A Palestinian shoemaker from Hebron (Al-Khalil) has responded to the coronavirus crisis by transforming his factory into the only manufacturer of face masks in the occupied West Bank, reported +972 Magazine. Amjad Zaghir made the […]
During the early days of Covid-19 lockdowns, a variety of social media posts from Gaza, such as the one above, appeared from the blockaded Gaza Strip. Ranging from satire to “schadenfreude,” as Zainah El-Haroun observes, […]
If voters in America had the benefit of political education, the kind that Lectores de Tabaqueres provided at the turn of the century to cigar factory workers in cities like Tampa Florida, would they have […]
The clock had just struck one in the afternoon in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza’s most central and populated camp when a massive fire erupted. The pain and hurt that followed will be etched in […]
Israeli forces attacked Palestinian activists planting olive trees in an area to the east of Tubas, in the northern Jordan Valley, according to witnesses. Israeli forces attacked and dispersed activists participating in the tree planting […]
The politically-symbolic act of two young American athletes has been dubbed ‘antisemitic’ by Israel’s supporters on social media and among the various organizations that promote Israel’s interests in the United States. The controversy started when […]
As a central aspect of everyday life, food plays a prominent role in the manipulation of the Palestinian landscape and serves as an entry into the history, culture, and identity of not only cooks tied […]
Israeli authorities yesterday reopened crossings with the besieged Gaza Strip, but kept the fishing zone closed, according to Israeli media. “After evaluation of the situation, all the crossings in the peripheries of Gaza were reopened […]
Palestinian solidarity with indigenous struggles here in Turtle Island was highlighted last week, with both local and international Palestinian support for the Wet’suwet’en nation’s struggle on unceded territory in British Columbia. The BDS National Committee […]
When newly elected U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib took office on January 3, 2019, in Washington, D.C., she made history by wearing a traditional thobe (dress) that featured hand-stitched embroidery known as tatreez, a craft passed […]
On January 28, 2020, US President Donald Trump unveiled the details of his ‘Deal of the Century’ in Washington D.C. with Benjamin Netanyahu by his side. Many of these details had been leaked before, but […]
In this interview with Gaza-based Shehab News Agency, Romana Rubeo, Italian writer and editor at The Palestine Chronicle, discusses the ‘Deal of the Century’, its timing and impact on Israeli, US, and Palestinian politics. The […]
(Kanafani, Ghassan . Men in the Sun. (Trans. Hilary Kilpatrick). London: Heinemann, 1978. —. All That’s Left to You. (Trans. May Jayyusi and Jeremy Reed). Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1990.) The necessity of reading […]
Several Palestinians were shot and injured by rubber-coated metal bullets or suffocated from teargas on Thursday, as Israeli soldiers attacked peaceful protesters in the occupied West Bank. In Ramallah, a large number of people responded […]
Singing for and about Palestine is one of the most popular genres in Arab music. Below are samples of three Arab singers – a Palestinian, a Lebanese, and an Egyptian – who defined the hopes […]
“They will run and not grow weary,” is a quote from the Bible (Isaiah, 40:41) that adorns the homepage of Kairos Palestine. This important document, which parallels a similar initiative emanating from South Africa during the […]
To mark the end of the decade much has been written to sum up Palestine’s past year in review. Much of the news was not good, and as Ramzy Baroud notes in an article for […]
“Despite the fact that I speak and I can’t be heard! I still like this event so hard! I Wish it never ends,” exclaimed Marah Mahdi, a student at Islamic University Gaza (IUG) where the […]
Palestinians in the occupied city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) staged a general strike to protest Israeli plans to expand illegal settlements in the city. Israel is planning to create a large settlement bloc in the old town of Hebron […]
Gaza has always been the exception throughout history. Starting from mighty Samson to the Intifadas, Gaza was always there, regardless of the challenges, leaving its own mark on history and reminding everyone it in no […]
On this day in 1987, the First Palestinian Intifada broke out across occupied Palestine. The uprising, which lasted for over six years, witnessed the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces and the […]
In a journal article entitled “Invention, Memory, and Place,” the late Edward W. Said focuses on the question of collective memory: what is remembered, how, and in what form? According to Said, issues related to […]
The Israeli military has begun striking several targets throughout Gaza. Nov 15, 10 am (GMT +3) The Israeli army said early on Friday it had launched fresh raids on Gaza, despite a ceasefire that came into […]
It has been a week of appalling abuses committed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank – little different from the other 2,670 weeks endured by Palestinians since the occupation began in 1967. The difference […]
A fourth Palestinian was reportedly killed today in the Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, according to local sources. Israel pounding Gaza with airstrikes | https://t.co/G6vO7f2pue — Niv86 (@tweetingniv) November 12, 2019 They said Zaki […]
The Israeli occupation army announced on Tuesday that it had killed a senior military official of Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. Bahaa Abu Al-Ata was killed in what was described as a complicated joint […]
The Committee of the Great Return March opened a park east of Gaza city in an effort to encourage residents to use the area near the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel. The park, […]
Dozens of Palestinian young men suffered from their exposure to tear gas during violent clashes at dawn Sunday with the Israeli occupation forces in Ramallah city, Palestine Information Center reports. During a protest at the northern entrance […]
To serve his limited political agenda, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may have unwittingly unified various resistance groups in the Middle East after years of separation and discord. On August 24-25, Netanyahu ordered the Israeli army to […]
Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Wednesday hours after rockets from the Palestinian enclave triggered sirens that forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu off the stage at an election rally in Israel, reports Reuters. The Israeli military […]
Copyright © 1999-2020 PalestineChronicle.com. All rights reserved | Powered By Media Seniors