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Month: May 2023

US Congress Members Urge PayPal to End Discriminatory Ban on Palestinians
Eleven Members of the United States Congress sent a letter to PayPal CEO Dan Schulman on Thursday, urging the company to open up services to Palestinians in the occupied territory. This letter, signed by Representatives […]

Jewish Settler Kills Young Palestinian Man near Hebron (VIDEO)
An armed Jewish settler settler killed a young Palestinian man on Friday, near the Palestinian city of ad-Dhahiriya, southwest of Hebron (Al-Khalil), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed […]

‘Dangerously Drifting’: A Top EU Official Calls Israel Apartheid State
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt, was the latest top European official to add his voice to those critical of Israel’s apartheid in Palestine. Bildt, who […]

Trails of Deception: What Palestinians and Native Americans Share
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam How can the US government criticize the racist practices of Israel, when it has never really confronted its own history of genocide and wars of extermination against the Native tribes […]

Zionist Myths: Israeli Invention of Artificial Reality
By Jamal Kanj Seventy-five years following the Nakba, I stand as the son of two “invisible” Palestinian parents who were “spirited” from their homes to make “room” for European Khazar converts. Israel is most probably […]

US Concerned about New Israeli Bill Targeting Human Rights Groups
US President Joe Biden’s Administration expressed concerns on Wednesday over a new Israeli bill that would significantly limit the ability of human rights organizations to operate in Israel and the occupied West Bank, Israeli media […]

Israeli Forces Storm Refugee Camp, Injure 13 Palestinians near Jericho (VIDEO)
13 Palestinian youths were wounded by Israeli gunfire as Israeli occupation forces stormed the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Eyewitnesses […]

Israel Claims Palestinian Resistance Rockets Found in Occupied West Bank (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli media confirmed on Wednesday social media footage that a rocket launcher was found in the West Bank. Israeli reports claim that the occupation army has located a rocket launcher […]

‘We Will Cross’: Why the latest Hezbollah Military Drills at Israeli Border are Unprecedented
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel fears that Palestinians, Lebanese, and other Resistance groups in the region could start coordinating their actions. On May 21, hundreds of fighters from the Hezbollah Resistance movement took part […]

Not On Our Dime!’: Why US Democrats Are Growingly Challenging Israel
By Ramzy Baroud Time will tell what direction Washington will take in the future. But, considering the current evidence, support for Israel is dwindling at rates that are unprecedented. Though the United States remains […]

‘Palestine’s Pearl’: Tunisian Street Artists Celebrate Palestinian Culture
By Majd Salem “Popular street art has a mission to shed light on particular causes before beautifying the walls.” The Dome of the Rock floats in a sea of blue clouds, peaceful and majestic, resting […]

The Lone Traveler: Walking as an Act of Palestinian Solidarity
By David Harrop Mick, a retired UK social worker, has embarked on his solo 3500 km trek as an act of Palestinian solidarity. He has been a long-time supporter of liberation from oppression and of […]

UAE Invites Netanyahu, Herzog to Attend COP28 in Dubai
The UAE has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog to attend the UN climate conference COP28, which is taking place in Dubai in November, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. According to […]

Body of Palestinian Fisherman Found off Gaza Coast
The body of a Palestinian fisherman who went missing three days ago after his boat was allegedly struck by an Egyptian gunboat was found off the coast of Gaza on Tuesday evening, The New Arab […]

Netanyahu Says Judicial Reform Will Return to Government Agenda
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the controversial judicial overhaul will return to the legislative agenda, after the government successfully passed the state budget, Israeli media reported. […]

For 12th Day in a Row, Israel Imposes Siege on Palestinian Village near Ramallah
Israeli occupation forces blocked all the entrances of Al-Mugayyier village, to the east of Ramallah, for the 12th day in a row, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that Israeli […]

From Turtle Island to Palestine: How Solidarity Activists are Rejecting Divide-and-Conquer Tactics
By Benay Blend When they are met by Palestinians and their supporters who speak their own language of liberation, Zionists revert to long-held tactics of divide and conquer. In December 2021, Palestine Chronicle editor and […]

Bombing the Disabled: Palestine Chronicle Visits the Nabhan Family in Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “I tried to explain that there were disabled people in the house who can only move using wheelchairs, but to no avail,” the woman said. The missiles fell anyway. When […]

Israeli Forces Deprive Palestinian Village of Access to Water
Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday closed the water holes that provide the Palestinian village of Bardala in the northern Jordan Valley with its daily water needs, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Human rights […]

Israeli Authorities to Build 400 New Illegal Settlement Homes in East Jerusalem
The Israeli municipality in Jerusalem has announced plans to build 400 illegal settlement homes in the occupied town of Abu Dis, to the east of Occupied Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. The […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Blow up House of Slain Palestinian near Ramallah
Israeli occupation forces blew up on Tuesday the family apartment of the slain Palestinian youth Mutaz Khawaja in the village of Ni’lin, west of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news […]

Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambitions in the Middle East
By Jim Miles (Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambitions in the Middle East. Steven Simon. Penguin Press, New York, 2023.) While Simon’s “Grand Delusion” does provide a good political background to events […]

‘Beautiful Dreams’: The 5-Year-Old Palestinian Kindergartener Who Died of Fear
By Nada Al Kahlout Mohammed is still grieving, and he cannot help thinking about what life would have been if Tamim was still alive, disassembling and reassembling his toys, his head filled with beautiful dreams. […]

Reports: Israel Closing in on Arrow 3 Missile Sale to Germany
An agreement relating to Israel’s sale of its Arrow-3 missile defense system to Germany will likely be signed within a few months, the head of the project’s main contractor said on Monday. “We are moving […]

Cancer-Stricken Palestinian Prisoner Walid Daqqa Moved to Hospital
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa has been moved to the Assaf Harofeh Hospital after his health condition deteriorated, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said on Monday. The commission […]

US ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Homesh Illegal Settlement Order, Storming of Al-Aqsa
The United States said on Sunday night that it was troubled by the return of Jewish settlers to an evacuated West Bank settlement, as well as the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by far-right […]

Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians during Military Assault in Balata Refugee Camp
Israeli occupation forces shot and killed three young Palestinian men during a large-scale assault on the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus early Monday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA […]

UPDATED | In Statement to Palestine Chronicle, Spotify Explains Why Mohammed Assaf’s Popular Song was Removed
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a statement sent to the Palestine Chronicle, a PR agency representing Spotify MENA, claimed that the reason behind the removal of a popular song by famous Palestinian artist, Mohammed […]

Spotify, Apple Music Delete Mohammad Assaf’s Song ‘Ana Dammi Falastini’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Spotify and Apple Music decided to remove the song ‘Ana Dammi Falastini’ (My Blood is Palestinian) by Palestinian artist Mohammed Assaf, citing allegations of antisemitism, Roya News reported on Sunday. […]

Israel’s Far-Right Minister Ben-Gvir Storms Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound early on Sunday, The New Arab reported, citing a source from the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem. Ben-Gvir was accompanied by 30 members of the […]