DCI: 16 Children Killed in 3 Weeks
Defense for Children International – Palestine has confirmed that Israeli forces have killed 16 Palestinian children in separate incidents across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza…
South Arica Follows Suit with Spain, Issues Arrest Warrant for Israeli Officials
South Africa issued, on Tuesday, an arrest warrant against four Israeli officials over their role in deadly attacks on pro-Palestinian international activists.Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against the Israeli occupation in…
US Ambassador to Israel: ‘Settlement Product Labels Not Boycott’
American Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro has said that the labeling of Israeli settlement products is not a boycott.Ambassador Shapiro was speaking Monday at the Israel Journalists Association conference in…
Swedish FM Likens Israel to ISIS, Accused of Being “Hostile”
Following the Paris attacks on Friday, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom made a connection between Islamic State extremism and the Israeli occupation, causing a feud between the two governments, that…
United Nations: End Punitive Home Demolition Policy
The United Nations’ Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, Robert Riper, contended that Israel’s punitive home demolition policy taken against Palestinians suspected of carrying…
Spain: City Council Announces Support for BDS, Warrant Issued for Netanyahu’s Arrest
The Santiago de Compostela City Council (capital of Spain’s Galicia region) passed a motion declaring itself a space free of discrimination against the Palestinian people and in support of the…
US State Department v Edward Said
Richard Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University. In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council appointed Falk to a six-year term as a United Nations…
BDS Norway Stages Intifada against NAMMO, Demands Government Stop Arms Trade with Israel
On Friday morning, activists from BDS Norway staged an intifada against leading arms producer Nammo Raufoss AS, in eastern Norway. In a symbolic demonstration, the activists protested against the Norwegian…
Celebrities Raise $31 Million for Israeli Military in Just One Night
A sold-out Western Region Gala event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel was attended by American and Israeli guests, this last Friday night. Among the present guests were: actors Jason Alexander,…
Israel Requesting Over 5 Billion in US Military Aid
The Israeli government has made an initial request for its annual U.S. defense package to increase by as much as $5 billion when its current aid package, worth an average…
Why did Netanyahu dig up the mufti?
The storm unleashed by Netanyahu when he addressed the Zionist Congress garnered responses from beyond the borders of the state of Jews, responses ranging from the tagging of Bibi as…
98th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
On the second of November, Ninety-eight years ago, the destiny of our nation changed due to the action of a foreign colonial power. The Balfour Declaration should serve as a…
J.K. Rowling Owes Palestinians an Apology, Not an Explanation
Ramzy Baroud is an internationally-syndicated columnist, author and the founder of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story.There is a possibility that you…
Walmart Customers Offended by Children’s Israeli Soldier Costume
As the winter holiday season approaches in the United States, international megalith superstore chain ‘Walmart’ has reportedly struck a raw nerve with shoppers by offering a discounted costume resembling an…
Academic Boycott Launched against Israel by UK Teachers
A group of 343 professor and lecturers bought a full page advertisement in the UK’s Guardian newspaper, Tuesday, to publicize the launch of the group’s academic boycott of Israeli institutions,…
NGO Sues Facebook over Pro-Palestinian Posts
According to the Israeli media, 20.000 Israelis joined the Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin – The Israeli Law Center on a civil lawsuit against Facebook on accusations of ignoring widespread Palestinian…
Official: US Cutting Aid to PA
The United States is cutting economic aid for the Palestinian Authority, partly because of “unhelpful actions” by Palestinians, a US diplomat said Saturday.A specialized news site, al-Monitor, said earlier that…
