By Charlotte KatesSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Dr. Sami Al-Arian, Palestinian political prisoner, is held in a prison hospital, after a debilitating 60-day hunger strike seeking to draw the attention of the nation and the world to […]

By Nicola NasserPalestineChronicle.com Flanked by international and regional non-Arab dignitaries representing the UN, EU, OIC, NAM and the leaders of Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan as well as the foreign minister of Iran, the leaders of the […]

By Stephen LendmanPalestineChronicle.com Emma Lazarus’ memorable words on Lady Liberty’s pedestal once had meaning as a new nation grew.  No longer in a country hostile to the tired, the poor, the huddled masses, the wretched […]

By Jim MilesPalestineChronicle.com Blackwater – The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.  Jeremy Scahill.  Nation Books, Avalon Publishing Group,  New York. 2007.  From a small business training and advertising security services within the […]

By Gilad AtzmonSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced yesterday the decision of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman, Mahmoud Abbas to meet bi-weekly with the US mediating. Indeed ‘great […]

By Joharah Baker As if the residents of the Gaza Strip did not have enough on their plate. Estimated at one of the densest areas on earth, with 1.4 million people cramped in an area […]

By Uri AvneryPalestineChronicle.com Incredible! In Palestinian schoolbooks, there is no trace of the Green Line! They do not recognize the existence of Israel even in the 1967 borders! They say that the "Zionist gangs" stole […]

By Dr. Bernard Sabella  As a Palestinian parliamentarian I was in Gaza for the few days prior to the formation of the Palestinian National Unity Government and for the vote of confidence on Saturday March […]

By Nadia Hijab  The Significance of the Arabs’ 2002 Offer  The Arab peace initiative was proposed in March 2002 by then crown prince now King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia. [1] It spelled […]

By Ira GluntsPalestineChronicle.com In an otherwise unremarkable recent speech to members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama concluded his talk by making a startling reference to his […]

By Ivan ElandPalestineChronicle.com The conventional wisdom for dealing with Iran is demanding repeatedly that the Iranians end their uranium enrichment program, and slapping on new sanctions. Although the December 2006 United Nations Security Council sanctions […]

By Joshua FrankPalestineChronicle.com We have observed the same song and dance so many times before it’s hard to believe more didn’t see it coming.  The Democrats once again let down their constituents and all the […]

By Jeffrey Blankfort On a Saturday in mid-February a little less than a year ago, I had two experiences, one very positive and encouraging –the other negative and disturbing. The first was at the Marin […]

By Ramzy BaroudPalestineChronicle.com The rapid, almost hasty, developments on the Arab Israeli front, almost immediately following the Saudi sponsored Makkah Agreement on February 2, should be examined in their proper context, as a part and […]

By Gideon Levy What won’t the Shin Bet security service do to break the spirit of a Palestinian detainee? Before, interrogators used threats and told detainees that their loved ones were being arrested because of […]

Democracy Now Broadcast and quotes of recent interviews  ..what I believe, like many Israelis, is that the way is to start a new page, to get out of the Occupied Territories and to live side […]

By James Petras and Robin Eastman-AbayaPalestineChronicle.com On March 16, 2007, Philippine police arrested veteran journalist, activist, former political prisoner and torture victim, Congressman Satur Ocampo, on the steps of the Philippine Supreme Court.  One day […]

By Stephen LendmanPalestineChronicle.com John Ross is a Latin American correspondent and activist who’s been living in and writing about Mexico for nearly four decades turning out some of the most important and incisive analysis of […]

By Joharah Baker Most people hope that after they are gone, there will be something, however miniscule, that others will remember them by. Linguist, researcher and Palestinian rights advocate Tanya Reinhart far surpassed this goal, […]

By Uri AvneryPalestineChronicle.com Not only the Palestinians must be breathing a deep sigh of relief after the swearing in of the Palestinian National Unity Government. We Israelis have good reason to do the same. This […]

By Democracy Now Sami Al-Arian has spent the past four years in jail despite a jury\’s failure over a year ago to return a single guilty verdict on any of the 17 charges brought against […]

By George Soros The Bush administration is once again in the process of committing a major policy blunder in the Middle East , one that is liable to have disastrous consequences and is not receiving […]

By Joshua FrankPalestineChronicle.com Sen. Barack Obama isn’t quite sure how he feels about the lopsided situation between Israel and Palestine. Less than two weeks after Obama gloated to AIPAC about his love for Israel, he […]

By Jim MilesPalestineChronicle.com Nemesis is the Greek goddess of retribution or righteous indignation, signifying that there will be retributive justice for previous actions.  The United States has been undergoing this for some time, although the […]

By Faisal KuttyPalestineChronicle.com As the Canadian government forges ahead with its cleverly named Passenger Protect Program, the timing could not be better to seriously reconsider what is for all intents and purposes a no-fly list. […]

By William A. CookPalestineChronicle.com Like all patriotic Americans, I spend a portion of each weekend browsing through the “official” web sites of the Presidential candidates preparing myself for the 2008 run off between Republicans and […]

JERUSALEM – Small Israeli pilotless planes are gathering intelligence for US-led forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, said the manufacturer in a statement on Monday. Elbit Systems, one of Israel’s leading defense electronics companies, said the […]

By CAPJPO-EuroPalestine We were staggered to learn of the sudden death of our friend Tanya Reinhart, yesterday in New York (she had a stroke). Words fail us because we are so stricken by the loss […]

By Ramzy Baroud [From a speech for Stockholm Conference 16-19 March 2007] In my speech today, I will refrain from stating the obvious: those who are yet to recognize the injustices committed daily against the Palestinian […]

By Alison Weir Israeli officials have been regularly strip-searching children for decades, some of them American citizens. While organizations that focus on Israel-Palestine have long been aware that Israeli border officials regularly strip search men […]