Do you remember the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals, which included the eradication of “extreme poverty and hunger”, to “combating lethal diseases” and “reducing child mortality […]
“People be ‘nuancing’ and ‘both-siding,’ then a government is overthrown and a country falls into devastation and they are nowhere to be found.” That quote from Hood Communist sums up the history of imperialism and […]
Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said Sunday, igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses. The use of the […]
Earlier this week, 100 Afghan families from Bamiyan, a rural province of central Afghanistan mainly populated by the Hazara ethnic minority, fled to Kabul. They feared Taliban militants would attack them in Bamiyan. Over the […]
Israeli intelligence software Cellebrite is supplying Vietnam digital surveillance tools which it has used to quash opposition, rights groups say. Israeli newspaper Haaretz said Vietnam’s Public Security Ministry, which is responsible for the police and […]
The German and French ambassadors, along with other European Union (EU) ambassadors, boycotted a ceremony at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli Ynet News revealed on Tuesday. The ceremony was held on July 4 at […]
A petition condemning Israeli practices and calling for an immediate end to the Jewish state’s “apartheid regime” has been signed by more than 600 scholars, artists and intellectuals from more than 45 countries. The petition, […]
(Goliath: The 100-year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy. Matt Stoler. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2019.) Economic history is not a truly scintillating read. However, to understand how our society is arranged economically as […]
The European Union Representative to the Palestinian territories with the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah said in a statement on the situation in East Jerusalem that Israel, as an occupying power, is […]
The US State Department has criticized Israel for not making a significant effort to combat human trafficking or meet international standards to combat trafficking. The State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report, which cited the […]
In the international community’s narrative of illusory state-building in Palestine, the Palestinian Authority’s security services are dissociated from violence. Whether such violence is meted out according to PA Leader Mahmoud Abbas’s directives, or in terms […]
Russia Thursday voiced concern over the ongoing Israeli settlement construction and warned that the “situation can spiral out of control”. “The Special Coordinator shared information on the progress of UNSC resolution 2334. In this context, […]
Honduras has opened a new embassy in Jerusalem, Anadolu has reported. The opening ceremony was attended by President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. This is the third country to open an […]
UK Labor leader Keir Starmer has urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to press for the recognition of a Palestinian state at this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall. During Prime Minister’s Questions today, Starmer used […]
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has summoned the Philippines envoy, Macairog Alberto, to protest against his country’s vote in favor of forming an inquiry commission into Israel’s violations in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported. On […]
A petition organized by Ógra Shinn Féin, calling on the Irish government to expel the Israeli Ambassador, has amassed more than 50,000 signatures. The petition was launched in response to the current violence, which began […]
The US corporate media usually report on Israeli military assaults in occupied Palestine as if the United States is an innocent neutral party to the conflict. In fact, large majorities of Americans have told pollsters […]
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Friday called on the international community to take action to stop the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Arreaza posted a video on Twitter showing Israel’s bombing of a […]
The Palestinians mentioned apartheid in connection with Israel long before B’Tselem used the description. Now it is the turn of Human Rights Watch (HRW) to — rightfully, if belatedly — accuse Israel of apartheid in […]
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday condemned the decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to delay long-awaited polls. “The decision to postpone the planned Palestinian elections, including the legislative elections originally scheduled for […]
Palestine today called on the international community and signatories of the Geneva Conventions to assume their responsibilities towards protecting Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, Anadolu Agency reports. “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of […]
Democratic lawmakers in the US House of Representatives yesterday introduced a bill specifying that Israel should not be allowed to use American taxpayer’s money to kill, torture, imprison, displace or otherwise harm Palestinian children and […]
Australia’s Labor Party’s recognition of Palestine as a State on March 30 is a welcomed position, though it comes with many caveats. Pro-Palestinian activists are justified to question the sincerity of the ALP’s stance and […]
The Israeli government’s position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court of alleged war crimes committed in occupied Palestine has been finally declared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “It will be made […]
On Saturday New Democratic Party members delivered a victory for Palestinian rights and a blow to the Israel lobby in Canada. Over 80% of convention delegates voted for a resolution calling for “Ending all trade […]
Former UK Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan has accused pro-Israel lobbyists of “the most disgusting interference” in British politics, and of “negatively influencing” the country’s foreign policy in the Middle East. Duncan, a former […]
Israel will tell the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it does not recognize the authority of the tribunal, which is set to investigate alleged war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Israeli Prime Minister […]
In another move that shows US President Joe Biden is navigating between the Trump administration’s era and the return to the two-state politics, the US State Department’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights presented two facets of […]
The Palestine Authority (PA) yesterday urged the Quartet on the Middle East to pressure Israel into allowing Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in occupied East Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported. In a letter sent […]
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has passed an amendment to its policy platform recognizing Palestine as a state. The decision was taken at the ALP Conference on Tuesday, March 30. Immediately raising the ire of […]
Copyright © 1999-2021 PalestineChronicle.com. All rights reserved | Powered By Media Seniors