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Month: January 2017
Gideon Levy Says Palestinians Now ‘Fair Game’ for Soldiers
Israeli journalist and author Gideon Levy has accused the state’s armed forces of treating Palestinians as “fair game”, in a scathing op-ed published by Haaretz newspaper. Highlighting a number of incidents where Palestinians were killed […]
‘Infringement of Academic Freedom’: Irish University Cancels Conference on Israel
A university in Ireland has cancelled an academic conference that was scheduled to debate the legitimacy of the state of Israel at the end of March, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reported. The Irish Times reported […]
Report: Number of Ill Palestinians Denied Permits to Receive Medical Treatment on the Rise
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said in press release published recently that the number of severely ill Palestinian patients from Gaza being denied entry by Israel to receive medical treatment has […]
Israeli Forces Raid Askalan Prison, Assault, Transfer Political Prisoners
Dozens of Israeli police officers have raided the Askalan prison on Sunday, assaulting Palestinian political prisoners and transferring 56 of them out of the “security section” at the prison. According to a statement from the […]
Israel Approves 2,500 New West Bank Housing Units in Illegal Settlements
Israel will build 2,500 additional homes in the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank territories, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced. Most of them will expand the existing settlement areas. The plans have been authorized […]
B’Tselem: Palestinian Teenager Shot Dead Last Month was Fleeing Scene (VIDEOS)
Israeli rights group B’Tselem released a report and video on Tuesday revealing that 17-year-old Ahmad Hazem Ata Zidani (al-Rimawi) was shot dead in December while fleeing from the scene of clashes with Israeli forces in […]
Gaza Must Stay at the Helm: Extending the Displacement of Palestinian Civilians
By Ramona Wadi Within the space of two days, Israel has exposed its hypocritical scheming when it comes to Palestinians. Two and a half years after its devastating aggression on Gaza, the government of Prime […]
Gisha: Gaza’s Infrastructure on Verge of Collapse, Time is Running out
A new report by an Israeli NGO has warned that the Gaza Strip’s infrastructure is on the verge of collapse and time is running out. The report by Gisha, ‘Hand on the Switch: Who’s Responsible […]
At Ramallah Event, Facebook Official Denies Agreement with Israel
A senior official at Facebook has denied any agreements between the company and the Israeli government, speaking at a conference in Ramallah on Saturday. The Palestine Digital Activism Forum, launched by 7amleh – Arab Center […]
US in ‘Beginning Stages’ of Embassy Move Discussions as Trump, Netanyahu Share Call
US President Donald Trump’s administration indicated on Sunday that discussions to move the American embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem were “at the very beginning stages,” as Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
PFLP Calls for International Efforts against Israeli ‘Racism’
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has called for international mobilization in support of Israel’s Palestinian-Arab citizens against the government’s “racist” policies, including house demolitions, QudsNet reported on Sunday. The PFLP stressed […]
‘Never the Twain Shall Meet’: Kaukab Al Dayah, Anne Frank and Hollywood Genocidal Asymmetry
By Denis A. Conroy Interpretation, when applied to myth making, can and does translate ideas into artefacts for the purpose of objectifying the status of subjective reality. A subjective narrative that is woven into an […]
Netanyahu: No Party Keener on Settlement Than Mine
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, said “no party is more concerned about settlement activity than the Likud-led coalition government,” Israel’s Channel 7 reported Sunday. At the cabinet meeting, Netanyahu spoke of the illegal settlements built […]
Israel Approves Hundreds of Illegal Settlement Homes in East Jerusalem
Israel approved building permits on Sunday for hundreds of homes in three East Jerusalem settlements, two days after US President Donald Trump took office, expecting him to row back on the last administration’s criticism of […]
Middle East: The Next Conflict
By Irfan Raja The current state of affairs in the Middle East reflect that the longest, most expensive, destructive and controversial ‘War on Terror’ is now probably entering its next horrific stage! The start of yet another […]
