Reviewed by Jim Miles (America's War for the Greater Middle East - A military history. Andrew J. Bacevich. Random House, New York, 2016.) Andrew Bacevich has written a series of books on the topic of U.S. imperialism and U.S. military power. His latest work, America's War for the Greater Middle East [the GME War] is [...]

Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and 1984 Nobel Peace winner, on Monday nominated Marwan Barghouti for the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the sixth nomination for the imprisoned Palestinian parliamentary member. Ma'an reported that Tutu wrote in a letter shared by the Palestinian Liberation Organization on Tuesday, "The nomination of Marwan Barghouti, a symbol of [...]

Human rights organization, B'Tselem, released a video that sparked outrage over the execution-style killing of a Palestinian by an Israeli soldier in March. However, witnesses claim that a second Palestinian killed in the case was also shot in the head. Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, 21, and Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi, 21, were shot and killed after the [...]

By Jonathan Cook - Nazareth In a familiar muddying of the waters, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the past week talking up peace while fiercely criticizing Friday's summit in France - the only diplomatic initiative on the horizon. As foreign ministers from 29 nations arrived for a one-day meeting in Paris, Netanyahu dusted [...]

14-year-old Muawiya Alqam, a Palestinian minor accused of carrying a stab attack in Jerusalem in November, will likely be sentenced to six and a half years in prison, Ma'an reported. A plea bargain was reached by Alqam's lawyer, with the Israeli military prosecutor, according to which the boy will be jailed for six and a [...]

By Yousef M. Aljamal - Gaza A group of female graduates at the Islamic University of Gaza, in collaboration with the American Consulate in Jerusalem, organized American Literature Day on May 5, 2016, at Gaza's Roots Restaurant. The event, attended by hundreds of graduates and students, highlighted the works of American authors such as Hemingway, [...]

By Yousef M. Aljamal - Gaza The Science and Culture Centre in Al-Nusierat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip acknowledged the anniversary of the passing of William Shakespeare through a display of his play, King Lear, which was adapted into an animated film by high school students. Dr. Kamal Ghunaim, Head of the Board of [...]

By Mahmoud Zidan In case you are not familiar with Harambe the gorilla, although I doubt it, I am going to briefly tell you his/its story. Harambe is a gorilla that was shot dead last week to rescue a four-year-old child who fell in the gorilla's moat-like enclosure. The event was captured on tape, showing [...]

The French-led Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative was on Friday rejected by various Palestinian factions, calling it a dangerous violation of national rights. An international conference began in Paris on Friday to set the framework for upcoming peace negotiations. Representatives of nearly 30 countries, including from the UN, European Union, and the Arab League attended the meeting [...]

Muhamed Ali, boxing legend and voice for oppressed and humanitarian courses died on Friday, aged 74. Ali was known for his 'float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' rhetoric which dominated his life outside the ring as well. He became a symbol for black liberation during the 1960s by standing up to the U.S. [...]

Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar was released on Friday by Israeli authorities, after being imprisoned for 14 months in an Israeli prison. Jarrar is an executive committee member of the PLO and leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was detained on April 2, 2015, from her home in Ramallah [...]

By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Vladimir Jabotinsky, a devoted Zionist leader and the spiritual father of the "Israeli right" was born in Lvov, Poland, and immigrated to Palestine in 1935. He wrote an article in 1923 in which he asked the question whether one could always achieve peaceful aims by peaceful means. His answer to his [...]

To all football teams, clubs, and leagues around the world Friends, We are asking for your voice of support for an important football tournament taking place June 15 -July 1 in Rafah city, in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The annual Rachel Corrie Ramadan Football Tournament for Young Men is now in its 9th year. The [...]

Vivien Sansour, an agronomist from Beit Jala, is collecting seed varieties handed down by Palestinian farmers for generations with the aim of developing a seed library which aims to preserve seeds of crops that once grew across historic Palestine. The Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library will be unveiled today in Battir, a West Bank village. Eventually, [...]

The Rafah crossing was closed by Egyptian authorities on Thursday evening despite an announcement of Wednesday that it would be open for four days. Nine buses left Gaza on Thursday, according to the Palestinian borders and crossing committee, after which Egyptian authorities closed the border. Earlier in May, the Rafah border was briefly opened and [...]

Domenico Maurizio Loi, an Italian Pizza chef arrived in the Gaza Strip on May 31, at the invitation of local restaurants, to give Palestinian chefs training on how to make original Italian pizza, according to the Palestinian Press Agency, Safa. The trip was organized by the Italian Center for Cultural Exchange, VIK, in Gaza, named [...]

Acclaimed Palestinian photo-journalist, Hamde Abu Rahma has been denied a visa to the UK to tour Scotland, for the second time in a year, under the assumption by authorities that he might carry out 'prohibited activities'. 28-year-old photographer, Hamde Abu Rahma was meant to tour Britain in June, where he was to exhibit his work [...]

