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Zionism
Resistance Until Victory: On 75 Years of Al-Nakba
By Benay Blend In a podcast several days ago on YouTube former Senator from Minnesota Al Franken explained that Israel was the original Jewish homeland, but “of course, it wasn’t a perfect solution because the […]
The Catastrophe in Palestine and Christian Zionism
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam No one should be shocked by the rightward drift of Israeli politics. The ultra-Orthodox extremist regime currently assembled in Tel Aviv is the end product of Israel’s systematic use of […]
Black Palestinian Solidarity: Race and Politics in the Holy Land and the Promised Land
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam On April 25th, President Joe Biden sent a congratulatory message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the anniversary of what Israel calls its “day of independence.” In it, Biden […]
No One has the Right to Subjugate Palestinians: Zionists are No Exception
By Paul Salvatori I’m writing this from Istanbul where I recently moved. There’s been a lot of adjusting to do so I wasn’t sure whether I’d actually materialize. At some point, I accepted it […]
Palestinians Protest Ursula Von Der Leyen’s ‘Racist Trope’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinians on Wednesday slammed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s congratulatory message to Israel on the occasion of the country’s 75th-year anniversary, which Palestinians consider their Nakba. In a […]
Erasure vs. Sumud: How the Nakba Came to Define the Collective Palestinian Identity
By Ramzy Baroud On May 15, 2023, the Palestinian Nakba will be 75 years old. Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the tragic occasion, known as the ‘Catastrophe’, when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were […]
‘Against Erasure’: Palestine Deep Dive Hosts First in-Person Event in London
By Omar Aziz Editor’s Note: Palestine Deep Dive (PDD) held its first in-person event in London this week, ‘Against Erasure: Why Palestinian Voices Must Finally Take Centre Stage.’ Collaborating with Haymarket Books, they hosted Palestinian poet, […]
Former Italian FM Calls for Dismissal of Human Rights Defender Francesca Albanese
By Romana Rubeo Former Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Di Sant’Agata sent a letter to the current Italian FM Antonio Tajani urging him to take a stance against United Nations Special Rapporteur on the […]
American Pro-Israel Group Sues Mayor of Barcelona for Severing Ties with Israel
The Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, is being sued by an American pro-Israel group over her decision in February to boycott Israel over its practice of apartheid, the Middle East Monitor reported on Thursday. According […]
Innocence and Evil on the West Bank
By Jeremy Salt It is a terrible thing for a child to die before the parent. On April 7 Rabbi Leo Dee lost not one but two of his daughters. They were shot while traveling […]
Political Zionism: History of Embracing Antisemites
By Jamal Kanj Have you ever wondered why Zionist organizations malign people such as renowned musician and Pink Floyd’s cofounder Roger Waters, and former UK Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, both with a history of fighting […]
Quest for Religious War: How Israel is Unifying Arabs and Muslims around Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that […]
On Making Land Day an International Movement Against the Settler Colonial States
By Benay Blend On March 30, 1976, Israeli police murdered six Palestinian civilians while they were protesting further expropriation of Palestinian land. Since that date, March 30 has been commemorated as Land Day, in honor […]
Selective Outrage in Palestine: The Problem is Not Just Smotrich but Zionism
By Ramzy Baroud By his own admission, Israel’s new Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a “fascist homophobe”. This declaration, which he made on January 16, should be enough to accentuate the violent nature of […]
Campaign Launched to Allow Anti-Zionist Rabbi into the UK
By Pete Gregson *UPDATE* In the three weeks since this article was published, UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has received 150 emails, including from Michael Mansfield KC and Baroness Tongue of Kew, asking her not […]
Anticipating Israel’s Counter-Attack: Make the ‘One Democratic State’ Solution Mainstream Again
By Mazin Qumsiyeh & Alain Alameddine The settler-colonial apartheid state of Israel is facing unprecedented pressure on at least three fronts: The burden of its own internal contradictions which is taking it on the path […]
Finding Melody Sullivan – Book Review
By Benay Blend (Finding Melody Sullivan. Alice Rothchild. Cune Press, Seattle, 2023) Alice Rothchild’s long career as a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and human rights activist enabled her to write this book. In medical school she began […]
On International Women’s Day, Honor the Palestinian Women (PHOTOS)
By Benay Blend On March 8, 2021, several days after being fined and imprisoned by Israel, Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar sent a letter to Palestinian women commemorating International Women’s day. A member of the Popular […]
‘New Israel and Zionism Society’ of Exeter Wages War on Committed Scholarship
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle Recently, I received a polite email from an Israeli student in my university inviting me to a talk by one Yoseph Haddad who, I was informed, will […]
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism Inter/Nationalism & Palestine – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts – Feminism Inter/Nationalism & Palestine. Nada Elia. Pluto Press, 2023. London.) Interestingly this work by Nada Elia – Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts […]
The Curse of ‘Yordim’: Why Israeli Jews Are Leaving the Country
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Following the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine on February 24, a large number of Jews decided to immigrate to Israel under the so-called Israeli Law of Return, […]
It Has Always Been a ‘Religious War’: On Ben Gvir and the Adaptability of Zionism
By Ramzy Baroud In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behavior at the just-conquered holy Muslim shrines in Occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 as “an astonishing […]
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 […]
Richard Falk Reflects on the Irony of Harvard’s Decision to Withdraw Fellowship from Kenneth Roth, HRW
By Richard Falk I admit to feeling an ironic mean-spirited satisfaction that Ken Roth had his appointment as Senior Fellow at the Carr Center of Human Rights of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government canceled. After […]
Mariyamiyya (Sage) – A Song
By Haidar Eid Culture, art and music contribute directly to shaping the individual and collective consciousness. Songs are an organizing tool in the arduous work of overthrowing occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid. They are […]
US State Representative Calls Israel ‘Apartheid Run Thuggery Terrorist Regime’
Massachusetts State Representative Jamie Zahlaway Belsito strongly slammed Israel’s policies against Palestinians last week, saying it’s on a “mission to kill Palestinians,” and steal their lands. The politician representing the 4th Essex district in the […]
Dear Editor, Writing ‘Palestinians Don’t Exist’ is Supporting Genocide
By Yves Engler The double standard is startling. A publisher whose newspaper is accused of making a questionable link to a horrific 80-year-old crime must be denounced by everyone who attended a large event, but […]
Always Room for More: Zionism’s Endless Extremism
By Jeremy Salt In the latest incarnation of Israeli politics, incoming ‘prime minister’ Benyamin Netanyahu has given the most extreme figures on an already extreme spectrum the portfolios for ‘national security’ and settlement-building on the West […]
What is the Narrative: Decoupling Palestine from Zionism
By Blake Alcott Arguing for all the rights of all the Palestinians with friends and newspaper editors in Western Europe, I’ve had some success by taking a radically Palestine-centered approach that disconnects the Palestine question […]
On Resisting the IHRA Definition and Its Assault on Palestine Solidarity
By Benay Blend “Fear works if you cave in,” writes Ilan Pappé on Israel’s attempt to silence solidarity by using the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, a document that claims it’s antisemitic […]