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From Mandate to Military Rule: Is Israel a Colonial Power?

June 21, 2025

By Blake Alcott In the case of Palestine, whether the outsiders are seen as the British, the Israelis or the United States, this criterion for declaring it today a ‘colony’, between the river and the […]

Kashmir & Palestine: Unpacking Shared Struggles on The Floodgate Podcast

May 21, 2025

By Romana Rubeo   The Floodgate Podcast hosts Abdulla Moaswes to reveal the ideological and strategic ties between India and Israel, unraveling how they shape repression and resistance in Kashmir and Palestine. In the latest […]

On Boycott, Divesment and Sanctions and the Decolonization of the Palestinian Mind

May 16, 2025

By Haidar Eid   Colonialism is not satisfied merely with holding a people in its grip and emptying the native’s mind of all form and content. By a kind of perverted logic, it turns to […]

Greenwashing the Nakba: How Forests Became a Weapon of Erasure

May 7, 2025

By Mohamed El Mokhtar Today, the pines of oblivion that were meant to bury the Nakba are themselves ablaze. What burns is not only forest, but the illusion of a landscape born without violence. More […]

On Authentic People’s History and the Palestinian Experience: Beyond Colonial Narratives

March 25, 2025

By Ramzy Baroud   There are several common misunderstandings about people’s history that need to be addressed. These misconceptions often stem from the way this form of research is applied, especially in newer contexts. My […]

From Turtle Island to Palestine: On the Forced Transfer of Indigenous People from Their Land

February 14, 2025

By Benay Blend Trump’s proposal to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza echoes historical settler-colonial tactics, but Palestinian resistance—like Indigenous struggles worldwide—continues to defy erasure. On February 1, 2025, President Donald indicated that he had spoken […]

From the US to Israel: Examining Birthright on Both Sides of the Same Coin

February 1, 2025

By Karan Singh Both countries are indistinguishable when it comes to unashamedly protecting the fruits of annexation. Soon after taking office for the second time in late January, President Donald Trump signed an executive action […]

Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Cultural Heritage to Erase Arab Identity – Analysis

January 7, 2025

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Dr. Ammar Ali Hassan is a writer and researcher specializing in political sociology. In his article, published on Al-Jazeera, he discusses how Israel’s destruction of archaeological sites in Palestine, Lebanon, […]

Beyond the Logic of Dehumanization – Those for Whom We Weep Will Win the War

October 29, 2024

By Ronnie Kasrils Zionism is not dead, but it is certainly dying. The cost will be devastatingly high, high beyond measure, but those for whom we weep will win the war. In Gaza, six children […]

The Long History of Palestine – How Palestinians See Their Future and Their Past

October 28, 2024

By Ramzy Baroud   If the oppressed, the natives of the land, are not fully vanquished or decimated, they are likely to rise, fight and win back their freedom. Oddly, it was Israeli historian Benny […]

Kashmir ‘Black Day’ – A Reminder that Freedom for Struggle Continues

October 27, 2024

By Iqbal Jassat Annually since 1947, October 27 is commemorated as one of the darkest days for the people of Kashmir. It was following the long freedom struggle from British colonial rule which resulted in […]

From Turtle Island to Palestine: Indigenous People’s Day and Palestine Solidarity

October 13, 2024

By Benay Blend Both Israel and North America share similar rhetoric that justifies their origins. Infused with biblical references to “salvation, redemption, and destiny,” settlers in both countries believed that they had reached the Promised […]

Ignore Race and Religion – It’s Political, Not Ethnic

June 19, 2024

By Blake Alcott Colonized have been fighting colonizers for millennia. Not because the colonizers were Christian Crusaders or Moslem Tatars, or Buddhists, or French, Belgian, British or German, but rather because of what colonizing is: […]

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire – Book Review

April 12, 2024

By Jim Miles Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire. Caroline Elkins. Vantage Books/Penguin Random House, New York, 2022. This is an amazing history, one that should be on the list of every […]

Urinating on Prisoners: How Palestinian Pride Canceled Israel’s ‘Politics of Humiliation’

December 20, 2023

By Ramzy Baroud   Throughout its history – violent birth and equally violent existence – Israel has purposely humiliated Palestinians as an expression of its disproportionately greater military power over a hapless, confined and mostly […]

