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Month: March 2018
Israeli Soldiers Attack Palestinian Christians during Palm Sunday Procession (VIDEOS)
Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian Christians during the traditional Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem, while they were celebrating by carrying palm fronds and chanting special hymns. ??#Palestine || #Video || Earlier today, Palestinian #Christians were attacked […]
Feelings Out of the Law – Book Review
Reviewed by Wasan Abu Baker Dr. Rola Ghanem is a Palestinian contemporary novelist, from the city of Tulkarem. Her short story, Feelings Out of the Law, is a beautiful piece that creatively covers a significance […]
‘We Are Fighting a Cultural War with Israel’: Ramzy Baroud Interviewed by George Galloway
Palestine Chronicle Editor, Ramzy Baroud appeared on RT’s Sputnik with George Galloway. Click here to watch. Galloway said: “If the Palestinians had a royal family, our guest this week would be a member of it. […]
Lebanese Authorities Deported Me for Being of a Palestinian Origin
By Anan Abusereya My name is Anan Abusereya. I am a Romanian citizen and I carry a Romanian passport, yet I was born in Gaza. I arrived at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport for the first […]
PA Rejects US Congress Condition for Aid
The Palestinian Authority rejected on Friday the decision of the US Congress to cut $300m of aid to the Ramallah government if it continued paying salaries for Palestinian prisoners and freed prisoners, Quds Press reported. […]
UN Human Rights Council Adopts Four Pro-Palestinian Resolutions
In its 37th session, concluded in Geneva on Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted four resolutions for Palestine. The majority of the member countries voted in favor of the following four resolutions: […]
Dutch Activists ‘Rename’ Streets to Honor Ahed Tamimi
Dutch activists armed with placards and street signs renamed multiple majors roadways across several cities in The Netherlands, “Ahed Tamimi street.” Residents in the Dutch cities were, on Friday, greeted with street signs to honor […]
Rim Banna: A Symbol of Life and Unity
By Louis Brehony The body of Palestinian vocalist and songwriter Rim Banna was laid to rest in her home city of Nazareth on March 24, 2018, after a struggle with cancer that never reduced her […]
Canadian Jewish Federations Act as Israel Lobbyists
By Yves Engler Is it a charity or political fundraiser for a right-wing foreign government? People need to take a look at Canada’s Jewish Federations. Together the United Jewish Appeal/Combined Jewish Appeal of Toronto, Montréal, […]
Israel’s Bone of Contention is Palestinian Resilience, Not the Gaza Tunnel Network
By Ramona Wadi In February, Israel asked the international community to contribute $1 billion towards a plan for the Gaza Strip’s shattered infrastructure. According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the international community is obliged […]
Abbas: We Have Never Rejected Negotiations with Israel (VIDEO)
“We have never rejected political negotiations with Israel,” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday. Speaking to reporters in a press conference in Ramallah with his Bulgarian counterpart, Rumen Radev, Abbas stressed that the Palestinian Authority […]
Palestinian Student Leader on Hunger Strike in Israel Jail (VIDEO)
Palestinian student leader Omar Kiswani started on March 19 an indefinite hunger-strike in Israeli jail, protesting his detention, torture and interrogation without charges. omar kiswani on hunger strike in protest of his detention without charge […]
Flashing for the Refugees on the Unarmed Road of Flight
By Ron Jacobs Every once in a while a book is published wherein the text transcends the subject matter, lifting the stories between the covers into a place that is both revelatory and sublime; a […]
Prominent Palestinian Singer Rim Banna Dies at 51 (VIDEO)
Rim Banna, a leading Palestinian singer, songwriter, and composer, has died after battling breast cancer for almost nine years. The 51-year-old died in her hometown of Nazareth. Family members confirmed via statements on social media […]
President Trump, Put on a Keffiyeh and Pray in al-Aqsa
By Rima Najjar Palestinians are in a constant state of rage. And the question that presents itself daily is: Against whom to focus this rage? Today, March 19 2018, our rage is split, as summed […]
‘American Muslims for Palestine’ Holds Fourth Workshop in Washington, DC
