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‘Genocide Profiteers’ – Google Fires 28 Employees Protesting Ties to Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Google has fired 28 employees for their involvement in a 10-hour sit-in at two of the tech giant’s offices in the US, protesting the company’s ties with Israel. The termination […]
Amidst Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, Canadian NDP Leader Kowtows to Israel Lobby
By Yves Engler Amidst Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, the divide between Jagmeet Singh and NDP supporters, as well as his caucus, has become glaring. On Tuesday Singh once again followed the Israel lobby in smearing […]
US Supreme Court Rejects ‘Attempt to Silence’ Palestinian Advocacy Group
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The US Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and several US citizens who live in Israel against a Palestinian human rights organization based […]
From Epstein to the ICJ – Meet Israel’s Defender Alan Dershowitz
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Dershowitz, a former Harvard law professor, is a defense lawyer who has represented such individuals as OJ Simpson and former US President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial. Israeli […]
Roger Waters Barred from South American Hotels over Israel Lobby’s Pressure
Waters attempted to book hotel rooms in two Buenos Aires hotels for his ‘This Is Not a Drill’ tour later this month, but reservations at both were canceled. Rock legend and Pink Floyd co-founder Roger […]
Roger Waters is a Principled Rock Star to Be Emulated Not Smeared
By Yves Engler Attacks against Roger Waters are shameful. If more rock stars and celebrities were engaged like him, the world would be a fairer place. The Toronto Star’s recent attacks against Roger Waters are […]
Rock Legend Roger Waters to Sue Frankfurt, Munich over Canceled Concerts
By Romana Rubeo Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters has announced his intention to take legal action against the German municipalities of Frankfurt and Munich for canceling his scheduled concerts, based on the claim […]
Remove Ignorance, Not Kufiyahs: Challenging Anti-Palestinian Racism in Halifax
By Paul Salvatori Last week in Halifax several students were asked to remove their Kufiyahs, known to many as the checkered (black and white) Palestinian scarf, from their person at Park West School. To […]
German City of Frankfurt Cancels Roger Waters Concert over His Solidarity with Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The city of Frankfurt announced on Friday that it was canceling the forthcoming concert of Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters, accusing him of being “one of the world’s best-known […]
Opinion Survey Reveals 40 Percent of Americans Think ‘Israel Treats Palestinians like Nazis Treated Jews’
A recent opinion survey revealed that 40 percent of Americans think that ‘Israel treats Palestinians like Nazis treated Jews’, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The survey, which was released last week by the […]
German Court Rules in Favor of Palestinian Reporter Fired from DW
A German court ruled on Monday that German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle was not legally justified in firing Palestinian-Jordanian journalist Farah Maraqa over antisemitism allegations, The New Arab reported. A judge ordered DW to return […]
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 […]
Twitter Locks Account of Palestine Chronicle’s Editor, Dr. Ramzy Baroud
The social media platform Twitter has blocked the account of Palestinian journalist and author, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, claiming that his posts about the Israeli war on the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have […]
Palestinian American Rashida Tlaib Wins Michigan Primary despite Pro-Israel Spending
Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has secured a comfortable victory in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District Democratic primary elections, despite the ‘dark money’ funneled by the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Tlaib won the […]
UN Human Rights Council President Defends Colleague against Antisemitism Allegations
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office said on Thursday that the comments of Miloon Kothari, a member of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (COI) “echo the darkest days of […]
Biden’s Middle East Visit, and Israel’s New Shopping List
By Jamal Kanj President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle culminates months of diplomatic and military meetings between American and Israeli officials preparing Israel’s “Shopping List” for Biden’s trip. In parallel, the Administration sent several […]
Report: New US Political Committee Plans to Unseat Palestinian American Lawmaker
A new political action committee (PAC) plans to unseat Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib over her clear support for the people of occupied Palestine, the Intercept revealed on Friday. The committee claims that it is […]
Crazed Israel Defenders Slander Critics, Ignore the Crime
By Yves Engler If soldiers of some country — say Russia, Canada, or USA — are suspected of killing a journalist covering a story, reasonable people around the world rightly express outrage at the country […]
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 […]
Don’t Turn Your Back on Palestine, Patrick Brown
By Paul Salvatori Patrick Brown, mayor of Brampton (a Toronto suburb) and running for leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, recently took an unexpected stand on Palestine. When asked whether he believes there’s a double […]
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 […]
Palestinian Academic Suspended by UK University Following Israeli Lobby Pressure
By Palestine Chronicle Staff British University Sheffield Hallam has suspended a Palestinian Ph.D. student from teaching, following a smear campaign by the Israeli lobby, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Shahd Abusalama, a […]
Let Us Count the Ways Canada Supports Israel’s Crimes
By Yves Engler One of the most disingenuous arguments made by Canadian apologists for Israeli crimes is that it is irrelevant what transpires here. If they genuinely believed this why seek to squash support for […]
British Academic, Miller, Exonerated from Allegations of Antisemitism
British Professor David Miller has been exonerated for the second time from allegations of antisemitism, leaked documents uncovered by the Electronic Intifada reveal. A report, written by a leading British lawyer, concludes that “there is […]
The British Empire Strikes against Palestinian Resistance Group Hamas
By Iqbal Jassat The British government’s discredited Home Secretary Priti Patel has once again emerged as Israel’s leading in-house lobbyist. Though her credibility was severely dented when as UK Aid Minister she had to resign […]
Toronto District Schools: It is Time to Challenge Israel’s Lobby Racism
By Yves Engler Executive officer at the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (Toronto) Jason Kunin recently posted to Facebook: “It seems that as a result of Desmond Cole’s unscripted calls of ‘Free Palestine’ during a […]
The ‘Cancel Culture’ of Israel Lobby in Canada
By Yves Engler The Israel lobby regularly torments people and seeks to undermine their ability to make a living. While increasing numbers of Canadians are wise to their slander campaigns, some progressives still end up […]
After Corbyn, Israel Lobby Turns Its Guns on UK Academia
By Jonathan Cook The Israel lobby appears to be readying for a campaign to root out left-wing academics in the UK critical of Israel’s continuing oppression of the Palestinian people – echoing its efforts against […]
Israeli Officials Intervene to Remove US Academic Who Criticized Israel
Israeli diplomats put pressure on the dean of a US university to remove a teacher who criticized Israel, using allegations of antisemitism, The Middle East Monitor reported. Details of the intervention by Israeli consular officials, […]
Jewish Chronicle’s Libel Payouts were a Small Price to Pay for Smearing Corbyn and the Left
By Jonathan Cook The Jewish Chronicle, a weekly newspaper that was saved from liquidation last year by a consortium led by a former senior adviser to Theresa May, has been exposed as having a quite […]