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Month: July 2018

A Just Solution to the ‘Palestine Problem’ – Satire
By Jeremy Salt Actually, the heading is wrong, even though this is how the ‘problem’ is generally described. As it was the arrival of the Zionists that caused the ‘Palestine problem’ it would be more […]

Dareen Tatour Sentenced to Five Months in Prison over Poem (VIDEO)
An Israeli court has sentenced Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour to five months in prison for “inciting terrorism” in a poem she posted on social media. On Tuesday, Tatour, 36, was sentenced by the Nazareth district […]

Jews Who Oppose Nation-State Law are Hypocrites, Says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Jews who oppose a notorious nation-state bill that has downgraded the status of the Arabic language in Israel, accusing them of siding with “the other.” Netanyahu said in a […]

Norway Demands Israel to Explain Seizure of Boat Bound for Gaza
Norway has asked Israel to explain the legal grounds for detaining a Norwegian-flagged fishing boat seized while activists tried to sail with aid to the Gaza Strip, Norway’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said its […]

Israel Sentences Palestinian Student Activist to Jail
The Israeli Salem military court yesterday sentenced Palestinian student, Ola Marshoud, to seven months in jail after finding her guilty of participation in anti-Israel student protests. #قروب_فلسطيني Israeli occupation court sentenced the Palestinian girl #OlaMarshoud […]

Asma of Gaza: ‘I Saw the Face of the Sniper Who Shot Me’
By Wafa Aludaini “I was looking at the sniper when he shot me. Then he laughed, and I fell.” So says Asma Abu Daqqa, a 23-year-old mother of three from Khan Younis, Gaza, describing being […]

Israel Deports Italian Artists for Drawing Ahed Tamimi Mural
Israel is expelling two Italian artists who drew a large mural of Palestinian resistance icon and teen, Ahed Tamimi, on the illegal Separation Wall in occupied Bethlehem. The pair had been detained on Saturday and […]

Birawi: ‘All Countries Must Protect Their Nationals on Board the Freedom Flotilla’
Chairman of the International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza, Zaher Birawi, has called on all countries with citizens on board the Freedom Flotilla to protect the lives of their nationals and ensure the […]

‘Resistance Continues’, Says Palestinian Teen Released from Israel Jail
The Palestinian teenager released from prison by Israel on Sunday after completing a sentence for kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier called for Palestinians to continue their struggle against the occupation of the West Bank. […]

Ahed Tamimi is Free But Hundreds of Palestinian Children are Still in Israeli Prisons (VIDEOS)
The Palestine Chronicle congratulates the Palestinian people and the Tamimi family on the release of teenage protest icon, Ahed Tamimi. It also reminds its readers and supporters of Palestinian rights everywhere that hundreds of Palestinian […]

Israel Intercepts Aid Boat Bound for Besieged Gaza Strip
A boat loaded with aid for residents in the besieged Gaza Strip has been intercepted by Israeli naval forces. Al Awda, carrying at least 23 people, was meant to reach the Gaza port approximately at […]

Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi Released from Jail (VIDEO)
Palestinian teen activist Ahed Tamimi has been released from prison after serving nearly eight months in detention, according to Israeli authorities. Tamimi and her mother Nariman, who was also jailed, were released early on Sunday […]

Italian Artists Who Painted Mural of Ahed Tamimi Arrested (VIDEO)
Israeli forces on Saturday arrested two Italian graffiti artists who were painting a mural of Ahed Tamimi, on the Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. IOF arrests 3 Italian […]

Israeli Settlers Commit More Arson in Occupied West Bank
A group of extremist Jewish settlers has set fire to Palestinian property in the village of Jaloud on the outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Quds Press has reported. ISMPalestine "Israeli settlers […]

‘Child Martyrs’ Remembered at Gaza’s Great March of Return (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On Friday, July 27 thousands of Palestinians took part in Gaza’s Great March of Return at the fence separating blockaded Gaza from Israel. The theme of Friday’s rallies was ‘child martyrs […]

