By Palestine Chronicle Staff “The size of the area designated for declaration is the largest since the Oslo Accords, and the year 2024 marks a peak in the extent of declarations of state land,” […]
By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah Israeli authorities are moving forward with their annexation plans in the occupied West Bank, in blatant violation of international law. In its latest action towards annexation, the Israeli government has […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A fire earlier this week also broke out near a military base in Jerusalem, in what was a suspected arson attack. The Israeli army said it had evacuated some 200 […]
The plan includes measures against the Palestinian Authority, the legalization of five settlement outposts in the West Bank, and the issuance of tenders for thousands of new housing units in settlements. The Israeli Cabinet has […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Canada announced on Thursday a new set of sanctions targeting Israeli settlers for “extremist violence” against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. This follows the country’s first-ever sanctions against settlers, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “We are clear: these settlements are illegal under international law. We reiterate our call on Israel to immediately and completely stop all settlement activities.” Some UN Security Council members, including […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “While many government bodies were shuttered or had limited operation following 7 October, the planning authorities continued to plough forward, advancing these plans at unprecedented speed.” Planning documents show that […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Smotrich was shouted down even before beginning his on-stage discussion at the conference. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was forced to leave a conference in Ashkelon on Tuesday after being […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s Finance Minister, says the best response to the EU declaration is to strengthen and entrench settlement in all parts of Israel. Israel’s finance minister has reportedly slammed […]
By Robert Inlakesh The Haredim, or Ultra-Orthodox Jews, are crucial to the Israeli state model in a number of ways, yet, in others, are antithetical to the Zionist mission. Although Ultra-Orthodox Jews hold Israel’s highest […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Norway has, for many years, been clear that the settlement policy in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is in violation of international law, including humanitarian law and human rights, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Following a Palestinian shooting operation on Thursday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich demanded to “massively develop settlement as an appropriate Zionist answer”. Illegal Jewish settlers established on Friday a new […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, warns that Israel’s announcement to build 3,300 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank is “inflammatory and dangerous.” EU foreign policy chief […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s announcement that Israel’s settlement expansion in the West Bank is “inconsistent with international law”, is a reversal of the Trump administration’s position that […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An Israeli soldier was killed and eight others were injured on Thursday in a shooting operation near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, east of occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hundreds of Israeli settlers have participated in a conference calling for Israel to rebuild settlements in the besieged Gaza Strip and the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An Israeli settler was killed and at least 17 were injured in a ramming and stabbing operation carried out in the settlement of Ra’anana, near Tel Aviv. According to Magen […]
A settlement official accused the Israeli government of trying to bribe settlers with financial incentives to encourage them to return in the Gaza envelope. The head of the occupied southern settlement council has reportedly revealed […]
By Fareed Taamallah As a Palestinian residing in the West Bank and suffering from attacks by settlers and the Israeli occupation forces, I consider the US’ move a minor step. The US State Department announced […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Immediately after the shooting, the occupation police closed a number of entrances to the occupied city of Jerusalem. Three Israeli settlers were killed and 12 injured on Thursday morning in […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An Iron Dome interceptor missile malfunctioned and landed in the settlement of Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv, Al-Jazeera reported, citing the Israeli Army Radio. A video circulating on social […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In an unprecedented move, the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza launched a major attack on Israel on Saturday morning, October 7. In response, Israel declared war. This blog has been discontinued. […]
The US State Department slammed Israel on Thursday for legalizing three illegal outposts in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported. The move was announced on Wednesday by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. “Great things […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hebron has been declared a ‘closed military zone’ by the Israeli army. An Israeli Jewish woman settler was killed, and another critically wounded on Monday in a shooting attack near […]
A group of illegal Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian home with firebombs and stones, setting fire to beehives and smashing windows. Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian house in the town of Burin, near the occupied […]
It is understood that Israel, at least for now, has suspended its de jure annexation of large parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Numbers, however, suggest otherwise. The right-wing Israeli government of Prime Minister […]
A 17-year-old Palestinian teenager succumbed on Sunday morning to the wounds he sustained a few days ago near the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced. The mayor of Silwad, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A Palestinian, allegedly disguised as a security guard, has reportedly opened fire at illegal Jewish settlers in one of the West Bank’s largest settlements. Six Israeli Jewish settlers were reportedly […]
Two illegal Jewish settlers stormed the Orthodox Church complex in the Mount Zion area of occupied Jerusalem, laid blankets on the ground, and announced that they would remain there. A video shared on TikTok on […]
By Tamar Fleishman Mohammed was a 16-year-old Palestinian boy, who was kidnapped on the morning of July 2, 2014, by illegal Israeli Jewish settlers, in East Jerusalem. On the anniversary of Mohammed Abu Khdeir’s murder, […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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