and […]
US Warns Israel against Unilateral Annexation of West Bank Settlements
By Palestine Chronicle Staff US envoy David Friedman warned Israel on Sunday not to declare sovereignty over West Bank without Washington’s consent, rejecting calls for immediate action by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his […]
Palestinian Rights and Western Duplicity
By Ron Forthofer President Trump’s fraudulent Middle East deal runs roughshod over Palestinian rights, harms long-term Israeli interests, and is only the latest example of the US arrogance and disdain for international law. Essentially Trump’s […]
Israeli Soldiers Arrest Palestinian Man for Defending His Wife
A Palestinian young man was beaten up and arrested on Sunday, for defending his wife from Israeli soldiers at his house in Beit Ummar in northern Hebron (Al-Khalil). Clashes in HebronIsraeli occupation forces raided the […]
Oslo Accords and the PA are a Hindrance to Palestinian Liberation
By Marion Kawas On January 28, 2020, US President Donald Trump unveiled the details of his ‘Deal of the Century’ in Washington D.C. with Benjamin Netanyahu by his side. Many of these details had been […]
The PA Will Opt for Losing Palestine if It Means Keeping its ‘Authority’
By Ramona Wadi Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas continues to provide proof of his worthlessness when it comes to political decision-making. If the US “continues” with the so-called deal of the century, Abbas has threatened […]