Kerry in Jordan to Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Jordan, renewing his push to ease violence and tension between Israelis and Palestinians.Kerry meets Saturday, in Amman, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…
Q&A on Palestinian Popular Resistance
Q1. How would you describe the current situation on the ground? A1. A new generation of Palestinians is marching on the footsteps of previous generations, rising up against Israel’s brutal,…
Fact-checking Israel’s Statement to the UNSC
On 16 October 2015, Israeli Ambassador Roet addressed the UN Security Council in an emergency session on the escalating situation in Israel and Palestine. Below are his statements followed by…
VIDEO: Black-Palestinian Solidarity
Black-Palestinian solidarity: a choice of life and resistance.Black-Palestinian solidarity is neither a guarantee nor a requirement – it is a choice. We choose to build with one another in a…
Calls for BDS by ANC and Scottish Green Party
The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s ruling party, has reiterated its support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) measures against Israel at the conclusion of its National General Council…
Israeli Lobby Exploits Interfaith Dialogue
For years Israel and its lobby around the world have been trying to normalise their relations with Arabs and Muslims without solving the Palestine question. One of the methods they…
Quartet Delegation to Visit Palestinian Territories
A delegation of the Middle East Quartet is to visit Palestinian territories, including the occupied West Bank, this week, in an attempt to calm the escalated wave of violence, Israeli…
ME Quartet Seeking to Resume Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
In the wake of rising tension and riots over the al-Aqsa mosque, as well as Abbas’s speech for the UN that he held on Wednesday, the Middle East Quartet has…
Ashrawi: “Netanyahu’s Speech, A Smokescreen, Cloud Concealing Lies And Manipulation”
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated Friday that the UN speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is deceptive, manipulative, and…
Abbas: “We Cannot Remain Committed To Peace Accords While Israel Continues To Violate Them”
In his Wednesday speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority cannot remain committed to peace accords signed with Israel…
New Reports: Pro-Palestine Groups at U.S. Colleges Face Intimidation, False Charges
Two new reports were released today documenting a widespread campaign on college campuses across the U-S to stifle free speech on the issue of Israel and Palestine.The first report, co-authored…
Palestine Cries ‘We exist’ as UN Raises its Flag, says Erekat
By Dr. Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. For decades the flag of Palestine has represented the struggle of a whole nation for its human and national…
Priests Call on Abbas to Address Cremisan Issue at UN
Delivered by Fr. Ibrahim Shomali:Thank you, Mr. President, The CCIA of the World Council of Churches would like to express its deep concern on the building of the Israeli annexation…
UK: Israel Attacked Gaza 696 Times Since Most Recent Ceasefire
The Gaza Strip was attacked at least 696 times on different occasions since the August 2014 ceasefire, said Tobias Ellwood, the UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign…
Brazil Denies Contract with Israeli Company for Olympics
More than 30 Brazilian social movements and progressive organisations had called on the Brazilian government to exclude International Security and Defense Systems from Olympics contracts, after the Israeli company announced…
Reykjavik City Council to Change Resolution on Ban of Israeli Goods
The Mayor of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, Dagur B. Eggertsson, announced that Reykjavik’s ban of Israeli goods does not affect all Israeli goods but goods produced in illegally occupied Palestinian territories.The…
Iceland’s Capital bans all Israeli-made products over Occupation of Palestinian Territories
Iceland’s capital Reykjavik has passed a resolution that banns all Israeli-made products. The resolution was adopted over Israel’s protracted and illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.Reykjavik’s ban comes as the international…
Ellen Siegel: Why have the killers of Sabra and Shatila escaped justice?
