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Palestinian Intellectual Abdul-Sattar Qassem Dies of COVID

February 2, 2021

Palestinian political activist and academic Abdul Sattar Qassem died of COVID-19 yesterday at the age of 73. Qassem was a Palestinian writer, thinker, political analyst, and academic. He was a professor of political science and […]

Covid-19 under Apartheid: How Israel Manipulates Suffering of Palestinians

January 13, 2021

Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, among many organizations, condemned […]

When the People Rose up: How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse on Palestine

December 16, 2020

December 8 came and went as if it was an ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, however hastily. It was on this day, thirty-three years ago, that the […]

‘Long Live the (Dead) Peace Process’: Abbas Prioritizes US Ties over Palestinian National Unity

December 9, 2020

No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate […]

‘Playing for Time’: The Non-strategy of Mahmoud Abbas

November 11, 2020

“If we are going to live another four years with President Trump, God help us, God help you and God help the whole world.” These were the words of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Mohammed Shtayyeh, […]

PA to Accept Tax Revenue from Israel This Month

November 2, 2020

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is reportedly set to resume receiving transfers of tax revenues collected by Israel on its behalf, Israel Hayom reported i24 News saying. The PA stopped receiving transfers since May when President […]

ICC Will Continue Investigating Israeli War Crimes Regardless of Oslo Accords

June 9, 2020

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will proceed with its investigation into Israel over its policies regarding the Palestinians despite the continued application of the 1993 Oslo Accords, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced yesterday. This came in response to […]

In Its Response to ICC Request for Clarifications, Palestine Urges the Court to Expedite Investigation

June 6, 2020

Palestine responded to the latest request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for clarification regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s decision to be absolved of all agreements with Israel, following the latter’s decision to annex […]

Israel to Withhold Palestinian Tax Money until PA Reactivates ‘Security Coordination’

June 5, 2020

Israel is withholding tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority for the month of May until the PA reactivates the security coordination agreement with Tel Aviv, Palestinian officials said. Palestinian Premier Mohammad […]

Political Ambiguity or a Doomsday Weapon: Why Abbas Abandoned Oslo

May 27, 2020

This time, we are told, it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is absolutely serious about his decision to absolve his leadership from all previous agreements signed with Israel and […]

The Palestine Chronicle Examines Israeli Media Response to Abbas’s Decision to Cancel All Agreements

May 22, 2020

Israeli media responded to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision on May 19 to cancel all agreements with Israel, including the so-called security coordination with a ‘yawn’, in addition to the usual anti-Palestinian rhetoric. The […]

Null and Void: Mahmoud Abbas Withdraws from all Agreements with Israel, US

May 19, 2020

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced his leadership will be ceasing all arrangements with Israel and the US in light of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s annexation plans. “The Palestine Liberation Organization and the State of […]

Oslo Accords and Palestinian Sports: One Step Forward, Three Back

May 19, 2020

Though Palestinian sports had made remarkable progress (especially internationally) since the Oslo Accords in 1993 until now, however, this progress was on the account of many national values accumulated throughout the period 1950s – 1980s. […]

Palestine No Longer Committed to Oslo Agreements with Israel

January 31, 2020

The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Civil Affairs, Hussein al-Sheikh, said in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera that Palestine is no longer committed to signing agreements emanating from Oslo accords, Anadolu agency reports. “Israel has been informed […]

Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know about Israel’s ‘Firing Zones’ in the West Bank

January 14, 2020

A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: Israel’s so-called “firing zones” in the West Bank. “Israel has impounded the only vehicle available to […]

New Financial Crisis Looms as Israel Withholds Millions of Palestinian Tax Money

December 30, 2019

Once more, the Israeli government has decided to withhold tens of millions of dollars in tax revenues, collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority to prevent it from supporting families of Palestinians killed or wounded […]

Shtayyeh: We Will Prevent Israeli Army from Raiding ‘Area A’

October 14, 2019

Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has claimed that Palestinian forces will prevent the Israeli army from raiding “Area A” of the occupied West Bank. In an interview with Al-Quds, excerpts of which were published […]

1967 Must Not Be the Only Reference Point for Israel’s Colonial Presence

August 12, 2019

Various Israeli politicians over the years have justified settlement expansion as being necessary for peace. The Oslo Accords facilitated this propaganda with an interminable “interim” period during which settlement construction has continued unhindered. The definition […]

Shtayyeh: Israel Has Canceled Areas A and B in Palestinian Territories

July 23, 2019

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 Book of Palestine: National Liberation Vs Endless Negotiations

July 10, 2019

Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington’s complete adoption of Israel’s messianic, extremist policies regarding Occupied Palestine has […]

Africa and Palestine: A Noble Legacy that Must Never Be Betrayed

July 3, 2019

Europe’s “Scramble for Africa” began in earnest in 1881, but never ended. The attempt at dominating the continent using old and new strategies continues to define the western relationship with this rich continent. This reality was further […]

Deal of the Century or Eon of Disasters?

June 25, 2019

The Trumpian hyperbole marketing brand had generated unrealistic expectations for the “Deal of the Century.” For over a year and a half, Jared Kushner promised but missed at least three dates to unveil the “secret” […]

Former Mossad Chief: ‘Israel Does Not Want Peace’

June 23, 2019

The former chief of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, has said that Israel does not want peace and that, if it had, it would have made peace with the Palestinian Authority (PA) long ago. […]

The PA’s Appropriation of ‘National Rights’

May 27, 2019

Ever since the US ostracised the Palestinian Authority, there has been a change in rhetoric that attempts to equate the struggles it is facing with those of the Palestinian people. Israel’s deduction of tax revenues […]

The PA Wants the EU to Help, Not the Resistance

May 15, 2019

The EU must clearly and unequivocally state that it has abandoned the Palestinian people to complete political isolation. The recent Israeli air strikes on Gaza have not only revealed the UN’s scheming in terms of protecting Zionist […]

What Now for the Palestinian People?

April 29, 2019

The West Bank is under threat of annexation by Israel now; the caged Palestinians in Gaza are clamoring, at a grassroots level, for the right to return to their homes and property a few kilometers […]

Preventing Palestine: A Political History From Camp David to Oslo – Book Review

April 24, 2019

(Preventing Palestine –  A Political History From Camp David to Oslo.  Seth Anziska.  Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2018.) In all my recent readings of history and current events, Preventing Palestine stands out as being […]

Great March of Return is Palestinians’ Cry for Justice

April 3, 2019

The aims of the Great March of Return protests, which began in Gaza on March 30 last year, are to put an end to the suffocating Israeli siege and implement the right of return for […]

A Dictionary of Media Terms for the Palestine/Israel ‘Conflict’

April 2, 2019

What is the point of journalism if not to question, doubt, and challenge state or elite power? If a journalist merely reports the standard talking points of that power (as most corporate media journalists do), […]

After Escalation, Israel Agrees to Expand Gaza Fishing Zone (VIDEO)

April 1, 2019

Israel has expanded the permitted fishing zone in the besieged Gaza Strip as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. The Egyptian-brokered deal includes expanding the fishing limit along the Mediterranean coast from approximately 11 […]

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