Following the latest attacks by Apartheid Israel against BDS activists and threatening them with "civic assassination" and imposing a travel ban of some of them, PSCABI, as part of the boader Palestinian BDS campaign, has conducted an interview with Haidar Eid to introduce the movement to those who are not familiar with it, especially students. [...]

By Susan A. Resheq Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions' (BDS) advocates believe that the best strategy to end Israel's occupation is for Israel to become the target of a global movement - the kind that put an end to apartheid in South Africa. Everyday that Israel violates Palestinian human rights and International Law; the BDS gets [...]

By Palestine Chronicle Staff Youngest Palestinian child prisoner, Shadi Farah, 12, from Jerusalem, sent a letter to his mother on her birthday. Shadi's letter read: " I want to tell you to keep your head high in the sky just like palm trees, never shaken by winds nor earthquakes, and I want you, my mother, to [...]

By Ramzy Baroud  Israeli society is constantly swerving to the Right and, by doing so, the country's entire political paradigm is redefined regularly. Israel is now 'ruled by the most extreme rightwing government in its history' has grown from being an informed assessment to a dull cliché over the course of only a few years. [...]

Ahmed Dawabsheh, the sole survivor of an arson attack is healing physically, but remains traumatized, months later, and his family's killers have still not been prosecuted. Last summer, an arson attack by extremist Jewish settlers in Duma claimed the lives of 3 members of the Dawabsheh family. Today, the sole survivor of the attack, 5-year-old [...]

The Israeli citizenship of a Palestinian charged with involvement in an attack in October that left four Israelis wounded has been revoked. A motion was submitted to the Haifa district court on Sunday. Interior Minister, Aryeh Dery, announced the submission of the motion to the district court, stating that he had begun the process of [...]

Three Palestinians from the Gaza Strip were executed by Hamas authorities after being convicted of murder, after dawn prayers on Tuesday. This, despite an international outcry for the decision to  be revoked. Muhammad Otham, Yousif Abu Shamla, and Ahmad Sharab, were executed at the police headquarters in Gaza City. In attendance were family members of [...]

The youngest amateur journalist in the Palestinian territories, Jana Jihad, tells her story from the perspective of a Palestinian child - that of a childhood interrupted by dramatic events in the village of Nabi Saleh, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. According to Jana's mother, Nawal Tamimi, Jana was traumatized after a young [...]

Two Gaza runners, Nader Al Massri and Sami Nateel have been denied a visa by the British Immigration authorities to attend a Derry Marathon, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign has revealed. The Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (I.P.S.C.) has branded the decision "inexplicable". "We are hugely disappointed and angered at this decision. There was a large group [...]

Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and 1984 Nobel Peace winner, on Monday nominated Marwan Barghouti for the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the sixth nomination for the imprisoned Palestinian parliamentary member. Ma'an reported that Tutu wrote in a letter shared by the Palestinian Liberation Organization on Tuesday, "The nomination of Marwan Barghouti, a symbol of [...]

Human rights organization, B'Tselem, released a video that sparked outrage over the execution-style killing of a Palestinian by an Israeli soldier in March. However, witnesses claim that a second Palestinian killed in the case was also shot in the head. Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, 21, and Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi, 21, were shot and killed after the [...]

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has today arrived in Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin for talks. The leaders reportedly aim to discuss the conflict in Syria and the possibility of settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu was accompanied by his wife, Immigrant Absorption Minister Zeev Elkin, and Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel. Netanyahu Arrives In [...]

Naftali Bennett, head of Israel's Jewish Home Party, told Channel 2 that his party would leave the government if it recognized a Palestinian state, Quds Press reported yesterday. Bennett said he believes in "Palestinian autonomy" which would be achieved by Israel imposing full sovereignty over 61 per cent of the occupied West Bank, Area C. [...]

The third European Conference to advocate for prisoners of Palestine yesterday stated that the plight of Palestinian prisoners must be internationalized until Israel is forced to abide by human rights law and put an end to violations against prisoners. The meeting held in Brussels, Belgium, was attended by the Mission of Palestine to the European [...]

Abdelilah Benkirane, head of the Moroccan government stated on Sunday that defending Palestine and Islamic holy sites is the "responsibility of all Arabs and Muslims, not only the Palestinians alone". Benkirane told Quds Press: "I feel shameful whenever I speak about Palestine because they alone are paying the cost of existing around the oppressive entity [...]

14-year-old Muawiya Alqam, a Palestinian minor accused of carrying a stab attack in Jerusalem in November, will likely be sentenced to six and a half years in prison, Ma'an reported. A plea bargain was reached by Alqam's lawyer, with the Israeli military prosecutor, according to which the boy will be jailed for six and a [...]

Turkish taekwondo champion, Bahri Tanrikulu, hopes to represent Palestine in the 2016 Olympics in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Tanrikulu, who is a former world champion and 2004 Olympics silver medallist told Anadalou: "I have not participated in any international competition for Turkey since the 2012 London Olympics, which allowed me to compete [...]

