The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday slammed the punitive security measures implemented by Israel following the Tel Aviv shooting, while at the same time stating its condemnation for the shooting itself. He […]
At only 16 years of age, Ghassan al-Azzeh was detained by Israeli occupation forces and sent to an adult detention facility where he was taught to make art from recycled material. Al-Azzeh said, “We didn’t […]
By Yousef M. Aljamal – Gaza On June 5th, The Palestine Children Relief Fund (PCRF) launched an annual fundraising campaign during the Holy month of Ramadan, focusing this year on Syrian refugees in Arab countries, […]
The Hamas-run Ministry of Endowment, in conjunction with charities and the Gaza police have raised money to pay off debts of more than 350 Palestinians imprisoned in the Gaza Strip over unpaid debts, the ministry’s […]
The 49th year of Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip was marked this week. Writing in Middle East Monitor (MEMO), Ben White stated 49 facts about Israel’s military regime that has […]
The British government has decided to review Palestinian financial aid after it was alleged some of the funds are paying the ‘salaries of terrorists’. This takes place at the time as the US has promised […]
A restricted number of Palestinians were allowed entry into occupied East Jerusalem for Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa until 10 am, through the ‘300 checkpoint’ in northern Bethlehem, Palestinian police spokesman Luay Irzeiqat told Ma’an Israeli […]
Fatah and Hamas are scheduled to hold talks in Doha next week, according to a statement released by National Relations Commissioner for Fatah’s Central Committee, Azzam al-Ahmad. Al-Ahmed said that the focus of the talks […]
11 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank were detained by Israeli forces in overnight raids Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, Ma’an reported. Israeli forces reportedly detained Mahmoud and Muhammad al-Balboul from Bethlehem. The […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In an unprecedented move, Jill Ellen Stein, the Green Party’s Nominee for the US Presidential Elections 2016, has voiced support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) against Israel, in […]
Israel has deployed hundreds of additional troops to the occupied West Bank in response to an attack that killed four people at a popular Tel Aviv nightspot. On Wednesday, Khaled Mohammad and Mohamad Ahmad Makhamrah, […]
Facebook and Twitter have deleted thousands of posts, pages and accounts in response to demands from the Israeli ministry of justice, Quds Press. Israeli Minister of Justice, Ayelet Shaked, told Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth: “We […]
A fire erupted in occupied East Jerusalem near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound late on Wednesday night, Palestinian civil defense told Ma’an. Muayyad al-Ghoul, Palestinian civil defense volunteer said that teams controlled a fire which erupted […]
Two Palestinian gunmen from Hebron in the West Bank gunmen killed four people at a shopping and restaurant area in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Both gunmen were apprehended, and one was wounded. Mohamed and Khaled […]
Despite a decade-long economic siege, and a several wars that killed thousands, Palestinians in Gaza take every opportunity at celebrating life. Palestine Chronicle correspondent in Gaza, Yousef Aljamal took a stroll in a Gaza market on […]
By Yousef M. Aljamal – Gaza A new report, published by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, has revealed that Israel destroyed about €65 million worth of EU-funded projects since 2011. The report revealed that following the […]
The union of gold merchants in Gaza has stated that Israeli authorities have now allowed imports and exports of gold between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, just three months after it was prohibited, […]
By Ramzy Baroud In their defense, the Israelis seem to have figured out the whole thing and opted out. But the hapless Palestinian leadership, along with their Arab League partners, joined by the French, EU […]
Hanan Ashrawi, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee member attacked a decision to nominate Israel to chair a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) legal committee. Ashrawi is quoted as saying that such a decision is […]
Two roads in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus were opened by Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday, after a six-month closure. Palestinian civil liaison director for the Nablus office Luay al-Sadi told Ma’an that […]
Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was yesterday hosted by Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin, during her visit to Israel, to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Haifa University, according to a report by Israel National News. […]
By Vacy Vlazna Palestinian-Australian Samah Sabawi’s finely crafted lyrical play, Tales of a City by the Sea, continues to be under fire from B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission Chair, Dvir Abramovic, since the play was added […]
“I took my inspiration from photographs of the Nakba in 1948. My own grandmother was there with seven of her children, trudging through the desert. “My uncle told me that my grandfather had been captured […]
Reviewed by Jim Miles (America’s War for the Greater Middle East – A military history. Andrew J. Bacevich. Random House, New York, 2016.) Andrew Bacevich has written a series of books on the topic of […]
For the tenth year under Israeli siege, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip acknowledge the holy month of Ramadan. The entire Palestinian economy has taken a dip as markets have suffered an unprecedented drop in sales […]
Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and 1984 Nobel Peace winner, on Monday nominated Marwan Barghouti for the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the sixth nomination for the imprisoned Palestinian parliamentary member. Ma’an reported that Tutu […]
Human rights organization, B’Tselem, released a video that sparked outrage over the execution-style killing of a Palestinian by an Israeli soldier in March. However, witnesses claim that a second Palestinian killed in the case was […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has today arrived in Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin for talks. The leaders reportedly aim to discuss the conflict in Syria and the possibility of settling the Israeli–Palestinian […]
Naftali Bennett, head of Israel’s Jewish Home Party, told Channel 2 that his party would leave the government if it recognized a Palestinian state, Quds Press reported yesterday. Bennett said he believes in “Palestinian autonomy” […]
The third European Conference to advocate for prisoners of Palestine yesterday stated that the plight of Palestinian prisoners must be internationalized until Israel is forced to abide by human rights law and put an end […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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