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‘Elbit is Guilty, We are Not’: Palestine Group Founders Face 38 Years in Prison
Eight members of the UK-based organization Palestine Action are facing up to 38 years in prison next month for taking action against Israeli-owned arms factories, the group said in a statement that was cited in […]
Hate in Disguise: the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation is about Anti-Palestinian Racism
By Paul Salvatori A Toronto-based group, the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF), is co-organizing an event for this November. It’s called “RISE UP Ottawa!” According to its GoFundMe page, the event is about promoting […]
McGill-Tel Aviv University Partnership: Why I Interrupted Major Funding Announcement
By Yves Engler On Wednesday, August 31, I interrupted a major funding announcement at McGill to ask the head of the university about her suppression of Palestine solidarity. As she spoke from the Faculty Club’s […]
Musicians, Artists Withdraw from Berlin Music Festival over Israeli Partnership
Several American, English, and French singers have pulled out of Berlin’s Pop Kultur Festival due to the event’s partnership with the city’s Cultural Department of the Embassy of Israel, the Middle East Monitor reported. French […]
Roger Waters Pays Tribute to Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during Concert
The legendary star of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, recently paid a tribute to slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a concert in New York. The 78-year-old songwriter and composer displayed Abu Akleh’s name across […]
National Lawyers Guild Urges US to Condemn Israel’s Raids on Palestinian NGOs
The National Lawyers Guild (NGL) condemned the Israeli raids on seven Palestinian human rights organizations, and demanded that, at minimum, Israel allow them to resume their operations, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. In […]
Amnesty International: Repression of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations Must End
Amnesty International called on Thursday for an end to the repression of Palestinian civil society organizations at the hands of Israeli occupation authorities. After Israeli forces closed the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations […]
My Fortnight as a ‘Terrorist’ in Israel
By Shireen Faisal A week after I flew out of Palestine, Gaza is under attack. By Sunday evening, 44 deaths were reported by Palestinian health authorities, 15 of which were children. More than 300 Palestinians […]
The Post-Oslo Social Economy: An Analysis
By Omar Zahzah “It’s classic Fanon, if you think about it,” Palestinian writer Yara Hawari, Senior Analyst of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, remarked in 2018 about the 25th anniversary Oslo Accords. “It’s like, Let’s […]
Palestinian Activists Rock: On Roger Waters and the Students’ Society of McGill University
By Paul Salvatori At the recent webinar, “Standing up for student solidarity with Palestine” (hosted by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute), featured guest and legendary rock artist, Roger Waters, spoke candidly about two troubling […]
Moroccan Activists Protest Visit of Israeli Army Chief
Dozens of human rights activists demonstrated in front of the Moroccan parliament building in the capital Rabat on Monday in protest at the visit of the Chief of Staff of the Israeli occupation army, Aviv […]
Advocating for Palestine in Canada: Histories, Movements, Actions – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Advocating for Palestine in Canada – Histories, Movements, Actions. Ed.: Emily Wills, Jeremy Wildeman, Michael Beuckert, Nadia Abu-Zahra. Fernwood Publishing, Halifax/Winnipeg, 2022.) Different groups advocate for Palestine from a variety of perspectives […]
Chomsky on Israeli Apartheid, Celebrity Activists, BDS and the One-State Solution
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo This is, according to the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the ‘interregnum’- the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires collapse and others rise, and […]
Connecting the Dots: The Liberationist Ethos of the Mapping Project
By Omar Zahzah Many of us can recall some of the most famous sayings of the revolutionary Palestinian intellectual Ghassan Kanafani, but current events are also providing each one of us dedicated to Palestinian liberation […]
Chikane’s Courageous Stand in Solidarity with Palestine Deserves Support, Not Rebuke
By Iqbal Jassat Having read Pastor Tom Mofokeng’s scurrilous attempt (City Press, June 17) to discredit and undermine Reverend Frank Chikane, it astounded me to discover a complete absence of substance in his letter. The […]
