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Gaza Genocide: The Abysmal Moral Failure of the ‘West’
By Jeremy Salt There is little that could be more uncivilized, cruel and barbarous than the crimes Israel is committing or more morally depraved than the complicity of the governments helping it along. Take 1: […]
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire – Book Review
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 […]
The Arabs: A History – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The Arabs – A History. Eugene Rogan. Basic Books, New York, 2009. Revised 2017.) While the genocide has raged on in Gaza I have been reading Eugene Rogan’s large work simply titled The […]
Israeli Forces Display Stolen Gaza Artifacts in Knesset – Reports
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli military has reportedly stolen artifacts from the Gaza Strip and displayed them in the Israeli parliament, known as the Knesset. According to media reports, the Director of the […]
From Gaza to Congo: How Palestinians Became Victims of Zionist History
By Ramzy Baroud Not only is Israel now assuming the role of the mass killer but the rest of the Western world continues to play the role assigned to them in this historical tragedia. […]
Destroying History: What We Know about Gaza’s Archeological Sites Targeted by Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli occupation forces have targeted many archaeological, historical, and holy sites in the besieged Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war on October 7. According to the Gaza government […]
‘The Hitleryugend’ or ISIS Israel: The Two Kooks who Nationalized Judaism – ILAN PAPPE
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle The phenomenon of religious Zionism originates in the teaching of two of the most respected Zionist rabbis, a father and son, belonging to the Kook family. Mainstream […]
Secret of Shejaiya – The ‘Brave’ Gaza Neighborhood that Israel Cannot Break
By Ramzy Baroud When Israelis claim that the only ‘solution’ to Gaza is displacing the Palestinians, they do not seem to have much knowledge of Gaza’s history. Shortly before Palestinian fighters killed and wounded […]
‘Israel is Destined to Fail’ – Top Israeli Historian Writes in Palestine Chronicle
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 […]
Israeli Airstrikes Destroys Ancient Mosque in Gaza City
Since the start of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, Israeli warplanes have destroyed dozens of archaeological sites and ancient buildings. The ancient Othman bin Qashqar Mosque, located in the old town […]
The Untold History of Gaza: On Conquerors, Resurgence and Rebirth
By Ramzy Baroud What is taking place in Gaza now is but an episode, a traumatic and a defining one, but nonetheless, a mere chapter in the history of a people who proved to […]
‘Heart of Resistance’: What is Gaza and Why Does It Matter? – ESSENTIAL FACTS
By Palestine Chronicle Editors Recent events have demonstrated that Israel has completely failed in marginalizing or isolating Gaza. The importance of Gaza to the Palestinian struggle is neither economic nor political per se, but because, […]
Israel’s License to Kill: Genocidal Campaign has Been Unleashed in Gaza
By Jeremy Salt The consequence is to license Israel, in the eyes of the public and the politicians, to do whatever it wants to do in Gaza, where within a few days Israel had already […]
Stranger in My Own Land – BOOK REVIEW
By Ida Audeh (Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family’s Story of Home. By Fida Jiryis, Hurst, 2023) Stranger in My Own Land tells the story of Palestine since 1948 through two […]
Fear of History: The Roots of Israel’s War on UNESCO
By Ramzy Baroud Israel has done more than attempt to rewrite history and to marginalize the main actors of Palestine’s historical narrative. It has also actively and continuously tried to eliminate the natives altogether. […]
Protest Planned at UK Premiere of Golda Movie amid Boycott Calls
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A protest was organized by pro-Palestine activists on Wednesday outside the Phoenix Cinema in London, which will be hosting the UK Premiere of the movie ‘Golda’, as part of the […]
UNESCO Declares Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan World Heritage Site
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has decided to inscribe the ancient Palestinian city of Jericho, also known as Tell es-Sultan, on the World Heritage List. The decision was […]
Misinformation: Zionist Distortion of Religious Scriptures
By Jamal Kanj Ignoring the genetic and historical facts, the European Zionist movement endeavored to utilize non-historical records to reconstruct history and propagate misinformation in order to establish a link with the ancient Hebrews. Building […]
Chronicling the Mandatory Rape of Palestine – A Book Review
By Jeremy Salt (Blake Alcott, The Rape of Palestine. A Mandate Chronology. 2 vols., Tredition.com.) A monumental amount of work has gone into the preparation of these two volumes, 1437 pages, excluding annexes, not just […]
Asia’s ‘Strategic Autonomy’: How the New Era Could Shape Our Collective Identities
By Ramzy Baroud In modern times, as in the past, common identities are ordered around common interests and new power paradigms. In a recent speech, China’s highest-ranking diplomat, Wang Yi, spoke of a ‘united […]
On Zionism and Ron DeSantis: Placing Both in Context
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 […]
Israel’s Largest Surface Cultural Heist: Palestinian Cuisine
By Jamal Kanj The Zionist movement envisioned Israel’s survival as being predicated on erasing the history of the rich heritage of Palestine’s culture and its people. In continuation of my previous article exploring the Israeli […]
A Pompei in Gaza: Major Archeological Discovery Announced
Archaeologists working on a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery discovered in Gaza last year have found at least 125 tombs, most with skeletons still largely intact, and two rare lead sarcophaguses, Reuters news agency reported. “It is […]
Perseverance and Resistance: Story of Jenin is the Story of Palestine
By Jamal Kanj To Israel’s frustrations, the perseverance of the refugees in Jenin and all Palestinian refugee camps remains a testament to the failed 1948 Israeli assessment of the Palestinian people. There is a clear […]
Israel’s ‘National Treasures’ Kept by Trump Might Be Stolen from the Palestinians
Despite Palestinian attempts at retrieving some of the numerous stolen items, they have failed. The Israeli government is working to recover several ancient relics loaned to the White House in 2019 and later stored at […]
‘Fragments of the City’: A Major Artistic Display Animates Gaza’s History (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The exhibition included works of art that were engraved and hand-printed, archaeological landmarks in the Gaza Strip, and postage stamps used in Palestine during previous eras. Palestinian artists in the […]
ILAN PAPPE on Gamal Abdul Nasser: Why We Must Revisit the June 1967 War
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle Nasser miscalculated Israel’s reaction. Though the Israeli government knew full well that Nasser did not intend to go to war, they used his brinkmanship as a pretense […]
Zionist Myths: Israeli Invention of National Symbols
By Jamal Kanj The absence of an authentic Israeli national memory made it crucial for political Zionism to construct a convoluted web of deception by appropriating national symbols. If a random group of highly educated […]
‘One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel’ – Ghada Karmi Book Launch
By Omar Aziz Palestine Deep Dive continues its UK event series, opening up space for Palestinians to be heard articulating their own discourse, this time hosting esteemed Palestinian author Dr. Ghada Karmi to celebrate the […]
Zionist Myths and Israel’s ‘Fairytale’ History
By Jamal Kanj The phrase “fairytale” belongs to the founder of political Zionism, Theodore Herzl, when he used it to urge his fellow Zionists in 1897 to pursue their “dreams” in Palestine, stating “If you […]