By Wasan Abu Baker This is the fourth year, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is holding its Palestine Advocacy Day and Training program in Washington, D.C. This meeting started with a small number of attendees […]
Israeli Settlers Move to Desecrate Umayyad Palaces in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
The Jewish Temple Institute announced that it will hold a festival in the Islamic Umayyad palaces area to the south and southwest of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on March 26. Israeli extremist settlers organise Jewish […]
Ahed Tamimi: There is No Justice under Occupation (VIDEO)
Ahed Tamimi was sentenced to eight months behind bars after plea deal. The 17-year-old Palestinian girl was arrested in December 2017 after a video of her slapping two Israeli soldiers outside of her house in […]
Gaza Security Kill Suspected Attacker of Hamdallah Convoy
Anas Abu Khoussa, the suspected perpetrator of the recent bomb attack on the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, has been killed in a gun battle with security forces in the Gaza Strip. […]
Over 130 Palestinian Sports Clubs Urge Adidas: End Sponsorship of Israel Football Association
Over 130 Palestinian football clubs and sports associations called on German sportswear giant Adidas to end its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA) over its inclusion of football clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements […]
Israel’s Chief Rabbi: African-American are Monkeys (VIDEO)
Israel’s chief Rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, has stoked a new controversy by describing Afro-Americans as “monkeys” during one of his weekly religious lessons. https://t.co/xAqLQbHurE — Iqbal Waheed (@iqjaw) March 21, 2018 Yosef, whose status as chief […]
Israel Detains Palestinian Children and Foreign Activists, One from Inside Hospital
Mahmoud Hatem Abu Ali Ayoub (14), from Jenin refugee camp, was handed a 13-month jail term by Israel’s Salem military court yesterday and fined 3,000 shekels ($860) A Palestinian minor was handed a 13-month jail […]
Bulgarian President to Visit Palestine for First Time Since Taking Office
President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev is expected to arrive in Ramallah on Thursday, on his first visit to the occupied Palestinian territories since he took office in 2017, where he is set […]
Israel Moves to Revoke Residency to 12 Palestinians of Jerusalem
Under a recently enacted law, Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has expressed his intentions to strip the residency status of 12 Palestinians in Jerusalem, accusing them of being involved in “terror”. Four of the 12 […]
Ahed Tamimi Reaches Plea Bargain, to Serve 8 Months Term
Palestinian teen activist Ahed Tamimi is to serve eight months in an Israeli jail after reaching a plea bargain, Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported. Details have yet to be made public after the court held […]
International Stakeholders Pledge 80% of Gaza Desalination Project Costs
International stakeholders at Pledging Conference for the Desalination Facility Project in the Gaza Strip, which convened at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, pledged a total of €456 million out of the €562.3 […]
Israeli Soldiers Arrest 35 Palestinians during Raids in West Bank and Jerusalem (VIDEOS)
Israeli soldiers arrested at least 35 Palestinians during night raids in West Bank and Jerusalem. ??#Palestine || #Video || 35 Palestinians were arrested during night raids in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem . . […]
Is this the Beginning of the End of Palestinian Reconciliation?
By Ramzy Baroud While on his way to the besieged Gaza Strip last week, two 33-pound bombs targeted the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. Hamdallah was visiting Gaza, through the Israeli border […]
‘Necessary Pragmatism’ or Compromised Principles?
By Marion Kawas The struggle against the Kinder Morgan pipeline is something of great importance to progressives in Canada. However, recently one group of anti-Kinder Morgan activists that are defendants in a lawsuit were criticized […]
The Other Side of the Wall – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The Other Side of the Wall – An Eyewitness Account of the Occupation of Palestine. Richard Hardigan.Cune Press, Seattle. 2018.) Four years ago, Richard Hardigan spent the summer months in Palestine as […]