Israel Has Signed Its Death Sentence – Pulitzer Prize Winner

December 18, 2023

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The roots of Israel’s death sentence, however, are not limited to the post-October 7 events, according to American journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner Chris Hedges. Israel, like any other colonial […]

‘Israel is Destined to Fail’ – Top Israeli Historian Writes in Palestine Chronicle

December 10, 2023

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Israel is a failed project and it is destined to fail, despite the huge human cost paid by Palestinians, Israeli historian Ilan Pappé recently wrote in The Palestine Chronicle. According […]

A Wall and a Watchtower: Why is Israel Failing? – ILAN PAPPE

December 8, 2023

By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle   It all began with Homa and Migdal – literally, a wall and a watchtower.  It is quite possible that the early thinkers and leaders of the Zionist […]

Ours is an Indigenous Struggle: How Gaza United the World

November 23, 2023

By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo The consequences of this war will certainly be felt for many years to come, not only in Palestine or even the Middle East, but worldwide as well. For decades, […]

The Righteous Fury of the Israeli Left – Ilan Pappé

November 16, 2023

By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle   There is no middle ground anymore. There is no way of supporting the liberal occupier, the progressive ethnic cleanser and the leftist genocider. It is hard to […]

Dichotomy of Oppression and Liberation: Why Colonizers Do Not Prevail

November 9, 2023

By Jamal Kanj In the dichotomy of oppression and liberation, there has never been a case throughout history where a colonizer or an occupier prevailed. Mr. President, you lied when you “saw” images of decapitated […]

On Why ‘You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train’ when the Train is Liberation

November 1, 2023

By Benay Blend Different from the heroic narrative that values individual heroism, sumud is a collective response to hardship, a stance that Zinn would have understood. In his autobiography, ‘You Can’t Be Neutral on a […]

Israeli Blindness Highlights Unlearned Lessons from History

October 28, 2023

By Mohamed El Mokhtar The enduring suffering is the result of an undeniable reality: the colonization of a territory and the sustained subjugation and dehumanization of its native population. In recent weeks we’ve noticed ad […]

Colonialism and Occupation: The Great Delusion of the Two-State Solution

October 21, 2023

By Fadi Zatari It is essential to acknowledge that, given Israel’s ideological, strategic, and historical objectives, the prospects for a practical solution remain bleak. In recent discourse, the enduring dialogue on the two-state solution has […]

‘Zionism is Racism’: The Recurring War to Extinguish Palestine

October 21, 2023

By Issa Khalaf Despite its inherent irrationality, its rage against its victims who will not lie down or die, Israeli violence is driven by the prime political-ideological-territorial-exclusivist-supremacist directive: cleanse the Palestinians from Palestine. It’s truly […]

‘War of Words’: Framing the Language of Carnage in Palestine

October 20, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Palestinians are fighting for a future, to finally be rid of the stench of Israeli colonialism and military occupation. Language is a loaded weapon used by the powerful to incite […]

From Española to Palestine: One Struggle, Unity in Resistance

September 30, 2023

By Benay Blend The parallels with Palestine are clear. Ongoing Occupation by settler-colonial regimes but also continuous resistance mark both struggles. On September 28, 2023, a man wearing a MAGA hat (Make American Great Again, […]

Light the Road of Freedom: Women’s Voices From Gaza – Book Review

August 25, 2023

By Jim Miles Light the Road of Freedom – Women’s Voices From Gaza.   Sahbaa Al-Barbari, Ed. Ghada Ageel & Barbara Bill.  University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2021. This is the second volume in the series […]

On Zionism and Ron DeSantis: Placing Both in Context

August 1, 2023

By Benay Blend Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has gained national attention for directing new African American history standards adopted in 2023 by the Florida Board of Education. Henry Giroux, who currently holds the McMaster University […]

Palestinian Self-Determination Through the Lens of Lenin

July 17, 2023

By Mike Veronda Hazou We can understand some fundamental features of the Zionist settler-colonial project through Lenin’s teachings, specifically that Israel was founded and continues to exist on the basis of violating Palestinian self-determination. Vladimir […]

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