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Month: April 2015
UNRWA Calls for $30m in Aid for Yarmouk Crisis
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has called for “an immediate injection” of $30 million to provide aid for residents of the beleaguered Yarmouk refugee camp, where fighting between Palestinian factions and the Islamic State […]
Palestinian Prisoners Languish in Mideast Stalemate
Hadi al-Fakhri was 26 the first time he hugged his father, one of thousands of Palestinians serving time in Israeli prisons for alleged militant activity in the occupied West Bank. A decade later, more than […]
For the Conference on the Israel Lobby – Press Blackout at the Press Club
By Ralph Nader Following the heavy coverage of AIPAC’s (the virulently pro-Israeli government lobby) multi-day annual Washington convention in March, the mainstream media might have been interested for once in covering alternative viewpoints like those […]
20 Palestinian Journalists Being Held in Israeli Jails
Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian journalist on Wednesday after raiding his home in Nablus, bringing the total number of journalists imprisoned by Israel to 20. Amin Abdul Aziz Abu Wardeh, 48, is the general manager […]
Leading NY Institutions Discuss the Nakba — and There is Not a Palestinian in Sight
In the last few weeks two liberal New York institutions, The New York Times and the 92d Street Y, have published discussions about a central Palestinian experience– the Nakba, or catastrophe that accompanied the creation […]
Rand Paul Moves to Ban Aid to Palestinians Until ICC Bid Withdrawn
United States Senator Rand Paul has introduced a Congressional bill that would cut off assistance to the Palestinian Authority so long as it seeks admission to the International Criminal Court. The so-called “Defend Israel by […]
Israel’s High Court Upholds Controversial ‘Boycott Law’
The Israeli High Court rejected a petition by human rights organizations, upholding the controversial “boycott law” on Wednesday. The law give grounds for individuals to sue anyone who calls for a boycott of Israel, or […]
‘Thousands’ of Palestinian Homes Threatened with Demolition
“Where will we go,” asks eight-year-old Tiba Qeren, saying goodbye to the family home that, like those of many other Palestinian citizens of Israel, is condemned to demolition for failing to meet planning rules. “I’m […]
PA Continues to Arrest Palestinian Students
The Palestinian Authority’s security services continue to detain former Islamic bloc representative at the American University in Jenin Tahir Ahmad Nawahda for the seventh day in a row. A Hamas statement issued yesterday noted that […]
Israel May Send Arms to Ukraine if Russia Delivers S-300 to Iran – Reports
Israel reportedly may start sending arms to Ukraine in response to Russia’s decision to lift its embargo on the delivery of the S-300 missile system to Iran. Israel may start sending arms to Ukraine in response to Russia’s […]
New Information Revealed on Israel’s Nuclear Reactor in Dimona
Recently published documents shed new light on the secretive program and role of John Kerry’s father in it Israel’s purchase of American Hawk missiles from the US in the 1960s was a deal shrouded in […]
New Episcopal Church Group Calls for Divestment from Israeli Occupation
The following is a press release from the Episcopal Committee for Justice in Israel and Palestine, followed by its statement, titled “The Episcopal Church’s Response to the New Political Landscape in Israel/Palestine A Paper and […]
My Missing Family in Syria: Naming and Shaming in Yarmouk
By Ramzy Baroud Members of my family in Syria’s Yarmouk went missing many months ago. We have no idea who is dead and who is alive. Unlike my other uncle and his children in Libya, […]
Palestinians: IS Losing Ground in Syria’s Yarmouk Camp
Militants from the Islamic State group have lost ground to Palestinian fighters in Syria’s Yarmouk camp, Palestinian officials and a resident said on Tuesday. UN officials in Syria said, meanwhile, they were discussing ways of […]
Sinai: Can Egypt Resolve Its Fight against Armed Groups? (Inside Story)
How can Egypt resolve its fight against armed groups and address accusations of marginalization? Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault Guests: Muhamed Sabry – a photojournalist and Egyptian activist living in Sinai Omar Ashour – senior lecturer […]
Saudi Equivocal Intervention in Yemen
By Mohamed El Mokhtar For the sake of historical truth, it is important to recall that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has traditionally and consistently supported the harsh repression of Houthi rebels under the previous regime […]
Yarmouk – A Timeline of Suffering
The UN Security Council has demanded access to the camp after IS (formerly known as ISIS) entered and were reported to be executing opposition fighters. The United Nations’ agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) has called for the protection of the estimated 18,000 […]
‘Empty Words’: Donors Fail to Deliver Pledged Gaza Aid
Just a quarter of the $3.5bn in aid pledged to rebuild Gaza in the wake of last summer’s devastating war has been delivered, according to a new report. The report from the Association of International […]
PLO: IS Using Heavy Arms in Yarmouk Camp
The Islamic State militant group in Syria is using heavy weaponry and artillery in ongoing fighting in the beleaguered Yarmouk refugee camp, a PLO official said Sunday. Ahmad al-Majdalani, the PLO envoy to Syria, told […]
HRW: Settlement Agriculture Using Palestinian Child Labor
Israeli settlement farms in the occupied West Bank are using Palestinian child labor to grow, harvest and pack agricultural produce, much of it for export, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday. The […]
NGOs Condemn Donors over Slow Gaza Reconstruction
Six months after donors pledged billions of dollars for devastated Gaza, most of the money remains blocked, and reconstruction efforts are painfully slow, a coalition of aid groups said Monday. The report also condemned the […]
Israeli Court to Rule on Palestinian Planning Authority in Area C
The Israeli High Court of Justice will on Sunday rule on an appeal demanding the restoration of planning authority in Area C to Palestinians, sources told Ma’an on Saturday. The appeal was lodged in 2011 […]
Israel Could Reduce Anti-Semitic Violence by Not Calling Itself the Jewish State, Finkelstein Says
Last month at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Norman Finkelstein gave a speech on “the new anti-semitism” to the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. The speech contained a number of interesting ideas; let […]
Variations – A Poem
By Ramona Wadi reciting the vacillations of exile in decades marked by the erosion of twilight a sonorous punctuation of language lacerated by fire and bludgeoning touching nothing but memory an insatiable horizon, mingling with […]
Memories of Land and the Mind
By Samah Jabr Land Day commemorates the events of 30 March, 1976 when Palestinians from the Galilee to the Negev organized a massive strike to protest against the Israeli confiscation of land, ostensibly for security […]
Help Us – Like Freedom, Truthful Journalism is Priceless
The Palestine Chronicle started 15 years ago as a small independent website with a readership of hundreds that has since morphed to literally millions. This small movement with a modest budget but lots of heart […]
Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Dead at His Cousin’s Funeral
A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Friday at the funeral for his cousin in the town of Beit Ummar near Hebron. Ziyad Awad, 27, was killed by Israeli forces and […]
Israel Bids to Open Synagogue on Al-Aqsa Grounds
Israelis are working to turn the Tankaziya School, located within Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, into a Jewish synagogue, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage has warned. The Israeli authorities turned the school into a synagogue […]
More Jews Have Joined Islamic State, French Official Says
There are a number of Jews among the more than 1,000 French citizens who have joined the Islamic State, a French government official told Israel’s Channel 2 news. Citing figures compiled by the French Interior […]
Yarmouk: Horrific Impasse or Momentous Turning Point?
The story of the tens of thousands starving and under attack today in the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus is a culmination of the story of almost each and every Palestinian. It is the story […]