By Patrick O. Strickland – Tel Aviv On 15 may, the NY Times ran an editorial authored by Aaron David Miller under the title of ‘Preserving Israel’s Uncertain Status Quo.’ Miller argues that the Israeli […]

By Felicity Arbuthnot ‘A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression in […]

By Felicity Arbuthnot ‘How does blood flow from a ghost?’ — From ‘They Didn’t Ask: What’s After Death?’, Mahmoud Darwish, 1942-2008 “Nothing so terrible has happened to us since the Crusades.” — An Iraqi friend In November 2010, […]

By Haidar Eid ‘The wolf is more merciful than my brothers.’ — Mahmoud Darwish Writing about the Rafah crossing, after the spectacular success of the Egyptian revolution in ousting Hosni Mubarak, brings back the horrific […]

We have triumphed over the plan to expel us from history. —Mahmoud Darwish By Roger Sheety You will not findWhat you’re searching for,She said. Life is in the searchingNot in the finding,I said. I will […]

By Jehan Bseiso I Maktoob:  It is written. Where? In a big book in the sky. II Tata, my grandmother, would only tell the story in staccato: “1948. Falasteen. Orange blossom fields. Salt. Blue Gaza […]

‘We have on this earth what makes life worth living:April’s hesitation, the aroma of bread at dawn, a woman’sPoint of view about men, the works of Aeschylus, theBeginning of love, grass on a stone, mothers […]

By Uri Avnery – Israel I met Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Prime Minister, two weeks ago, and was again impressed by the calm and modesty he radiates. Generally, I meet him at demonstrations, such as […]

By Felicity Arbuthnot – London "Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved,Ages of hopeless end." (John Milton, 1608-1674.) Politicians with backbone are a rarity. (UK) Liberal Democrat M.P., Jenny Tonge (The Rt. Hon., The Baroness Tonge of Kew) has […]

By Yacov Ben Efrat On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad presented his plan to establish a Palestinian state within two years. He stressed the internal changes that must be made in […]

By Franklin Lamb – Beirut As election volunteers in Lebanon work this morning to spruce up its hundreds of Polling Places for Sundays’ election, Minister of Education Bahia Hariri, sister of the murdered Rafiq, canceled school […]

By Natalie Abou Shakra – Gaza "Look, look! It’s him! It’s him!" screamed Shaymaa from the bus, as a group of 18 family members descended from it to walk closer to the border between Rafah […]

The Palestine Chronicle is pleased to feature these short poems contributed by Pina Piccolo, Frieda Groffy and Vi Ransel. Mahmoud By Pina Piccolo For Mahmoud Darwish, whispering his soul over Gaza You were taken by […]

By Hatim Kanaaneh – Acre I just finished reading the news about riots and clashes between Arabs and Jews in Acre in Haaretz, the one Israeli paper that still attempts a modicum of balance in […]

By Remi Kanazi, New York In 1948, my grandmother was expelled from Palestine. Like many of the 780,000 evicted that year, she never saw her birthplace again. But she always dreamed of a dignified return […]

By Sam Hamod  (In memory of Mahmoud Darwish, the greatest of Arab Poets) At the checkpoint, the Israeli private asked me my name, I told her, my name is Zaitoun, she asked, what does that mean, […]

By Ramzy Baroud The recent death of Haider Abdul-Shafi could not have come at a worse time. Bearing in mind the grim shortcomings of the Palestinian leadership and the lack of any serious attempt to […]

By Joseph Massad As the enemies of the Palestinian people have been attacking them on every front — Israel with its inquisition against Azmi Bishara and with him Palestinian resistance to the racist basis of […]

By James ZogbyPalestineChronicle.com We are 40 years into this occupation, and the systematic destruction of Palestine, its people and their culture, continues. I am not Palestinian, but throughout my adult life their story has been […]