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On B’tselem’s Declaration: Israeli Apartheid from the River to the Sea
By Jeremy Salt B’Tselem’s description of Israel as an apartheid state is valuable because B’Tselem, Israel’s leading human rights organization, is saying it. Otherwise, the reaction should of course it is. B’Tselem applies the word […]
On Apartheid, White Supremacy and Ongoing Police Violence: Whose Words Really Matter?
By Benay Blend “Everyone’s reporting on the B’Tselem report like it’s the first they’ve ever heard anyone say that Israel’s an apartheid state,” commented Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian author and activist. “It’s like nothing about Palestinian […]
Israel Admits its Guilt (and Other Arguments)
By Jim Miles The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance has actively supported and succeeded with implementing its definition of antisemitism in various countries, regions, and cities around the world. The definition itself is open enough that […]
Fans of Beitar Jerusalem Protest against Sale to UAE Official
An Israeli football club notorious for the anti-Arab racism of its fans is facing a crisis now that a member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family has bought a 50 percent stake in the club. The […]
‘Fruits of Peace’: Beitar Will Remain a Bastion of Israeli Racism
By Issam Khalidi Just recently Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, a member of the UAE royal family, has pledged to invest 300 million shekels, or about $90 million, into the Beitar (Jerusalem) club over […]
The Great Divider: COVID-19 Reflects Global Racism, Not Equality
By Ramzy Baroud The notion that the COVID-19 pandemic was ‘the great equalizer’ should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions and […]
Against the Witch Hunt: On the Instrumentalization of Antisemitism in Britain’s Labour Party
By Ronnie Kasrils The assault on free speech within Britain’s Labour Party speaks like a ghost from my past. I was banned from public speaking in apartheid South Africa almost sixty years ago. My crime […]
Jewish Settler Tries to Burn Gethsemane Church in Jerusalem (VIDEOS)
A Jewish settler attempted today on burning down the Gethsemane Church in the Mount of Olives area in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local sources. Witnesses reported that an illegal Jewish settler sneaked into the […]
Israeli Bus Driver Kills Two Palestinian Workers at Military Checkpoint (VIDEO)
An Israeli bus driver killed two Palestinian workers this morning in an apparent hit-and-run incident in the occupied West Bank, reported Wafa news agency. Palestinian security sources said the workers were struck by a bus, […]
‘No Thanks, No Giving’ in the Time of the Coronavirus
By Benay Blend In November 2018 Nick Estes of The Red Nation—Albuquerque invited friends to a pot-luck and teach-in that was to be an alternative to the “genocidal” holiday of Thanksgiving. Modeled on the National […]
WATCH: Employee of Israel’s National Emergency Service Caught Spitting at Image of Jesus
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Christian symbols are a form of “idol worship”, was the explanation provided by an Israeli health worker to justify his repeated spitting on Christian icons in the city of Jaffa. […]
Escalating the Demographic War: The Strategic Goal of Israeli Racism in Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud The discussion on institutional Israeli racism against its own Palestinian Arab population has all but ceased following the final approval of the discriminatory Nation-State Law in July 2018. Indeed, the latest […]
Wealth and Power (PART III): The New Colonizing Nations Fight Each Other to Control World Power
By Roger Van Zwanenberg (Wealth and Power: Global Transformation and Destruction 1492 to 2020 Part 2: Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism and the path to Global War) This is a history blog… Unlike any history, you have […]
Gal Gadot, Stephen Miller and Richard Spencer: On the Strange Case of the Commonalities They Share
By Benay Blend “Whatever you think of her being cast as Cleopatra,” tweeted Steven Salaita, “never forget that Gal Gadot proudly served (and continues to support) a colonial army notorious for maiming and murdering civilians.” […]
Black Lives Should always Matter: Delinking Social Justice from Seasonal US Politics
By Ramzy Baroud After viewing the first US Presidential debate on September 29, one is left with no doubt about the degenerating political discourse among America’s ruling elites. Following the debate between US President, […]
Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda (Book Review)
By Jim Miles (Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Jean Guerrero. William Morrow/HarperCollins, New York, 2020.) While browsing the History/Politics section of a local bookstore the number of works devoted to […]
Israeli Minister: Arabs are Cause of Coronavirus Outbreak in Israel
Arab citizens and ultra-Orthodox Jews are the cause of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Israel, Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn said on Saturday. Avi Nissenkorn: Reason for coronavirus is something that started in the haredi […]
Eugenics and Ethnic Cleansing: The Values that Unite the US and Israel
By Benay Blend “You’d have a hard time finding a point in history where the US government *wasn’t* running concentration camps and forcibly sterilizing people.” Onyesonwu Chatoyer, organizer for the All African People’s Revolution Party […]
Netanyahu’s Son Fundraises for Convincted Murderer of Palestinian Dawabsheh Family
Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has caused outrage after calling the conviction of a Jewish settler for the triple murder of a Palestinian family a “disgrace” and sharing a crowdfunding […]
Jewish Settler Gets Three Consecutive Life Sentences for Killing Dawabsheh Family
An Israeli court has sentenced a Jewish settler to three life terms following the killing of a Palestinian couple and their baby in an arson attack in 2015. The Dawabsheh family’s home in the Palestinian […]
Jewish Settlers Torch Palestinian Vehicle, Spray Racist Graffiti near Nablus
Extremist Jewish settlers last night torched a vehicle and sprayed racist graffiti on walls after sneaking into the village of Asira al-Qibiliya, near the town of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, according to the […]
Biden/Harris 2020: ‘Identity Politics’ and Its Ramifications for Occupied Palestine
By Benay Blend Exactly two years ago, in August 2018, Sen Kamala Harris blamed critics of “identity politics” for “weaponizing” the term in order to belittle the very issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation […]
Israeli Terror Cell is Targeting Civilians in Northern West Bank
Palestinian officials have warned today that an Israeli terror cell of Jewish settlers is targeting civilians between Ramallah and Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Ghassan Daghlas, a […]
Jewish Settlers Set Fire to Palestinian Cars in West Bank
Jewish settlers set fire early this morning to two Palestinian vehicles in Faraata village, in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, according to Abdul Menem Shanaa, head of Faraata village council. A group of Jewish […]
Seeing the Tree But Not the Forest: Systemic Racism in American and Israeli Policing
By Benay Blend Since the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police, his name has (or should have) become a household word. When Mawusi Ture, an activist with the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), […]
Israeli Knesset Rejects Amendment to Guarantee Equality in Nation-State Law
Israeli Knesset yesterday rejected an amendment to the racist Nation-State Law to include a clause guaranteeing the equality of all citizens, Arab48 reported. The bill, which was proposed by the Yesh Atid-Telem party, saw the […]
Hollywood Star: I was ‘Fed Huge Amount of Lies’ about Israel
Hollywood’s Seth Rogen on Monday said he was fed a “huge amount” of lies about Israel, as Palestinians were left out of the narrative. In the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, Rogen, who is Jewish […]
‘Let’s Feed a Bedouin’: Roy Oz and Israel’s Outrageous Racism
By Ramzy Baroud On July 11, a video footage, which showed a popular Israeli TV celebrity demeaning Palestinian children from the Bedouin community in the Naqab area, went viral on social media. “Let’s feed […]
This is Why Israeli Court Summoned Palestinian Child Survivor Ahmed Dawabsheh
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An Israeli court explained Thursday the reason behind the summoning of Palestinian child Ahmed Dawabsheh, the sole survivor of an arson attack carried out by Israeli Jewish extremist, Amiram Ben-Uliel, […]
Beinart Cracks Zionism’s Apartheid Foundation
By Iqbal Jassat Is it a case of much ado about nothing or does it pose a significant challenge to undermine key components of Israel’s multi-layered myths? From the heated backlash unleashed following an essay […]