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Rampant Racism: on Shireen, Mass Murder and White Racism
By Jim Miles Words are important. Using the word ‘rampant’ in the title gives the real image of racism: not some narrow right-wing ethos that surfaces occasionally into violence, but something that is “violent or […]
Germany’s Position on Palestine: Twice on the Wrong Side of History?
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle There is no doubt that Nazi Germany was on the wrong side of history, and it took an enormous amount of international effort to bring Germany over […]
The Rosa Parks of Palestine: Here’s to the Human Spirit
By Tamar Fleishman Every Friday, the story repeats itself at Qalandiya military checkpoint: the same characters, the same rules, the same scenario, the same ruthless domination, and the same Orwellian lingo. Only the small, personal, […]
Taking Palestinian Martyrs Seriously
By Paul Salvatori In a recent Al Jazeera story on Abdullah Al-Husari, a young Palestinian man killed by Israeli forces, his friend described him thus: “He was always with me…. I used to try […]
Israeli Soldiers Murder Jewish Man Believing He Was Palestinian (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli forces shot and killed an Israeli Jewish man, believing that he was a Palestinian, in the Southern city of Ashkelon, Israeli media reported. While initial reports in Hebrew media […]
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 Following protests against the invitation by pro-Israeli groups, the invitation was rescinded two days […]
Israeli Municipality Bars Palestinian Citizens of Israel from Community Services
The Mayor of the Israeli city of Netivot, Yehiel Zohar, has barred Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians from the occupied West Bank from carrying out community service in various institutions, according to a Palestinian […]
Is Europe Really More Civilized? Ukraine Conflict a Platform for Racism and Rewriting History
By Ramzy Baroud When a gruesome six-minute video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting and torturing handcuffed and tied up Russian soldiers circulated online, outraged people on social media and elsewhere compared this barbaric behavior to […]
Spanish Footballer Slams Double Standards in Ukraine, Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Spanish professional footballer Hector Bellerin has slammed hypocrisy and double standards in the Ukraine crisis coverage, Spanish sports newspaper Marca reported. Speaking with La Media Inglesa, Bellerin highlighted that war […]
Europe’s Largest University Cancels Event Linked to Amnesty International’s Damning Report on Israel
By Romana Rubeo La Sapienza University of Rome, which is considered the largest university in Europe, has reportedly canceled on Monday evening an event aimed at presenting Amnesty International’s recent findings labeling Israel an […]
‘Hypocrisy Does Not Begin to Describe It’: Baroud on the Ukraine Crisis and the Changing Global Order (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a wide-ranging interview with Palestine Deep Dive (PDD), Mark Seddon discusses with distinguished Palestinian journalist and author, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, the unfolding crisis in Ukraine through the eyes of […]
Adalah Rights Group Petitions Israeli Supreme Court against Discriminatory Citizenship Law
The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday, in its own name and on behalf of three Palestinian families, against the Citizenship and Entry […]
Amnesty US Director: Israel Shouldn’t Exist as Jewish State
Israel should not be preserved as a Jewish state, the Amnesty International US Director Paul O’Brien said on Wednesday, according to US-based outlet The Jewish Insider. Speaking on Wednesday to a Women’s National Democratic Club […]
Israeli Knesset Passes Law to Ban Family Reunification
Israel’s Knesset passed a law effectively barring Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza who are married to Palestinian citizens of Israel from gaining citizenship or residency in Israel, according to the Palestinian Information Centre. […]
Israel to Restrict Number of Non-Jewish Ukrainian Refugees to Just 5,000
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has announced its intention to cap the number of non-Jewish refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine at just 5,000, The New Arab reported. This is in addition to the 20,000 […]
WATCH: Irish MP Richard Barret Calls out International Double Standards on Crimes against Humanity
Irish lawmaker Richard Boyd Barret on Friday called out the international community for failing to condemn Israeli apartheid after 70 years of systematic oppression and aggression against the Palestinian people, the official Palestinian news agency […]
Shaked: Israel Will Accommodate Thousands of Jewish Immigrants from Ukraine
Israeli interior minister Ayelet Shaked announced that her government would take a decision to set up seven to twelve new ‘residential areas’ in the Negev region “to house new Jewish immigrants,” Israeli media reported “We […]
Navigating our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle The USA Today reported that a photo that went viral about a high-rise in the Ukraine being hit by Russian bombing turned out to be a high-rise […]
Amnesty is Right, Israel Must Stop Misusing the Term ‘Antisemitism’
By Paul Salvatori The Israeli state’s response to the recent Amnesty International report, ‘Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime against Humanity’, was predictable. Though the report confirms the state continues […]
German State Broadcaster Fires Palestinian, Arab Employees after ‘Flawed Antisemitism Probe’
The German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has suspended five of its employees, all of Palestinian and Arab descent, after accusations of ‘antisemitism’, but critics have accused the channel of anti-Arab bias in handling the […]
MAB Condemns Entry of Far-right Israeli Parliamentarian to UK
The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) has issued a statement on Thursday condemning the entry into the UK of notorious far-right Israeli parliamentarian, Bezalel Smotrich, the Middle East Monitor reported. Smotrich, who heads the Religious […]
Israeli Cabinet Approves Submission of ‘Racist’ Citizenship Law to Knesset
The Israeli cabinet agreed on Sunday to submit a controversial law to the Knesset (parliament) despite opposition from members of the government coalition, Israeli media have reported. The proposed law was introduced by extreme right-wing […]
Cambridge Students Say ‘Apartheid’ Israel’s Envoy ‘Not Welcome’
An upcoming visit to Cambridge University by the extreme right-wing Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, has sparked outrage amongst student groups, the Middle East Monitor reported on Friday. Citing Cambridge University’s “proud tradition” […]
Report: Increase in Racism and Incitement against Palestinians, Arabs in 2021
The Arab Center for Advancement of Social Media, 7Amleh, released on Tuesday the findings of the “Index of Racism and Incitement on Israeli Social Media in 2021”, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The […]
Outrage as Arab World Institute President Compares Pro-BDS Intellectuals to Sheep
The President of the Arab World Institute in Paris compared Arab intellectuals who objected to the display of Israeli artworks as part of an exhibition to ‘sheep’, in an interview with Radio J, the New […]
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 […]
The Combating Islamophobia Act: On Hate Crimes and ‘Irrational Fears’
By Ramzy Baroud The result of a vote, on December 14, in the US House of Representatives regarding the combating of Islamophobia, may, possibly, appear to be a positive sign of change, that Washington […]
The Other (Side) – A Poem
By Timothy McCord I wonder if you wonder how it would feel if the boot were on the other foot; would it make you shudder to be that other that is me? To know […]
The Omicron Shame: Why is the World Punishing instead of Helping Africa?
By Ramzy Baroud The decision by several governments across the globe to institute travel bans on seven African countries, starting on November 27, due to the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, was […]
On ‘Gassing the Arabs’ and Other Diseases: Is Israel a ‘Sick Society’?
By Ramzy Baroud For whatever reason, some mistakenly perceive the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, as liberal, progressive and even ‘pro-Palestinian’. Of course, none of this is true. This misconstrued depiction of an essentially Zionist and […]