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Israel has been ramping up its targeting of Palestinians over the past week in Gaza, killing field commanders from Hamas’s and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s military wings, despite a months-long ceasefire in place. Yahya Fayez Abu Labda, the commander...

Israel’s Knesset National Security Committee will be holding a final vote on Tuesday to advance the controversial death penalty bill that enables executions of Palestinians convicted of alleged "terror" offences. The bill, pushed by far-right National Security Minister...

The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) on Tuesday called for the Israeli Football Association (IFA) to receive a ban after a FIFA report found "multiple breaches" of its anti-discrimination obligations. "We maintain our right and continue our efforts to ensure...

The Israeli army used a "double tap" strike when killing five-year-old Hind Rajab in 2024, analysis by a global campaign group found, as calls for accountability continue two years after the Palestinian's killing. The US-based Avaaz NGO revealed that...

Videos of young girls punching fiercely into a boxing bag, their bare feet kicking up sand between rows of refugee tents, go viral every time. But they capture more than just exercise in an unlikely setting. For the young girls...

Pakistan could see itself playing a significant role on the international stage should Islamabad successfully mediate a truce between the US and Iran , as the war in the MENA region stretches into its fourth week. US President Donald...

Journalists from Al Jazeera were forced to abandon reporting in North London after being harassed and intimidated by a hostile crowd while covering an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances, as police intervened to...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) delivered on Tuesday evacuation and demolition notices for seven inhabited homes belonging to Palestinian families in the eastern neighborhood of Qalandia village, north of Jerusalem. The orders require the residents to vacate and demolish...

GAZA, (PIC) What began as a routine outing on the second day of Eid al-Fitr turned into a harrowing ordeal for the Abu Nassar family in Gaza, ending with the disappearance of a father and the return of his infant son...

"The Week of Resistance Against Israeli Colonialism and Apartheid" officially began today, Tuesday, 24 March, during a conference organised by the Student Frameworks Secretariat at the Media Solidarity Centre in western Gaza City, under the slogan "Palestine Liberates...

Eighty years ago, Aldous Huxley wrote that “in the field of international politics the gravest decisions are always taken not by reasonable adults but by boy-gangsters.” This metaphor, from his essay Science, Liberty and Peace , implies an immature,...

Israel intensified its assault on Lebanon on Tuesday, carrying out waves of strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs and across the south in what residents described a s a "night of terror". Multiple raids hit residential areas, including Bir...

Five Palestinians have been injured by marauding Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, as residents continue to face a wave of attacks in the occupied territory. Jewish settlers ran over four Palestinian workers heading to work near the...

TEHRAN, (PIC) The confrontation between Iran and Israel has entered a more intense phase, with both sides exchanging large-scale strikes targeting each other’s territory, amid signs of deeper US involvement and parallel diplomatic efforts. Iranian authorities reported that 636 people have been...

GAZA, (PIC) As the world marks World Water Day, celebrating the importance of this essential resource, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip endure a starkly different reality. Water, once a basic human right, has been reduced to a daily burden, a struggle...

Americans are divided neatly along party lines on their opinion of U.S. military action against Iran, according to surveys conducted since the Iran war began on Feb. 28. But this is far from the only foreign policy issue dividing Americans...

Americans are divided neatly along party lines on their opinion of U.S. military action against Iran, according to surveys conducted since the Iran war began on Feb. 28. But this is far from the only foreign policy issue dividing Americans...

A widening Middle East war is toppling leaders, devastating economies, and leaving millions caught in a humanitarian catastrophe. By Ibrahim Moiz for MuslimMatters Israel Broadens Its Murderous Assaults Twenty days into the American-Israeli war on Iran, the conflict has widened to...

Dropping sexual abuse and rape charges against Israeli soldiers proves that the Israeli legal system will never hold Israelis to account for their war crimes against Palestinians. Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, was recently...

Like Apartheid South Africa, Zionist Israel may be ending in an orgy of violence in all directions. Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His forthcoming...

Human Rights Watch is accusing Israeli forces of carrying out war crimes in southern Lebanon in its intensified military campaign there, ongoing since early March, following the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The NGO said the Israeli...

Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country's south, Israel's finance minister said on Monday as Israeli troops bombed bridges and destroyed homes in the area in an escalating military...

Thousands of Muslims across South Africa have marked the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr festival in a sombre atmosphere, as the United States and Israel pursue a war on Muslim majority Iran, and Israeli...

France has reportedly proposed a plan to end Israel’s war on Lebanon that includes Lebanon’s recognition of Israel. The plan involves mutual steps by both countries to create the necessary conditions for peace along the border, particularly ending Hezbollah’s attacks...

A Palestinian toddler was tortured and abused by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, in a sickening way to extract a false confession from his detained father, Palestinian journalists and media have said. Karim Abu Nassar, an...

This past weekend would have normally been a festive time of year for Muslims and Iranians in the United States , with Nowruz and Eid Al-Fitr falling on the same weekend. This year, however, with wars on Iran and Lebanon,...

GAZA, (PIC) As the repercussions of the genocide continue, and regional files intersect with the Palestinian scene, the arrangements related to the post aggression phase in the Gaza Strip appear more complex than expected. Amid talk about the role of the national...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a virtual appearance at a "far-right conference" in Budapest last weekend, designed to boost his key European ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as he slumbers into next month's general...

GAZA, (PIC) Every time Eid al Fitr arrives in the Gaza Strip, two contrasting images awaken in the memory of the residents, one old filled with life and joy, and another recent burdened with absence and losses. Between these two images, the...

A Palestinian child with leukaemia has been denied access to a life-saving bone marrow transplant by Israel because he is registered as being from Gaza , despite living in the occupied West Bank , according to his family. Mohammed...

BEIRUT, (PIC) The Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta races against time inside operating rooms in Beirut, in an attempt to save children whose bodies were torn apart by Israeli airstrikes, as the scope of the war in Lebanon has expanded over...