Following “a week of strenuous effort” by the family of Palestinian artist and historian Kamal Boullata and their lawyers, the renowned artist’s body finally returned to his birth town, Jerusalem, to be buried next to his […]
Democratic US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the country and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while they cannot. Omar, of Minnesota, suggested […]
Jewish settlers on Thursday spray-painted racist graffiti on Palestinian cars and walls of homes in az-Zawiya town in Salfit province, north of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian Information Center reports. Eyewitnesses said that a gang of […]
Israeli forces stationed near the separation wall to the west of the village of Zaita, north of Tulkarem in occupied West Bank, opened fire at a Palestinian married couple, shooting and injuring both with rubber-coated […]
On July 29, 4-year-old Muhammad Rabi’ Elayyan was reportedly summoned for interrogation by the Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem. The news, originally reported by the official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, was later denied by the Israeli police, more […]
Israeli occupation forces demolished a house under construction belonging to a Palestinian resident in Wad Rahal to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, said a local official. Israel is at it again. […]
Popstar Jennifer Lopez, known as J-Lo, has been slammed for playing in Israel, despite strong calls to boycott the controversial Tel Aviv concert. Uploading photos and videos of her performance, J-Lo was faced with a backlash from […]
The Israeli military was mocked on social media after announcing that it had foiled a “terror” operation by confiscating boots headed for Gaza. The unbranded boots, which Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) claimed […]
Israel’s electricity company has been approved by the Finance Ministry to collect half a billion shekels ($ 141 million) from Palestinian tax money collected by Israel, a Hebrew economic newspaper reported on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. According […]
Israeli authorities have today released Palestinian writer and journalist Lama Khater after she served a 13-month jail sentence. Hazem Al-Fakhouri, Khater’s husband, said that she was released by the authorities in the north of the […]
Israel’s Supreme Court has delayed a landmark hearing which would have seen the Regional Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), Omar Shakir, deported from Israel over his alleged support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions […]
Israeli forces detained 16 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the military on Thursday, Anadolu reports. A military statement said the individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terror […]
Is South Africa among the countries standing aside as the world is confronted with illegal moves by the Trump Administration to facilitate the complete annihilation of Palestine by Israel? Notwithstanding the fact that the ANC-led […]
The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority said on Monday that the Israeli occupation authorities have basically canceled the division of the occupied Palestinian territories into so-called Areas A and B, Safa news agency has reported. Mohammad […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is continuing its efforts with the International Criminal Court to push forward a formal investigation into Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes, especially in the town of Sur […]
A Jewish settler ran over a Palestinian child on Monday night in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), causing him severe injuries; later one announced dead in an Israeli hospital. Tariq Zebania, 7 years […]
UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk has suggested that the international community should consider cutting ties with Israel if it goes ahead with further colonial settlement expansion and annexation, according to a report by Al Jazeera. Non-binding […]
Israel’s top court has given its approval to a punitive ban on family visits for Hamas prisoners from the Gaza Strip, a decision slammed by human rights activists as “court-sanctioned vengeance”. In July 2017, Israel banned family […]
A court on Sunday ordered a predominantly Jewish town in northern Israel to lift a ban on non-resident visitors to its parks, a prohibition that a rights group said was aimed at keeping Arabs out. The […]
The Jewish Defence League and B’nai Brith are boasting that they convinced the Trinity-St. Paul Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts to cancel a room booking “to celebrate the artistic and cultural contributions of Palestinians in the diaspora.” The Toronto United […]
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has denounced Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, describing that country’s policies as an affront to human rights and comparable to racial segregation in the American South. Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American to serve in […]
A Palestinian child was seriously injured in his head today when he was shot by Israeli soldiers during the weekly anti-settlement protest in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Qalqilia city in the West Bank. […]
Former Israeli defense minister Avigdor Lieberman, a possible kingmaker in September’s elections, renewed his incitement against Palestinian citizens on Monday, as reported by the Times of Israel. Speaking at a campaign trail meeting in Kiryat Ono, […]
Israeli police this morning forced a Palestinian family out of their house in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, WAFA reported. Silwan-based Wadi Hilweh Information Center posted a video showing occupation forces and settlers storming the house and […]
Palestinian children from Jerusalem arrested by Israeli occupation forces are subjected to “a deliberate policy to de-educate”, reported prisoners’ rights group Addameer. According to Addameer, “Over 800 Palestinian children from Jerusalem were arrested in 2018”, and […]
Organized by the British NGO Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA), Palestine Expo has been dubbed the ‘biggest Palestine event in Europe‘, being held in the iconic Olympia Exhibition Centre in London. The Palestine Chronicle chief editor, […]
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday tweeted that the Palestinians’ connection to the Land of Israel is nothing compared to the 4,000-year connection that the Jewish people have with the land. He cited a recent article stating […]
Palestine is embarking on an ambitious project to produce all of their own energy for internal consumption. If successful, it would break its electricity dependence on the Israeli government that frequently leaves the West Bank and Gaza Strip without power. Seeking to reduce […]
Far-right Israeli political party Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) has launched its election campaign by calling for the expulsion of Palestinians to their “countries of origin”. Otzma Yehudit launched its campaign in Jerusalem yesterday ahead of […]
Up to 850 Palestinians from the village of Marda in the northern West Bank were infected by organisms in polluted water between Monday and Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has revealed. Access to Clean […]
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