A Revolution To Topple Trump? Victims Of US Wars Remain Losers
By Iqbal Jassat Is it a genuine movement of opposition with the trappings of a revolution that may lead to the overthrow of Donald Trump? Or is the campaign against America’s 45th President merely a […]
Palestinian Activists Burn Pictures of Trump after Controversial Figure Sworn into Office (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
Amid US President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, Palestinian activists burned pictures of the controversial US leader at the separation wall’s gate at the northern entrance of Bethlehem city in the southern occupied West Bank. […]
Former Israeli Intelligence Head Warns Netanyahu about Dumping Iran Nuclear Deal
The former head of Israeli military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, has warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against putting pressure on the new US president to undo the nuclear deal with Iran because this would have dangerous […]
Umm Al-Hiran, Freud, and the Zionists’ Original Sin
By Mahmoud Zidan Very few had seen the massacring of Palestinians, the destruction of Palestine, and the expulsion of Palestinians en masse in 1948. One may have seen a documentary on or read about the […]
Palestinian Presidency Condemns Israeli Bill to Annex Maale Adumim
Spokesman for Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas Friday condemned recent news that Israel’s ultra-right Minister of Education from the Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett plans to introduce a bill to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, […]
Cuban Support for Palestine Should Mirror Castro’s anti-Colonial Legacy
By Ramona Wadi Palestine continues to face an increasing contradiction which is becoming normalized in diplomatic arenas. During this year’s first UN Security Council session debating the Middle East and the Palestinian Question, Cuban representative […]
High Level Palestinian Talks in Moscow, Division ‘Should End in a Short Time’
Following reconciliation negotiations in Moscow and reports that Fatah and Hamas came to agreements regarding the formation of a unity government, members of the Fatah movement have expressed that divisions between Palestinian political factions “should […]
Adalah Demands Investigation into Killing of Palestinian Protester in Israel (VIDEO)
Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel demanded that Israeli authorities to investigate “the suspicious circumstances that led to the death of a (Palestinian) Bedouin man during a violent home demolition operation […]
Gaza’s Victims of War Crimes Demand Arrest of Livni
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Belgo-Palestinian Association has issued a press statement, which called for the arrest of Israeli opposition leader, Tzipi Livni in Brussels over her role in the 2008-9 Gaza offensive. Livni will […]
Inside Story – Another Attempt at Peace for Palestine and Israel (VIDEO)
Delegates from 70 countries met in Paris to try and jump-start stalled talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders – and reaffirm their support for a two-state solution. But it seems that the conference has failed […]
Israeli Bill to Annex Ma’ale Adumim Settlement Includes ‘E1’ Area
A proposed Israeli law to annex the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim includes a clause that also annexes the so-called ‘E1’ area, according to a report in Haaretz, “as a result of its inclusion […]
Interview with Bacevich and Mearsheimer: Welcome to Greater Israel, Apartheid
Derek Davison is a Washington-based researcher and writer on international affairs and American politics. He conducted an interview with two eminent intellectuals: historian Andrew Bacevich of Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and political […]
Raed Salah: Prison Made Me Stronger
Raed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement in Israel said the nine months he spent in an Israeli jail “will only make his anti-occupation voice louder and his pro-Al-Aqsa (Mosque) activism stronger.” Speaking to […]
‘Speaking Truth to Power’: Plagiarism and US Politics
By Mahmoud Zidan Last week witnessed another case of plagiarism in U.S. politics. It involved Monica Crowley, a writer, analyst, and Republican-oriented commentator who regularly appears on Fox News and who was going to be […]
The Balancing Act is Over: What Elor Azaria Taught Us about Israel
By Ramzy Baroud For some, the ‘manslaughter’ conviction – following the murder by Israeli army medic, Elor Azaria, of already incapacitated Palestinian man, Fattah al-Sharif – is finally settling a protracted debate regarding where […]