Palestinians Are Being Impoverished by the Manipulation of Humanitarian Aid
By Ramona Wadi In March, the World Bank issued a press release stating that the deterioration in Gaza’s humanitarian situation is preventing economic growth. Among the destabilization factors mentioned were the lack of access to […]

Palestinian Teenager Dies after Being Shot by Israeli Army
A Gaza teenager died of his wounds on Saturday after being shot by Israeli troops during protests along the border. Mohmen al-Hams, 17, has succumbed to his wounds, after an Israeli sniper shot him in […]

Israeli Forces Storm Al-Aqsa Compound during Friday Prayers, Shots Fired (VIDEOS)
At least two Palestinian worshippers are thought to have been injured. Quds Network tweeted images in which one man can be seen lying on a stretcher with blood on his neck and chest. The Waqf, […]

Israeli Officials Confirm Ahed Tamimi’s Release Sunday (VIDEOS)
Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who has been held in an Israeli prison for slapping a fully armed Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank town of Nabi Saleh, will be released this Sunday, a spokesman […]

Three Palestinians Killed by Israeli Artillery
An Israeli artillery assault killed three Palestinians and injured one other, Wednesday night. At least 3 Palestinians murdered, 4 others critically wounded as Israeli artillery shelled an observation point east of Gaza city.#GreatReturnMarch #StopArmingIsrael pic.twitter.com/O9RWkbV6eO — […]

‘Throw a Stone’: A Poem by Ramzy Baroud (VIDEO)
This Palestine Chronicle video is dedicated to Razan Al-Najjar, Gaza’s March of Return, and to every Palestinian who resisted and continues to resist. ‘Throw a Stone’ is a poem by Ramzy Baroud, with original music […]

My Journey in Palestine: A Life of Its Own
By Patrick Edgar And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? — (The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats) It has been two weeks now since I got […]

UN: Palestine Elected ‘Presiding Country’ of Group of 77
The state of Palestine has been elected as the presiding country of the Group of 77, the biggest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations, a move that has irked Israel. The Group of […]

UN: Gaza Needs Support to Prevent Renewed Conflict
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nikolay Mladenov, said in a statement yesterday that the besieged Gaza Strip is on the verge of total economic and social collapse. Mladenov: 'Gaza […]

Israel Destroys Water Pipeline in Palestinian Village
Israeli bulldozers destroyed a water pipeline supplying the northern Jordan Valley village of Ras Al-Ahmar with fresh drinking water, early yesterday. According to a local official, Mutaz Bisharat, four Israeli bulldozers raided the Ras Al-Ahmar […]

South African Model Denied Entry to Israel over BDS Links
South African model Shashi Naidoo was denied entry to Israel due to her links to the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, BDS South Africa said Wednesday. BDS South Africa’s Kwara Kekana said: “Earlier today […]

New Mural of Palestinian Ahed Tamimi Painted on Apartheid Wall (VIDEOS)
An unknown artist has painted a mural of Palestinian resistance icon Ahed Tamimi on the Israeli separation wall in Bethlehem, just as her father said she might be released on Sunday after almost eight months […]

Jewish Nation-State Law: Why Israel Was Never a Democracy
The head of the Arab Joint List Alliance at the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), Aymen Odeh, described the passing of the racist Jewish Nation-state Law as “the death of our democracy.” Did Odeh truly believe that, prior to […]

Israeli Air Raids Kill Three Palestinians in Gaza Strip (VIDEO)
At least three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike east of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinians health officials. Wednesday’s air raids also injured one person who is in critical condition, Gaza Health Ministry […]

Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Female Journalist (VIDEO)
Israeli soldiers arrested Lama Khater, a Palestinian writer, and mother of five, from her home in Hebron (al-Khalil), on Tuesday. Lama Khater, a Palestinian writer and mother of five, was arrested from her home in […]