By Ronnie Kasrils The Freedom Charter of South Africa was born of struggle. It must now be defended and renewed through struggle. The Freedom Charter was adopted in Kliptown on June 26, 1955, seventy years […]
By Nurah Tape – The Palestine Chronicle “It is now a program of ethnic cleansing, of collective punishment, of targeting Palestinians as a people.” South Africa’s Minister of International Relations, Ronald Lamola, has said […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel is reportedly preparing to deport hundreds of Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents from East Jerusalem to Palestinian Authority areas, citing alleged ties to ‘terrorism’. The Anadolu news agency […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the future of the Palestinian Authority, expressing concern over the weakening positions of its 87-year-old president, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli media reported on Monday. According to the Israeli state-owned […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A coalition of faith groups and secular organizations will officially launch an ‘Apartheid-Free Campaign’ in the United States, according to a statement issued by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). […]
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 […]
The mayor of the Brazilian port city of Belem, Edmilson Rodrigues, has declared his city an Apartheid Free Zone, denouncing Israel’s “expulsion of a people from their ancestral territory, a true apartheid”, the Boycott, Divestment […]
The mayor of the illegal Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit has said that he has ordered Arab passengers to be removed from buses, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. The passengers were denied entry even if […]
American actor and director Mark Ruffalo strongly condemned calls by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to wipe out the Palestinian town of Huwwara, north of the occupied West Bank. The 55-year-old producer and actor took […]
By Iqbal Jassat Having read the report on News24 that talks about a “backlash” against South African Rugby Union (SARU) for having the guts to annul the participation of an Israeli-based team at the forthcoming […]
The Israeli parliament (Knesset) passed on Monday the first reading of a bill aimed at revoking the citizenship or permanent residency of Palestinians who committed acts of resistance, the official news agency WAFA reported. According […]
Israel expelled French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri on Sunday morning, after holding him without charge since March, The New Arab reported. Hamouri, 37, had been held under a controversial practice known as administrative detention, […]
A group of Jewish parents prevented three caregivers from entering the daycare center in which they work on Tuesday because of their Palestinian identity, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. The director of the daycare center […]
By Romana Rubeo A historic fan club of the Italian football team AS Roma, known as Fedayn, asked their team not to play a football match against the English team Tottenham, scheduled on July […]
By Iqbal Jassat If Ireland is the most historically appropriate country in Europe to formally acknowledge that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, surely South Africa would be the most appropriate in […]
The US Presbyterian Church voted on Tuesday at its 225th General Assembly to declare Israel an “apartheid state” and designate a Nakba Remembrance Day within their calendars, The New Arab reported. The church claims over […]
By Iqbal Jassat Having read Pastor Tom Mofokeng’s scurrilous attempt (City Press, June 17) to discredit and undermine Reverend Frank Chikane, it astounded me to discover a complete absence of substance in his letter. The […]
A new survey has found that 51 percent of the population of the Netherlands think that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid, the Dutch largest peace organization PAX reported on Tuesday. “This picture of […]
By Iqbal Jassat In a remarkable testament to the protection of free speech in South Africa, especially in relation to Palestine and the settler-colonial regime of Israel, which usually is marred by intimidatory allegations of […]
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Michael Lynk has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council, concluding that the situation in occupied Palestine amounts to apartheid, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Civil society activists from 21 countries across Africa gathered in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, from March 10 to 12, to mobilize support for Palestine, the Pan-African Palestine Solidarity (PAPSN) Network […]
Israel’s Knesset passed a law effectively barring Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza who are married to Palestinian citizens of Israel from gaining citizenship or residency in Israel, according to the Palestinian Information Centre. […]
By Iqbal Jassat South Africa’s ANC-Led government has renewed its pledge of solidarity with Palestine by adding the new phrase “direct action”. The fresh commitment by Minister of International Relations Mrs. Naledi Pandor has been […]
Secretary-General of Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard, said on Wednesday that the organization will do everything possible to expose Israel’s practices of apartheid, Wafa news agency reported. During a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas […]
By Romana Rubeo On Tuesday, February 1, London-based international human rights group Amnesty International (AI) released an extraordinary report, which labels Israel an ‘apartheid state’. The report calls for Israel to be held accountable […]
By Iqbal Jassat The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) put together what appears to be a clumsy attempt to justify South Africa’s diplomatic ties to Israel. This feeble effort in response to justifiable […]
The Arab Center for Advancement of Social Media, 7Amleh, released on Tuesday the findings of the “Index of Racism and Incitement on Israeli Social Media in 2021”, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The […]
By Ramzy Baroud Long before intersectionality became a prevailing concept which helped delineate the relationship between various marginalized and oppressed groups, late South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu said it all in a few words […]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, died on Sunday at the age of 90, the South African presidency said. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is […]
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle Can you imagine in the heyday of Apartheid in South Africa, a political movement or newspaper that would be regarded as liberal, and commended worldwide for its […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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