One of Israel’s most infamous crimes occurred 33 years ago this week. In September 1982, the Israeli army surrounded the Sabra neighborhood and adjacent Shatila refugee camp in southern Beirut.Israel…
UN Security Council Discusses Statement on Jerusalem Violations
The Security Council of the United Nations have discussed an Arab draft statement on the recent developments at Al Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings, at a time when the European…
UN General Assembly Votes For Raising Palestinian Flag
The United Nations General Assembly voted, Thursday, in an overwhelming majority for raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations, despite aggressive opposition led by the United States and Israel.The…
Thousands protest Netanyahu’s visit to London
Around 2,000 protesters filled the streets of London as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in London today to meet the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.In addition to the protest,…
Netanyahu to Visit Britain
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit Britain, this week, for talks with his counterpart David Cameron, as the right-wing Israeli leader faces diplomatic pressure over illegal settlements in…
US Blacklists 3 Hamas Leaders
The US State Department announced, on Tuesday, that three Hamas leaders, along with a Hezbollah spokesperson, have been added to the specially designated global terrorist list, subjecting them to US…
BDS National Committee: ‘EU Move to Label Settlement Products is Insufficient’
The following is a statement issued on September 7, 2015 by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the broadest coalition in Palestinian society that leads the global…
Palestine and Israel: The Double-Standard
In the world of marketing, it is a given that what ‘delights’ the customer today, will simply be an expectation tomorrow. For example, when cameras were first introduced on cell…
Construction of 3bn Shekel Fence between Jordan and Israel to be Launched Today
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Minister of Defense, Moshe Ya’alon, are to officially announce the beginning of the 30 KM fence project sometime today.The 30 kilometer fence will…
Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be ‘Submerged’ by Syrian Refugees
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, on Sunday, he would not allow Israel to be ‘submerged’ by refugees after calls for Israel to take in those fleeing Syria’s war.Speaking at…
Abbas Urges UN Ambassador to Absorb Palestinian Refugees
PA President and Fateh leader Mahmoud Abbas, on Saturday, instructed Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, to take immediate actions to absorb Palestinian refugees in the occupied Palestinian…
Netanyahu Arrest Petition Hits 100,000
A petition to the UK government and parliament requesting that the government arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘for war crimes when he arrives in London,’ reached its target Saturday…
UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag
A draft resolution on raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations will likely be adopted next week in time for president Mahmoud Abbas’ visit to New York, the Palestinian…
United Nations: Gaza Could Be Uninhabitable Within 5 Years
Living conditions in Gaza are so bad that they’ve been described as ‘less than human’ and potentially uninhabitable by 2020, the United Nations said on Tuesday.The warning comes from the…
Luxembourg Chain Suspends Marketing of Israeli Produce
The largest grocery store chain in Luxembourg, Cactus, announced the suspension of marketing vegetables and fruits exported by Israel, until it is verified that their source is not located in…
2 Dead in Breach of Truce at Lebanon Camp
Two people were killed when gunmen briefly opened fire in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, breaching a tense ceasefire, Palestinian sources said on Thursday.A source from the Fateh faction said,…
Vatican and Palestine May Raise UN Flags Before Francis’ Visit
In a move likely to upset Israel’s government, Palestinians and the Vatican are seeking to raise their flags at UN headquarters — just in time for Pope Francis’ visit, next…
Vatican Not to Participate in UN Palestinian Flag Initiative
The Vatican, on Tuesday, asked the Palestinian UN mission to remove all references to it from a draft resolution the Palestinians have prepared for the General Assembly calling for the…
Petition: 80,000 Brits Want Israeli PM Arrested
More than 80,000 people in the UK, to this moment, have signed a petition calling for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes against Palestinians.The petition…
US Congresswoman Asks for Halt on Military Aid to Israel
US congresswoman Betty McCollum has asked the State Department to investigate whether the unlawful killing Palestinians should deprive Israel of US military aid.In a letter to the State Department officials…
US Court: Palestinians Must Pay $10m to Americans Killed in Israel
Palestinian authorities found liable in a high-profile lawsuit over Americans killed in terrorist attacks must pay $10m in cash – and an additional $1m monthly payment while the case is…
3 Killed During Lebanon Camp Clashes, Thousands Displaced
At least three people have been killed, and thousands displaced, in clashes between rival armed groups in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, Ain Al-Hilweh, near the southern port city of…
UN Officials Call for End to West Bank Demolitions
