The Palestine Chronicle is calling on all its readers to come to its aid NOW. Not only do we need your urgent support to continue with our operation, but we also need your help to challenge unfounded accusations in US courts, so that we may carry on with our mission until a just peace is finally achieved in Palestine.
SaveSheikhJarrah
Palestinian Journalist Released to House Arrest on the Condition of Not Writing on Social Media
The Israeli District Court in Jerusalem ordered on Tuesday the conditional release of Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh, 32, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Ghosheh’s lawyer Nasser Odeh said that the Israeli court decided […]
Israeli Forces, Jewish Settlers Attack Protests in Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli forces detained five Palestinians during the weekly anti-expulsion protest in Sheikh Jarrah, while Jewish settlers assaulted the protesters, the Middle East Monitor reported. Saleh Diab, an activist from Sheikh Jarrah, said that “a number […]
UN Urges Israel to Stop Demolition of Palestinian Homes
The UN has called on Israel to put an end to its policy of demolishing Palestinian homes and evicting their residents in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Anadolu news agency reported. BREAKING: SHEIKH […]
Israeli Authorities Give Sheikh Jarrah Family Eviction Order
Israeli occupation authorities on Monday handed a Palestinian family an evict order, telling them to vacate their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Mahmoud […]
Israeli Court: Sheikh Jarrah Families Can Stay in Their Homes for 15 Years as ‘Tenants’
The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) has provided four Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah an offer that would allow them to remain in their homes for 15 years as […]
Prominent Sheikh Jarrah Activists Summoned by Israeli Police
Israel on Wednesday summoned two prominent Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem for questioning after taking part in a protest against the detention of another activist from the area. Activists Mohammad El-Kurd […]
Sheikh Jarrah: Israeli Court Wants Palestinian Homeowners to Pay ‘Rent’ to Jewish Settlers
Israel’s Supreme Court today offered Palestinian residents of the occupied Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood ‘protected residence’ status, saying that if they pay rent to the settler organization which claims the land on which their homes are […]
Palestinians Call for Urgent International Intervention in Sheikh Jarrah Case
The Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi Al-Hadmi, yesterday called on the international community to “immediately intervene” in the Sheikh Jarrah case which sees Palestinians being forcibly evicted from their homes to make way for […]
Sheikh Jarrah: Palestinian Families Await Critical Israeli High Court Decision; Settlers Attack Protesters
As four Palestinian families in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah await a critical ruling from the Israeli High Court regarding their forced eviction from their homes, a Jewish settler opened fire and […]
WATCH: Muna El-Kurd Highlights Sheikh Jarrah Struggle in Graduation Speech
Palestinian activist Muna El-Kurd who, along with her twin brother Mohammed, has become a symbol of the Jerusalemites’ struggle against Israel’s systematic ethnic cleansing policy, chose to convey the suffering of the Palestinian residents of […]
Jewish Settlers Terrorize Sheikh Jarrah Residents to Push Them Out (VIDEOS)
Jewish settlers, protected by Israeli police, continue to terrorize Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in an effort to force them to leave their homes. Speaking to Safa news agency, Sheikh […]
Jewish Settlers Storm Sheikh Jarrah, Threaten Palestinian Families
Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli police and accompanied by member of the Knesset Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism) stormed the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and threatened three Palestinian families that they will be forcibly […]
Jewish Settler Pepper-Sprays Four Palestinian Girls in Sheikh Jarrah
Four Palestinian minors, ranging in ages from 12 to 14 years, sustained injuries after being pepper-sprayed in the face by a Jewish settler in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the Palestinian news agency […]
Israeli Court to Decide on Forced Displacement of 4 Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli District Court of Jerusalem is set to decide on the forced displacement of four Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on August 2, Arab48 reported yesterday. The court hearing comes […]
Israeli Court Postpones Appeal of Palestine Families Being Displaced from Jerusalem
Israel’s Central Court has decided to postpone the consideration of the petition of two Palestinian families against their forced eviction from the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. On Thursday, the court delayed the […]
Israeli Attorney General Refuses to Intervene in Sheikh Jarrah Hearing
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has refused to appear before the High Court of Justice and intervene in the hearing on whether to expel four Palestinian families from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh […]
WATCH: Occupation Forces Detain Prominent Activists Muna and Mohammed el-Kurd in Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli occupation forces today detained Palestinian activists Muna el-Kurd, the leader of the #SaveSheikhJarrah campaign that has mobilized local and international action against Israel’s plan to displace dozens of Palestinian families from their homes in […]
UNRWA Officials Visit Palestinian Families in Sheikh Jarrah
Two United Nations officials Wednesday visited the Palestinian refugee families at imminent risk of forced expulsions from their homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian […]
Muna is Palestine, Yakub is Israel: The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah
By Ramzy Baroud There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories – one read and watched in the news and another that receives little media coverage or due analysis. The obvious story is that of […]
On Memory, Resistance, and Nakba Day 2021
By Benay Blend In “Invention, Memory, and Place,” the late Edward Said reflects on the question of collective memory: what is remembered, how, and in what form? On Nakba Day, May 15, 2021, it is […]
UN Secretary-General Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ over Developments in Jerusalem
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday expressed his “deep concern” over the continuing violence in occupied East Jerusalem, as well as the possible evictions of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah and […]
Prominent US Lawmakers Condemn Israel over Evictions in Sheikh Jarrah
Several prominent US lawmakers have spoken out against Israel over the potential evictions of several Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem in favor of hardcore settler groups. “The United States must […]