The Joint Committee for Palestinian Refugees organized a vigil in front of the UNRWA’s headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday, to protest recent statements made by the UN agency’s Commissioner-General Philip Lazzarini. Speaking in Lebanon […]
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has announced its intention to cap the number of non-Jewish refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine at just 5,000, The New Arab reported. This is in addition to the 20,000 […]
Israeli interior minister Ayelet Shaked announced that her government would take a decision to set up seven to twelve new ‘residential areas’ in the Negev region “to house new Jewish immigrants,” Israeli media reported “We […]
The USA Today reported that a photo that went viral about a high-rise in the Ukraine being hit by Russian bombing turned out to be a high-rise from the Gaza Strip, demolished by the Israeli […]
Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk expressed “disappointment” at news that “Ukrainian refuge-seekers were being detained upon arrival in Israel,” the Israeli newspaper, The Times of Israel reported. “We were disappointed yesterday with a decision […]
Though 2021 is now behind us, there are many issues from the previous year that will linger for a bit, or much longer, and will certainly dominate much of the news in 2022 as well. […]
I wonder if you wonder how it would feel if the boot were on the other foot; would it make you shudder to be that other that is me? To know what I know […]
In a new report, the Guardian has mapped out the surveillance and deterrent systems being used on EU borders to deter refugees. Last month Poland approved a $398 million, 18-foot-high wall, with cameras and motion […]
Language is politics and politics is power. This is why the misuse of language is particularly disturbing, especially when the innocent and vulnerable pay the price. The wars in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and other Middle […]
Twenty years and more ago climate talk concerned long-term global warming effects not really occurring until the mid-twenty-first century at earliest with most problems occurring toward the end of the century. I remember thinking I […]
Ramadan, the holy month of fasting in Islam, should be a time of spiritual reflection and a reordering of the Ummah’s collective priorities. Unfortunately, in the age of globalization, unmitigated consumption and self-centered, individualistic approach […]
COVID-19 cases in Palestine, especially in Gaza, have reached record highs, largely due to the arrival of a greatly contagious coronavirus variant which was first identified in Britain. Gaza has always been vulnerable to the […]
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv into “genuine hunger,” an official survey found, as experts said there is a “severe humanitarian crisis”. According to the Israeli daily Haaretz on Friday, […]
Canada has approved a $90 million humanitarian assistance package for Palestinian refugees through the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The package is intended to be what the […]
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading its tentacles throughout China and eventually to the rest of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with other international groups, sounded the alarm that refugees […]
Double Jeopardy for Refugees/Migrants Recently reflecting on the plight of refugees fleeing war zones in the Middle East and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Central America I was struck by the analogy to ‘Double Jeopardy.’ As […]
In a surprising move, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced on February 29 that he will be re-opening his country’s border to Europe, thus allowing tens of thousands of mostly Syrian refugees into Greece and other European […]
asphalt rain darkens green fields eco-extinction flares Amazon skies fake leaders slithering toward real dangers hither and yon seek safe havens gated nations hiding from truth screaming ‘no’ migrants fleeing despair pleading ‘please’ hiding from […]
In the title quote, the words refer to a collection of readings from several years of the Palestine Festival of Literature, an annual literary event that allows performers to interact with Palestinians on their home […]
The European Union (EU) invested over $115 million in Israeli-made unmanned drones to police the Mediterranean Sea. The Observer discovered three contracts with Frontex, the EU’s border and coastguard agency, and the European Maritime Safety Agency, totaling […]
History never truly retires. Every event of the past, however inconsequential, reverberates throughout and, to an extent, shapes our present, and our future as well The haunting image of the bodies of Salvadoran father, Oscar Alberto Martinez […]
The game is afoot. Israel, believe it or not, is demanding that seven Arab countries and Iran should pay $250 billion as compensation for what it claims was the forceful expulsion of Jews from Arab countries during […]
Watching the ongoing debate between liberal and right-wing pundits on US mainstream media, one rarely gets the impression that Washington is responsible for the unfolding chaotic situation in Central America. In fact, no other country […]
Israeli authorities are exploring the possibility of deporting African migrants and asylum-seekers to Sudan and Eritrea, Israeli daily Haaretz said today. In a letter to the member of Knesset Mossi Raz, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri […]
By Ramzy Baroud A recent European Council summit in Brussels was meant to articulate a united policy on the burgeoning refugees and migrant crisis. Instead, it served to highlight the bitter divisions among various European […]
By Ramzy Baroud Europe is facing its most significant refugee crisis since World War Two. All attempts at resolving the issue have failed, mostly because those charged with doing so have ignored the root causes […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian-Jordanian novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) with a novel about humanity’s capacity for savagery. “The Second War of the Dog” was announced as the winner […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a deal with the UN Refugee Agency on Tuesday to resettle 16,000 African asylum seekers and the same number in Western countries. The deal was cancelled only 24 hours […]
By Ron Jacobs Every once in a while a book is published wherein the text transcends the subject matter, lifting the stories between the covers into a place that is both revelatory and sublime; a […]
By Ramzy Baroud Following the signing of the Oslo agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1993, Palestinian refugees vanished off the radar. The most pressing of all issues pertaining to the […]
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