Exeter College JCR Passes Historic Motion Supporting Palestine
The Junior Common Room (JCR) – a representative student body within the University of Oxford – has passed an unprecedented motion condemning recent actions by Israel, the University of Oxford’s student newspaper, the Oxford Student, […]
From Nakba 74 and Beyond: Solidarity is Ongoing
By Benay Blend On Nakba Day 2022, thousands of people around the world marked the 74th anniversary of the “catastrophe” of 1948 that saw nearly 800,000 Palestinians expelled from their homes as Zionists established the illegal […]
Palestinian Rights Group Challenges City Mayor and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
By Neil Ballantyne A Palestinian rights organization in Aotearoa New Zealand has challenged Mayor Andy Foster of Wellington City Council for his refusal to light up a local council building in the colors of the […]
McGill University Administration Amps up Anti-Palestinian Campaign
By Yves Engler The McGill administration and Israel lobby have waged a multiyear campaign against student democracy and Palestinian solidarity and recently threatened the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) financial arrangement after students voted […]
Pro-Palestine Activists Oppose UK Government’s Anti-Boycott Legislation
Pro-Palestine solidarity organizations voiced opposition on Tuesday to a UK legislation that would likely target boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) efforts against Israel, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Some European organizations expressed opposition […]
UK Civil Society Organizations Urge Government to Block Anti-Boycott Legislation
A coalition of UK Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) urged the government on Thursday to halt legislation that would likely target boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) efforts against Israel, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
IN PHOTOS: In Solidarity with Al-Aqsa, British Activists Protest in Front of Israeli Embassy in London
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A large number of activists gathered on Saturday in front of the Israeli Embassy in London, to condemn repeated Israeli aggressions on Palestinian worshippers in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The […]
Palestinians in Latin America Condemn Israeli Desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinians across Latin America have condemned the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque by illegal Jewish settlers as well as “continuous Israeli crimes and violations” against the people of occupied Palestine, Quds Press reported on Tuesday. “It […]
Palestinian Fighter’s Legendary Win ‘Puts a Smile on the Face of Palestinians’ (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian American mixed martial artist Belal “Remember the Name” Muhammad defeated on Saturday Brazilian fighter Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night at Apex facility in Las Vegas, dedicating his victory […]
GEICO and Linda Sarsour: How the West Has Normalized Anti-Palestinianism
By Paul Salvatori This week American car insurance company, GEICO, extended an invitation to Palestinian activist and author, Linda Sarsour. Following protests against the invitation by pro-Israeli groups, the invitation was rescinded two days […]
Affirming Global Indigenous Joint Struggle: The Palestinian Right of Return is Landback
By Omar Zahzah A History-Making Paper On March 30, 2022, on the occasion of Palestinian Land Day, the Indigenous organization NDN Collective released a history-making position paper affirming the interconnectedness of the Palestinian struggle to […]
Lowkey: a Hip-Hop Voice for the Palestinian Struggle
By Paul Salvatori The pro-Israeli group We Believe In Israel wants to shut down UK hip-hop artist, Lowkey, on Spotify. Luke Akehurst, director of and speaking on behalf of the group, recently stated: “We view […]
Dozens of Artists, Celebrities Come out in Support of Pro-Palestine Rapper Lowkey (VIDEOS)
Dozens of musicians and celebrities have come out in support of the rapper and Palestine solidarity campaigner, Kareem Dennis, better known by his stage name, Lowkey. The British-Iraqi artist has been the subject of a […]
Nizar Banat’s Family Accuses Palestinian Authority of Cover Up
The family of Nizar Banat, who died in the custody of Palestinian security forces last June, has accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) of trying to cover up his assassination, the Middle East Monitor reported. In […]
Israeli Dates: the Bitter Reality to a Sweet Treat
By Hafsa Habehh The date is a sweet, nourishing treat. Who would think that this cultural and religious favorite would be a factor of exploitation, oppression, and occupation? Dates are a staple in a majority of […]