Two UN officials have called for an immediate freeze of Israel’s continuing demolition operations on Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank.The coordinator of humanitarian and development activities of the…
VIDEO: 1,000 Black Activists, Artists and Scholars Demand Justice for Palestine
Over 1,000 Black activists, artists, scholars, students and organizations have launched a statement expressing their solidarity and commitment to ensuring justice for Palestinians.19th August 2015 | Black4Palestine | USA Signatories…
Egypt Re-closes Rafah, Over 100 Deported
Egyptian authorities have re-closed the Rafah border crossing, after opening it for four days, starting last Monday.The Borders and Crossings Authority said that 2,579 travelers left the Gaza Strip, while…
Israeli Airstrikes Kill Islamic Jihad Members in Golan Heights
Israel’s army targeted members of the Islamic Jihad group on Friday, in the Syrian Golan Heights, in attacks which killed at least five people.’Aircraft of the Israeli enemy targeted a…
Mashal Invited to London for Long-term Truce Talks
Azzam Tamimi, head of Hamas-affiliated institution said on Wednesday that former British prime minister and Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair invited Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to London, for discussing…
Nine Palestinians Dead as Vessel Capsizes Off Turkish Coast
At least nine Palestinian refugees died on Wednesday, after an overloaded boat carrying illegal migrants fleeing the Syrian conflict capsized off the coast of Turkey, according to media sources.The boat…
Huckabee: West Bank ‘Not Occupied’
US presidential contender Mike Huckabee said during a visit to Jerusalem, on Wednesday, that he did not consider the West Bank occupied by Israel.The Republican and Baptist minister, a regular…
Israeli Intelligence Monitoring BDS Activism Worldwide
Haaretz Israeli newspaper, on Wednesday, said that the Israeli military intelligence monitors all BDS groups and activities all over the world.According to report by the newspaper, the Israeli military intelligence…
Noam Chomsky: Israeli Apartheid ‘Much Worse’ Than South Africa
Famous American linguist Noam Chomsky has described the actions of the Israeli occupation in Palestine as “worse than South African apartheid”.“In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much…
Mashal: Gaza-Israel Talks to be Mediated by Tony Blair
On Sunday, a senior adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Yasin Aktay, said that there will be a truce between the Gaza-based Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Israeli…
Brushing Your Teeth with White Phosphorus?
One year ago, on 15 August – 40 days into Israel’s 51 day monstrous assault on Gaza that was clocking up 1800 innocent Palestinian deaths – Adrian Orr, the CEO…
Hollywood Blacklists Penelope Cruz over Gaza Sympathies
Actress Penelope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem have roused the fury of Hollywood producers, with pledges made to snub the Spanish couple.Oscar-winner Bardem and Cruz signed an open letter…
BDS Pressure Cancels Matisyahu Concert
The rapper Matisyahu was taken off the schedule of a Spanish Reggae festival due to his refusal to publicly support creation of a Palestinian state, Spanish media reports.16 August 2015…
Rafah Border Crossing to be Opened August 17 – 20
Egypt will be opening the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian Gaza Strip on August 17 – 22 in both ,directions. The border crossing was closed to regular…
Carter says Israel Killed Two-state Solution
Former US president Jimmy Carter said, recently, that the two-state solution has “zero chance” of being realized in the present day, pointing to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for the plan’s…
$26 million to East Jerusalem Hospitals via EU
The European Union, with the government of Denmark, has announced a donation of $26 million in aid to be transferred to hospitals in occupied East Jerusalem.The latest contribution is being…
Petition Calling For the Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral
A British petition demanding the arrest of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival in the UK next month, went viral in just a few days. A petition…
$35 million to UNRWA from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has announced that it will provide $35 million to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in a bid to avert a financial crisis within the organization, a statement…
Normalization: What It Is and Why it Matters
What is normalization in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and why does it matter?The concept of normalization emerged at the Camp David agreements signed by Egypt and Israel in 1979. The agreements…
Obama Says Netanyahu’s Interference in American Politics “Unprecedented”
US President Barack Obama, in an interview with CNN, said that Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s interference in American politics is ‘unprecedented’, especially following the Iran deal.In the interview, which…
Infant Mortality Rate Rises in Gaza for First Time in Fifty Years
Press Release for Immediate Publication United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA via UNRWA spokesman Chris GunnessJerusalem, 8 August 2015: The infant mortality rate in Gaza has risen for the…
Zvi Ben Dor Benite: Arab Jews
Saying you are an Arab Jew is the most subversive statement possible against Zionism. Professor Zvi Ben Dor Benite speaks with the Alternative Information Center (AIC) about the history and…
