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Year: 2022

PLO Calls for International Boycott of New Israeli Government
Saleh Raafat, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) called on Sunday for an international boycott of the new Israeli government to force it to accept international legitimacy. Speaking to […]

Israeli Forces Destroy Palestinian Village of Al-Araqeeb for 211th Time
Israeli forces on Sunday destroyed the Palestinian village of Al-Araqeeb for the 15th time this year, according to local Palestinian reports. Israeli forces raided homes and forcibly removed its residents, including women and children, and […]

Moroccans Hold Massive Protests Two Years after Normalization with Israel
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Morocco’s cities on Saturday to demonstrate against their country’s normalized relations with Israel, two years after a US-brokered deal to establish formal ties between the two countries […]

Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Car Repair Shop near Hebron
Israeli occupation forces on Monday demolished a car repair shop near Hebron (Al-Khalil), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Adnan al-Atrash, the shop’s owner, told WAFA that Israeli forces demolished his 108-square-meter workshop in […]

Palestinian Prisoner Moved to Hospital as His Health Deteriorates
Mohammad Adel Daoud, 61, a Palestinian serving a life sentence in Israeli prisons, was moved to Barzilai Medical Center on Sunday after his health condition deteriorated, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement. […]

Jewish Settler Attacks Elderly Palestinian Woman in East Jerusalem
An elderly Palestinian woman was attacked Sunday evening by a Jewish settler near the Wadi Al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that a Jewish […]

Always Room for More: Zionism’s Endless Extremism
By Jeremy Salt In the latest incarnation of Israeli politics, incoming ‘prime minister’ Benyamin Netanyahu has given the most extreme figures on an already extreme spectrum the portfolios for ‘national security’ and settlement-building on the West […]

What is the Narrative: Decoupling Palestine from Zionism
By Blake Alcott Arguing for all the rights of all the Palestinians with friends and newspaper editors in Western Europe, I’ve had some success by taking a radically Palestine-centered approach that disconnects the Palestine question […]

Merry Christmas, Mr. Messi, and Salaams to the People of Gaza
By Hassen Lorgat Argentina and Messi’s won the – most pro-Palestinian – World Cup of Football, where African and Arab teams generally excelled. The king of football, Lionel Messi too, was draped in the Arabian […]

Palestinian Toddler Injured in Settler Attack near Nablus
An 18-month-old female Palestinian toddler was injured Friday evening in an attack by Jewish settlers on her family’s car in the village of Usarin, near the occupied West Bank city Nablus, the official Palestinian news […]

Netanyahu to Give Far-right Politician Smotrich Power over West Bank Settlements
Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly handed considerable power to far-right politician Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party to approve the construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank, The New Arab reported. As […]

On Football, Opium and Popular Resistance: Not All Sports Are Created Equal
By Ramzy Baroud My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups. Therefore, I was taken […]

FIFA Needs to Act to Kick Out Apartheid
By Jonathan Kuttab During the World Cup 2022, players and fans in Qatar, and people all over the world took a strong stand for Palestine. Social media was buzzing, and mainstream media from around the […]

Protesting ‘Violent Settler Colonialist’ Regavim is Not Antisemitic
By Yves Engler Has the extreme right gone mainstream in Canada’s pro-Israel community? A number of prominent figures in Toronto’s Jewish establishment have rallied to support a “settler colonial NGO” set up by a racist […]

Ben-Gvir Praises Israeli Forces after Killing of Palestinian Man in Kafr Qasem
Israel’s incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has praised Israeli police after a Palestinian, who allegedly rammed them with his car, was killed on Friday, The New Arab reported. The far-right politician, who will oversee […]

Israeli Forces Kill Young Palestinian Man in Kafr Qasem (VIDEO)
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man on Friday, following an alleged car-ramming attack on a group of soldiers in the town of Kafr Qasem, in central Israel, Palestinian and Israeli media reported. Three […]

Italian Activists Promote Campaign Against Israeli Apartheid
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Activists in the northern Italian city of Turin launched a campaign on December 21 aimed at explaining to ordinary citizens what Israeli apartheid is. Large luminous screens will be located […]

Amnesty Says Salah Hamouri’s Deportation is a War Crime
Israel’s unlawful expulsion earlier this week of French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri is a war crime, made possible by a network of laws and policies designed to maintain apartheid over Palestinians, Amnesty International said […]

Israel’s Netanyahu Forms New Coalition Government
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel’s prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has informed Israeli President Isaac Herzog that he has succeeded in forming a coalition government, Reuters reported. “I have managed (to form a government),” Netanyahu […]

President Boric Announces Chile Will Open Embassy in Palestine
President Gabriel Boric of Chile said Wednesday that he plans to open an embassy “in Palestine”, The New Arab reported. The announcement by the leftist president, who began his four-year term in March 2022, came […]

Palestinians Call on FIFA to Condemn Israeli Killing of Palestinian Footballer
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to condemn the killing of Ahmad Atef Mustafa Daraghma, a Palestinian soccer player, who was killed by Israeli forces […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Football Player in Nablus
Israeli forces killed a football player and wounded at least 24 Palestinians during a military raid in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Atef Mustafa Daraghma, 23, a resident of the northern West […]

Lions’ Den is Not a Fleeting Phenomenon: On Palestine’s Looming Armed Revolt
By Ramzy Baroud Just when Israel, and even some Palestinians, began talking about the Lions’ Den phenomenon in the past tense, a large number of fighters belonging to the newly-formed Palestinian group marched in […]

US Republican Senators Call on FBI to Cease Investigation into Abu Akleh’s Killing
Eight Republican Senators in the US have penned a letter to the FBI and Department of Justice (DoJ) to cease their investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the Middle East Monitor […]

Netanyahu Expected to Announce New Coalition Government ahead of Midnight Deadline
Israel’s prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce on Wednesday that he has formed a coalition government as the midnight deadline fast approaches, The New Arab reported. The 73-year-old is likely to inform President […]

Israel Withholds Body of Late Palestinian Prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz ruled on Wednesday that his government will withhold the body of Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, who died of cancer early on Tuesday in an Israeli prison, The New Arab […]

Israeli Forces Obstruct Palestinian Students’ Access to School
Israeli forces obstructed Palestinian students’ access to their schools in the village of Tuqu’, near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Mousa al-Sha’er, head of the Tuqu […]

Palestinians Mourn Death of Prisoner Abu Hamid, Hold Israel Accountable (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Political groups and prisoners’ organizations in Gaza held a joint press conference to mourn the death of Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, who died in an Israeli prison due to […]

On Resisting the IHRA Definition and Its Assault on Palestine Solidarity
By Benay Blend “Fear works if you cave in,” writes Ilan Pappé on Israel’s attempt to silence solidarity by using the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, a document that claims it’s antisemitic […]

Israel’s Gantz Threatens to Use Force against Iran for New Nuclear Deal
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz called on Monday for taking advantage of the current unrest in Iran to put serious pressure on the government for a new and improved nuclear agreement, Israeli media reported. Gantz […]