In its annual report to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People recommended that Israel acknowledges the Palestinian Nakba. The backdrop for such an […]
A photojournalist exhibited images from his native Gaza, showing Palestinian resilience amid years of war and hardship. Khalil Hamra, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Associated Press, exhibited his work in a France show titled […]
In the aftermath of the US decision to end its funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the EU has pledged to continue its financial support. In terms of the agency being […]
The Trump administration’s decision to scrap all future aid payments to the main agency helping Palestinian refugees marks a new – and most likely disastrous – chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The US State Department […]
It is not only the Trump administration that wants to alter, to the point of negating, the Palestinian right of return. On Tuesday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas made statements that conform to the scheming […]
Palestinians reacted angrily on Saturday to a US decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists three million needy refugees, seeing it as a new policy shift aimed at undermining their cause. […]
It is possible that the arguments in favor of retaining the Palestinian right of return are falling into the semantics trap which Israel has been perfecting overtly over many decades. As the Trump administration is […]
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has suggested the right of return for Palestinian refugees could be removed from any eventual peace settlement with Israel. Speaking at an event on Tuesday with the […]
A spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, said on Sunday that no one has the power to change the nature of the agency’s work, Anadolu has reported. Adnan Abu […]
Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have encouraged the US to slash Washington’s donation to the budget of UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees, Haaretz reported on Monday. However, Israeli security officials […]
By Ramona Wadi Nobody takes the UN seriously anymore. It has bred an array of detractors from across the entire political spectrum while continuing to function as an organization that facilitates the continuation of violence. […]
The Popular Conference of Palestinians Abroad launched its second gathering on Friday in Istanbul, Quds Press has reported. "The Popular Conference is the largest serious initiative outside Palestine since the Nakba. Through the conference, we […]
The Presbyterian Church (USA), which represents 1.5 million Americans, has voted overwhelmingly in support of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign (BDS). Members took part in a vote last Friday on a slate of […]
First Israel built a sophisticated missile interception system named Iron Dome to neutralize the threat of homemade rockets fired out of Gaza. Next, it created technology that could detect and destroy tunnels Palestinians had cut […]
A senior Palestinian negotiator has accused the United States of trying to topple the government of President Mahmoud Abbas, insisting that Washington has disqualified itself from any possible role in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Senior […]
A Palestinian youth on Sunday succumbed to wounds he sustained from Israeli army fire during protests in the Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry. Osama Khalil Abu Khater, 25, was injured in the abdomen […]
At least five Palestinians were injured near the fence separating Gaza from Israel on Friday as Israeli forces opened fire at hundreds of peaceful protesters, according to Palestinian news agency, Wafa. This is Gaza today. […]
By Rima Najjar The history behind Palestine and Israel is a history of Jewish European settler-colonialism — i.e., Zionism. And since racism is a symptom and a tool of settler-colonialism, Zionism is also viewed as […]
By Ramona Wadi Looking inwards is like following the rhythm of a wave caressing Gaza’s shores. It spills over sand and rocks, leaving part of its itinerary to mingle with the imprints of feet that […]
For the 11th week in a row, Palestinians took part in the Great March of Return on Friday, June 1, 2018. The protests were held under the title “From Haifa to Gaza”, as a sign […]
By Blake Alcott The UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) held an all-day Right of Return Conference on Sunday, May 20 in London, attended by about 150 people. The event resulted from a motion at PSC’s […]
The Palestinian Independent Commission in charge of prosecuting Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip said yesterday that 54 of the victims wounded in the massacre committed by the Israeli army on Monday are in a […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Google Earth was launched in 2001, I rushed immediately to locate a village that no longer exists on a map, which now delineates a whole different reality. Although I was born […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff HSBC and Barclays Banks in the Manchester city center shut their doors as pro-Palestine protesters demonstrated against their involvement in Israel’s arms trade. A spokesman for the Manchester Palestine Action, a […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth On Monday and Tuesday, Palestinians commemorate the anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, their mass expulsion and dispossession 70 years ago as the new state of Israel was built on […]
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israeli forces have shot dead Jaber Salem Abu Mustafa, 40 east of Khan Younis and injured dozens of others. For the seventh week in row, thousands of Palestinians have […]
May 15, 1948, marks the day of the Nakba (‘the Catastrophe’) when over 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes by invading Zionist forces. Seventy years on, more than 5.5 million refugees scattered all over […]
By Ramzy Baroud The Gaza border protests must be understood in the context of the Israeli Occupation, the siege and the long-delayed ‘Right of Return’ for Palestinian refugees. However, they should also be appreciated in […]
By Hanna Kawas As we approach the 70th anniversary of the total dismemberment of the Palestinian people and nation, and as Israeli military snipers continue to pick off unarmed protesters in Gaza with the utmost […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinians across Europe are holding the 16th consecutive Annual Conference in Milan. Organized by the Europe Palestinians Conference Organization, The Palestine Return Centre (PRC) and The Palestine Coalition in Italy (PCI), […]
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