Hundreds of Palestinian farmers in the Gaza Strip have been granted access to about 250 hectares of land which they hope to rehabilitate and mainly cultivated with wheat. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) managed to secure land for farming, for the first time in over a decade. However, in order for the [...]

By Yousef M. Aljamal - Gaza A group of female graduates at the Islamic University of Gaza, in collaboration with the American Consulate in Jerusalem, organized American Literature Day on May 5, 2016, at Gaza's Roots Restaurant. The event, attended by hundreds of graduates and students, highlighted the works of American authors such as Hemingway, [...]

By Yousef M. Aljamal - Gaza The Science and Culture Centre in Al-Nusierat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip acknowledged the anniversary of the passing of William Shakespeare through a display of his play, King Lear, which was adapted into an animated film by high school students. Dr. Kamal Ghunaim, Head of the Board of [...]

Palestinians living in Jerusalem are routinely deported to the West Bank, Al Jazeera reported. According to the report, in March, Yisrael Katz, an Israeli member of the Knesset, submitted a bill to allow the state to deport family members of Palestinian attackers to Gaza. The bill has not been voted on yet, but is pending, [...]

The French-led Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative was on Friday rejected by various Palestinian factions, calling it a dangerous violation of national rights. An international conference began in Paris on Friday to set the framework for upcoming peace negotiations. Representatives of nearly 30 countries, including from the UN, European Union, and the Arab League attended the meeting [...]

Muhamed Ali, boxing legend and voice for oppressed and humanitarian courses died on Friday, aged 74. Ali was known for his 'float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' rhetoric which dominated his life outside the ring as well. He became a symbol for black liberation during the 1960s by standing up to the U.S. [...]

Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar was released on Friday by Israeli authorities, after being imprisoned for 14 months in an Israeli prison. Jarrar is an executive committee member of the PLO and leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was detained on April 2, 2015, from her home in Ramallah [...]

Vivien Sansour, an agronomist from Beit Jala, is collecting seed varieties handed down by Palestinian farmers for generations with the aim of developing a seed library which aims to preserve seeds of crops that once grew across historic Palestine. The Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library will be unveiled today in Battir, a West Bank village. Eventually, [...]

The Rafah crossing was closed by Egyptian authorities on Thursday evening despite an announcement of Wednesday that it would be open for four days. Nine buses left Gaza on Thursday, according to the Palestinian borders and crossing committee, after which Egyptian authorities closed the border. Earlier in May, the Rafah border was briefly opened and [...]

Domenico Maurizio Loi, an Italian Pizza chef arrived in the Gaza Strip on May 31, at the invitation of local restaurants, to give Palestinian chefs training on how to make original Italian pizza, according to the Palestinian Press Agency, Safa. The trip was organized by the Italian Center for Cultural Exchange, VIK, in Gaza, named [...]

Acclaimed Palestinian photo-journalist, Hamde Abu Rahma has been denied a visa to the UK to tour Scotland, for the second time in a year, under the assumption by authorities that he might carry out 'prohibited activities'. 28-year-old photographer, Hamde Abu Rahma was meant to tour Britain in June, where he was to exhibit his work [...]

Footage obtained by Israel's Channel Two seems to shed light on what happened shortly before an Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man in the head in March. The video apparently shows a knife being kicked in the direction of a Palestinian man lying on the ground after being shot in the head by an Israeli [...]

By Palestine Chronicle Staff Youngest Palestinian child prisoner, Shadi Farah, 12, from Jerusalem, sent a letter to his mother on her birthday. Shadi's letter read: " I want to tell you to keep your head high in the sky just like palm trees, never shaken by winds nor earthquakes, and I want you, my mother, to [...]

The Israeli citizenship of a Palestinian charged with involvement in an attack in October that left four Israelis wounded has been revoked. A motion was submitted to the Haifa district court on Sunday. Interior Minister, Aryeh Dery, announced the submission of the motion to the district court, stating that he had begun the process of [...]

Three Palestinians from the Gaza Strip were executed by Hamas authorities after being convicted of murder, after dawn prayers on Tuesday. This, despite an international outcry for the decision to  be revoked. Muhammad Otham, Yousif Abu Shamla, and Ahmad Sharab, were executed at the police headquarters in Gaza City. In attendance were family members of [...]

The youngest amateur journalist in the Palestinian territories, Jana Jihad, tells her story from the perspective of a Palestinian child - that of a childhood interrupted by dramatic events in the village of Nabi Saleh, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. According to Jana's mother, Nawal Tamimi, Jana was traumatized after a young [...]

Two Gaza runners, Nader Al Massri and Sami Nateel have been denied a visa by the British Immigration authorities to attend a Derry Marathon, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign has revealed. The Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (I.P.S.C.) has branded the decision "inexplicable". "We are hugely disappointed and angered at this decision. There was a large group [...]