Palestinian-American NASA Exploration Mission Planning Office Chief Nujoud Merancy appeared in her official departmental photograph wearing a custom-tailored blazer featuring tatreez, traditional Palestinian embroidery. Palestinian NASA spacecraft engineer Nujoud Merancy poses in a suit with tatreez […]
The Committee of the Great Return March opened a park east of Gaza city in an effort to encourage residents to use the area near the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel. The park, […]
(Excerpts from The Sea Clock, by Nayrouz Qarmout. Comma Press. Manchester, 2019.) Their feet were too small for the task. They lengthened their strides as the road opened up before them, breaking into a run, […]
Dear Readers, The Palestine Chronicle is not just a website. We are more than that, much more. Sure, The Palestine Chronicle English platform has been in existence for 20 years. We launched the first page […]
In the title quote, Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) expresses his desire for a space that preserves Palestinian identity within a broader context. As a participant, he would have felt quite at home at Palestine Writes, described […]
A sit-in was held yesterday afternoon near the Israeli controlled Erez crossing in northern Gaza to protest against Israel’s ongoing siege on the Gaza Strip which has left the small region impoverished. The Higher Committee […]
Several demonstrations organized the collective Taliaat of Palestinian women along with Palestinian communities took place this Thursday evening, to protest against gender-based violence and oppression affecting Palestinian Women. The demonstrations mobilized women and human rights […]
As Israelis headed to the polls on Tuesday, Palestinian politicians and activists appealed to South Africa to help them stave off the annexation of their land. Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative political […]
On this day in 1982, several thousand Palestinian refugees were brutally massacred by a Lebanese militia group immediately after the Israeli army under Ariel Sharon had occupied the Lebanese capital, Beirut, where the camps are […]
The Austrian branch of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has slammed the cancellation of a Palestinian film screening as an attack on free speech and an example of institutional racism. The ARTIS Cinema […]
(An Interview with Gazan Filmmaker Ahmed Mansour) Earlier this week I sat down with Gazan filmmaker Ahmed Mansour before he headed out to the Seattle Premiere of his latest feature-length documentary Brooklyn Inshallah, a film […]
In his 22 years in Congress (1960 – 1982), Paul Findley achieved a sterling record for fundamental positions, proposals and breakthroughs that revealed a great man, pure and simple. He never stopped learning and applying […]
Following “a week of strenuous effort” by the family of Palestinian artist and historian Kamal Boullata and their lawyers, the renowned artist’s body finally returned to his birth town, Jerusalem, to be buried next to his […]
The Palestinian grandmother of Rashida Tlaib said she was proud of her granddaughter’s pro-Palestine stance after the US Congresswoman was barred from traveling to Israel. Muftiyah Tlaib, who lives in the family’s village of Beit […]
A new locally-developed app helps Palestinian drivers in the occupied West Bank negotiate traffic at Israeli military checkpoints and uncover routes to towns mainstream providers often miss. Launched in June and designed by Palestinians, Doroob […]
Popstar Jennifer Lopez, known as J-Lo, has been slammed for playing in Israel, despite strong calls to boycott the controversial Tel Aviv concert. Uploading photos and videos of her performance, J-Lo was faced with a backlash from […]
The Israeli military was mocked on social media after announcing that it had foiled a “terror” operation by confiscating boots headed for Gaza. The unbranded boots, which Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) claimed […]
The Guardian has come under fire over its coverage of anti-Semitism after the paper refused to publish a cartoon depicting Jeremy Corbyn’s critics and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a negative light and also for […]
Palestinian prisoner, Nassar Majer Taqatqa, from Bethlehem, was announced dead in mysterious circumstances on Tuesday, July 16 in the Nitzan prison. According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Movement, Taqatqa’s death was discovered during the morning count, […]
Just recently at the United States-brokered conference in Bahrain FIFA pledged to build more football pitches in the Palestinian “Territories” to present the economic side of a settlement plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The President […]
Organized by the British NGO Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA), Palestine Expo has been dubbed the ‘biggest Palestine event in Europe‘, being held in the iconic Olympia Exhibition Centre in London. The Palestine Chronicle chief editor, […]
Palestine is embarking on an ambitious project to produce all of their own energy for internal consumption. If successful, it would break its electricity dependence on the Israeli government that frequently leaves the West Bank and Gaza Strip without power. Seeking to reduce […]
“Kenya is a natural ally of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation. If Kenyans believe that Palestinians are terrorists because they resist occupation and colonialism by Israel, then they are betraying their own history and […]
Not many of us have heard of #Ihbid194 prior to April this year. And no one thought that a simple act of mobilization on social media by a small group of Palestinian youth would turn […]
Palestinian officials say what they believe to be a new baptismal font has been discovered at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, allowing for more studies about Jesus’ traditional birthplace. Palestinians say baptismal font […]
On June 13, 2019, the Toronto Raptors won the NBA (National Basketball Association) Championship. A few days earlier, news had broken in the Israeli media that one of the team’s billionaire co-owners, Larry Tannenbaum, had […]
Protesters will target Puma stores on Saturday, urging the sportswear brand to end its deal with Israel’s football association, Palestinian activists said on Saturday. Protesters argue that Puma’s decision to become the main sponsor of the Israel Football […]
“Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter” is a popular adage within the African decolonial literary movement, and according to Palestinian author, Ramzy Baroud, it accurately describes how the […]
A ground-breaking Palestinian Oral History Map has been launched online, allowing users “to explore the testimonies based on the historic landmarks that they describe—from schools, hospitals, and factories to rivers, valleys and mountains”. The project is part […]
From April 1 to April 11, 2019, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), in partnership with the Afro-Middle East Center (AMEC), hosted a delegation of 20 Palestinian youth organizers in Johannesburg, South Africa. The delegation was […]
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