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UK Charities Condemn British PM’s Comments on ICC Investigation in Palestine

April 15, 2021

United Kingdom charities yesterday condemned statements by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into Israeli war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory. In a letter to the Conservative Friends […]

Hamas Calls for International Intervention to Stop Israeli Detention of Election Candidates

April 14, 2021

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, called on Tuesday for immediate international intervention to stop Israel’s detention of its parliamentary election candidates. The movement made the announcement at the Palestinian Central Elections Commission in Ramallah. […]

Jewish National Fund Plans to Purchase Land to Expand Illegal Settlements

April 14, 2021

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Israel approved on Sunday plans to purchase land in the occupied West Bank to expand illegal settlements, mainly in Nablus and Jenin, Haaretz has reported. The fund is known […]

Israel Rejects ICC Investigation: What Are the Possible Future Scenarios?

April 13, 2021

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 […]

Euro-Med Monitor: Israel’s Refusal to Cooperate with ICC is Indirect Admission of War Crimes

April 9, 2021

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has strongly condemned Israel’s decision to refuse cooperation with the International Criminal Court following the latter’s announcement in March on opening an investigation into possible war crimes in the Palestinian […]

Israel Transfers Sheikh Raed Salah to Ramon Prison without Notice

April 9, 2021

The defense team of the head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel Sheikh Raed Salah has slammed the Israel Prison Service’s decision to transfer him to Ramon prison. The team announced […]

Israel Refuses to Cooperate with ICC on War Crimes Probe

April 9, 2021

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 […]

East Jerusalem: Jewish Settlers Seize 15 Palestinian Homes in Silwan

April 8, 2021

Jewish settlers seized 15 Palestinian houses in the occupied East Jerusalem district of Silwan, Israel’s Channel 7 reported. According to the channel, the settlers placed Israeli flags on 15 houses in Silwan after the Ateret […]

PODCAST: Palestine Chronicle Editors Interview International Law Expert on ICC War Crimes Investigation (LISTEN)

April 7, 2021

The Israeli government is ramping up its efforts aimed at creating a centralized strategy to combat an imminent investigation into war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). A high-level meeting brought top Israeli officials […]

Hamas: ‘No Parliamentary Elections without Jerusalem’

April 7, 2021

Hamas on Monday stressed it would not accept holding Palestinian parliamentary election without the participation of Palestinians in Jerusalem. In a statement, member of the movement’s political bureau Ezzat Al-Reshq said: “We insist that the […]

The US’ Designation is Glossing over Colonialism in Palestine

April 6, 2021

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 […]

PA Urges Quartet to Pressure Israel to Allow Elections in Jerusalem

April 6, 2021

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 […]

On Palestine Children’s Day, 140 Minors Held in Israeli Prisons

April 5, 2021

Marking Palestine Children’s Day, the Palestine Prisoners’ Club revealed that there are 140 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons, including two under administrative detention. According to the Defence for Children International-Palestine, every year between 500 and […]

Report: US Administration Plans Lifting Sanctions on ICC Officials

April 2, 2021

The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to revoke the sanctions imposed by his predecessor, President Donald Trump, on the International Criminal Court (ICC) top officials as early as this week, the Foreign Policy […]

Jewish Settlers Storm Palestinian Archeological Site in West Bank

March 31, 2021

Jewish settlers today stormed an archaeological site in As-Samu’ town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Local and security sources confirmed that dozens of […]

Palestinians Seek EU Support for East Jerusalem Elections

March 31, 2021

The Palestinians have asked the European Union to use its influence to ensure Israel allows its citizens in occupied East Jerusalem to vote in the upcoming Palestinian legislative and presidential elections. Earlier reports suggested that […]

Palestinian Prisoner Enters Day 40 of Hunger Strike in Protest against Administrative Detention

March 30, 2021

A Palestinian prisoner is on his 40th day of hunger strike, in protest against his prolonged administrative detention, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). The PPS said in a statement that Imad Batran, 47, […]

Palestinian Injured in Jewish Settlers’ Attack

March 29, 2021

A Palestinian youth was injured on Sunday evening during a Jewish settlers’ attack on the village of Kufr ad-Dik, near the occupied West Bank city of Salfit. Faris al-Dik, an activist, told WAFA that about […]

Euro-Med Report: 5,000 Palestinians in Gaza are Denied Identity Documents

March 28, 2021

Thousands of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have been deprived of identity documents and consequently, several basic rights, most notably the right to freedom of movement, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a […]

Israeli Authorities Impose Travel Ban on Al-Aqsa Mosque Imam

March 26, 2021

The Israeli occupation authorities have imposed a travel ban on Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the president of the Supreme Islamic Council in Jerusalem, Wafa news agency has reported. Sheikh Sabri is banned from traveling abroad for […]

Rights Group: Israeli Forces Tied Detained Palestinian Child to Prison Bed

March 25, 2021

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has accused the Israeli occupation police and jailers of physically assaulting and maltreating a Palestinian child from Jerusalem during his detention, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. According […]

The Nakba of Sheikh Jarrah: How Israel Uses ‘the Law’ to Ethnically Cleanse East Jerusalem

March 24, 2021

A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on March 19 during a weekly protest against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in Beit Dajan, near Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Although […]

Israeli Government Wants PA to Stop Cooperating with ICC

March 23, 2021

The Israeli government has said that it will not allow any economic project to be implemented in the occupied territories unless the Palestinian Authority (PA) stops cooperating with the ICC probe into Israeli war crimes, […]

Israel Revokes Palestine FM Special Travel Permit after Visit to ICC (VIDEO)

March 22, 2021

Israel revoked Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki’s special travel permit after he returned to the West Bank yesterday from a trip to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The Palestinian diplomat urged […]

Israeli Municipality to Displace 1,550 Palestinians to Build Park in Jerusalem

March 18, 2021

More than 100 Palestinian homes face demolition and about 1,550 residents, including more than 800 children, will be made homeless at the hands of Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality, Arab48 reported yesterday. This comes as the Israeli […]

UN Report: 77 Humanitarian Aid Structures Targeted by Israel in February

March 17, 2021

In 2021, the Israeli targeting of EU-funded aid structures to the Palestinians tripled compared with the monthly average in 2020. In addition, Jewish settlers damaged and stole donor-funded aid, said the United Nations Office for […]

Human Rights Organizations Send Appeal to UN Special Procedures on Forced Evictions in Jerusalem

March 16, 2021

Fourteen Palestinian and regional organizations sent a joint urgent appeal to United Nations special procedures on forced evictions in East Jerusalem. The appeal addressed six UN Special Rapporteurs, including the Special Rapporteur on the situation […]

Netanyahu Promises to Legalize West Bank Outposts if Re-elected in Upcoming Elections

March 15, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to legalize West Bank settler outposts if he is re-elected in the upcoming elections slated for March 23, reported the Jerusalem Post. He made the announcement during a […]

US Lawmakers Call on Biden Administration to Oppose Israeli Demolitions of Palestinian Homes

March 14, 2021

Twelve members of the US Congress yesterday called on the administration of President Joe Biden to oppose Israeli annexation of occupied Palestinian lands, to condemn Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes, and to officially rescind his […]

Jerusalem: Palestinian Family Ordered to Empty their Home for Demolition

March 14, 2021

A Palestinian family from the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan embarked last night on emptying their home after the Israeli municipality informed them that the home will be demolished soon for lack on an Israeli-issued […]

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