UNRWA to Possibly Suspend Education Program Due to Financial Burdens
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has warned in a report addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, that “unless funding for the full amount of the…
PA Report on Settler Violence Submitted to ICC
The Palestinian Authority filed a report on settler violence with the International Criminal Court on Monday, following an arson attack in the West Bank last week that killed an 18-month-old…
Pondering Jonathan Pollard’s Release
It is illuminating to contrast Israel’s belated solidarity with Pollard to its determined hostility to Mordechai Vanunu.No more confusing mind games are played by sovereign states than in the context…
UN Sec. General Denounces Palestinian Baby’s Murder
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement, Friday, strongly denouncing the murder of a Palestinian baby, who was killed after Israeli extremists firebombed his home as he and…
(VIDEO) Capitol Hill Briefing: Investigate Israel’s Use of US Weapons
Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) participated in a congressional briefing in Washington on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to investigate and hold Israeli forces accountable for using American-supplied weapons in…
US & Egypt Denounce Approval of New Units in West Bank Settlements
The United States Department of State as well as the Egyptian Foreign Ministry condemned Thursday the Israeli government’s approval of plans to construct 300 housing units in the illegal settlement…
UN: Settlement Plan ‘Impediment to Peace’
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Israel’s decision for the construction of more illegal settler units in the occupied West Bank obstructs efforts for peace in the region.“Settlements are…
Black Friday in Gaza
Amnesty International: ‘Strong evidence’ that Israel committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. ‘Nobody can claim that they don’t know what happened on Friday the 1st of August. We…
Israeli Spy to be Paroled by US November 21st
Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst convicted of spying for Israel, will be released on parole November 21, after serving 30 years in prison, his lawyers said Tuesday.’The decision…
ICC Postpones Visit to Palestine
A Palestinian diplomat on Monday announced that a planned visit to Palestine later this month by a delegation from The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) would be postponed.“The ICC has…
NGO Calls for Immediate End to Gaza Electricity Crisis
The Independent Commission for Human Rights warned, this Saturday, of the aggravated humanitarian situation in Gaza, due to continued electricity outage, calling on defacto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas for immediate…
PRESS RELEASE: SUSIYA – New Standards for US Foreign Policy on Israel?
The U.S. State Department Urges Israel to refrain from demolishing Palestinian village, Susiya in the West Bank… fears a deterioration in standard of policy of indigenous displacement.22nd July, 2015 |…
MEPs: Pressure Israel on Susiya
A group of 21 Members of the European Parliament sent an urgent letter to the EU diplomacy chief Federica Mogherini concerning Israel’s plan to demolish the Palestinian village of Khirbet…
UN Security Council Calls for Lifting of Israeli Siege and Occupation
The Security Council met yesterday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza. It was agreed that the current state of the Strip could not continue, and that the illegal Israeli…
UN Overturns Israeli Resolution, Recognizes Palestinian Center
The United Nations, on Monday, approved UN accreditation for the London-based Palestinian Return Center in a defeat for Israel, which claimed the organization “openly promotes terrorism”.The center, which researches and…
US Indicates Further Aid to Israel following Iran Deal
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, on Monday, signaled that Washington was ready to boost military cooperation with Israel, during a visit aimed at easing Israeli concerns over the nuclear deal…
ICC Prosecutor Ordered to Reconsider Israeli Flotilla Raid
The International Criminal Court on Thursday ordered its chief prosecutor to review a decision not to probe Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, saying ‘errors were made.’Fatou…
UNRWA Affirms Full Cooperation with PLO
Spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Sami Mushasha, Thursday affirmed in a press release that UNRWA and PLO’s Department of Refugee Affairs continue to work hand in…
Jews Protest Israeli Policy in Washington
Members of Jewish Voice for Peace and Code Pink, Monday, organized a sit-in in Washington, to protest Israeli policy against Palestinians and its aggression against Gaza.The members of the two…
Israel to EU: Only Non-Political Talks with Palestinians
Haaretz newspaper, on Monday, said that Israel finally responded to the European Union’s urge to revive the negotiations, by saying that there will not be any political talks with Palestinians.…
PalFest: Ireland and Palestine Bond through Art
Marking the first anniversary of the 50-day devastating Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, hundreds of international and Palestinian activists organized a four-day long arts festival to demonstrate firm solidarity…
Israel Barred from Viewing Treaty between Vatican and Palestine
Appeals submitted by Israeli officials to view the treaty signed between Palestine and the Vatican have been refused by the Holy See, the representation of the Roman Catholic Church abroad.According…