By Palestine Chronicle Staff Moussa Abu Marzouq, the deputy head of the political bureau of Hamas, has called for providing guarantees of fairness and equal opportunities for local Palestinian elections, and to respect its results. […]
If Israel does not comply with the terms of the Shalit prisoner swap deal with Hamas, there are no grounds for a new agreement, a senior Hamas leader said. Speaking to the Shehab News Agency, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that there has been a “revolution” in Israel’s relations with Arab states, adding that it has penetrated the region, according to the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz. […]
By Firoz Osman The phenomenon of “Islamic State” (Daesh) has surfaced once again following sensational the media reporting of the arrest of four South African Muslims under their country’s anti-terror laws; there is an obvious attempts […]
Israel opened a second crossing with Gaza on Wednesday to allow the entry of vehicles for the first time since 2007 when Hamas became the leading party in Gaza. After a nine-year-ban, Israeli occupation authorities […]
Turkey will prepare another aid ship for Gaza before the Eid-al-Adha Islamic festival in September, Deputy Prime Minister, Veysi Kaynak, said on Thursday. Following restoration of diplomatic ties between Turkey and Israel, a Turkish aid […]
Israeli Interior Minister, Aryeh Deri, extended the travel ban issued against the deputy leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. Speaking to Anadolu, Al-Khatib said that he received […]
Villagers of Deir Qiddees and Ni’lin, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, along with international solidarity activists, managed to stop Israeli bulldozers from uprooting Palestinian lands, despite Israeli military assaults and violations. The […]
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has condemned new Israeli demolitions of Palestinian structures in the Occupied West Bank. Chris Gunness, URNWA spokesperson said, “The Israeli […]
Fourteen-year-old Palestinian, Nuran Mahmoud Al-Balboul, was released from an Israeli jail after being detained for three months. Nuran was detained on April 13 at the 300 Checkpoint at the northern entrance to Bethlehem for allegedly […]
The Energy and Natural Resources Authority in Gaza has announced today the stoppage of one of the generators operating at Gaza’s sole power plant, worsening electricity supply and causing many cuts per day. The authority […]
Israeli air forces carried out an airstrike overnight, targeting an old tunnel dug by the Palestinian resistance to the east of Gaza, 150 meters into Israel, the Israeli army said. Three missiles targeted the tunnel, […]
SEATTLE / PARIS / GAZA – In keeping with its continued efforts to improve on and expand its expertise and information coverage, and as one of the world’s leading online newspapers on Palestine in the […]
Israel’s apologists would call the BDS campaign “immoral”, but the slander is laughably false. By Stanley L Cohen Israeli think-tank fellow Yossi Klein Halevi, writing recently in the Los Angeles Times would have American readers believe that […]
By Ramzy Baroud Last year, I wrote an article that made many readers unhappy. As soon as it was published, I began receiving messages of abuse and angry, threatening calls. I hesitated about reporting the […]
The Prisoners’ Club said today that the health of prisoners Yousri Almasri and Fadi Nimnim from Gaza has deteriorated because of medical negligence suffered by the Israeli Prison Service. The club’s lawyer pointed out during […]
The Israeli occupation forces shot dead a Palestinian and injured another after opening fire at their car this morning, to the north of Jerusalem. According to the Israeli Channel 7 website, the Israeli occupation forces […]
The European Union yesterday criticized the Israel ‘NGO Law’ which targets foreign funded NGOs saying it “undermines democracy and freedom of expression”. The law demands NGOs which receive more than half of their funding from […]
The World Bank has transferred $30 million to the Palestinian Authority to assist with “urgent budget needs,” the institution said in a press release on Tuesday. The statement added that the funds, contributed by Japan […]
Israeli police deliberately initiate “friction activity” with Palestinians living in occupied Jerusalem in order to provoke angry responses, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported yesterday. The report referred to “friction” in the Al-Issawiyeh neighborhood of occupied East […]
Israel has been exerting pressure to undermine a UNESCO vote on a joint Jordanian-Palestinian draft resolution denying a Jewish connection with Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli news website Ynet News reported on Sunday. According to the website, […]
The trial of Ahmed Manasra, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, charged by an Israeli court with two counts of attempted murder, was to resume yesterday in a Jerusalem court. Manasra could face the maximum sentence of […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel’s Knesset, passed the controversial “NGO bill” on Monday, following a six-hour debate, despite human rights groups insisting the bill seeks to “silence criticism” and deligitimize left-wing groups. The legislation, also […]
A delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Energy has arrived in the Gaza Strip via the Erez crossing on Tuesday, headed by the Turkish ambassador. The delegation plans to meet with officials at the Palestinian […]
MP Jamal Khoudary, the head of the Popular Committee against the Siege, stressed that the ongoing Israeli siege on Hebron in the West Bank, which started two weeks ago, is an extension of the blockade […]
A petition urging world leaders to ‘Lift the Gaza blockade’ is close to reaching 700,000 signatures, as organizers mark two years since ‘Operation Protective Edge’. The petition, hosted on the Avaaz site, was first launched […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Palestine today announced in a press conference held at the Ministry’s headquarters in Ramallah the results of high school examinations in Palestine. The […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On World Population Day, celebrated on July 11, The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics issued a press statement detailing the conditions of the Palestinian population living in the West Bank and […]
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Samih al-Shukri, met with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Israel on Sunday, amid efforts by Egypt to play a prominent role in supporting peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel. The visit […]
An Italian delegation led by the Deputy Parliament Speaker, Luigi de Mayo, was banned by Israel from entering the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Italy’s Five Star Movement said the Italian Embassy in Israel informed […]
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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