Norman Solomon – Knowledge Is Power. Gaza War Supporters Don’t Want Students to Have Both
Norman Solomon is the national director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His latest book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, was published in paperback this month with a new afterword about the Gaza war. Due to the Israeli war crimes in Gaza we have increased our coverage from five to2024-09-06 | Geopolitics, National Politics, Article
Andreas Krieg – How Germany is manufacturing the Islamist bogeyman
Dr. Andreas Krieg is an associate professor at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London and a strategic risk consultant working for governmental and commercial clients in the Middle East. He recently published a book called ‘Socio-political order and security in the Arab World’ Islamophobic conspiracy theories Shifting discourse Islamophobia in Germany: ‘I am not even seen as a person’ Read More » Due2024-09-06 | EU politics, Geopolitics, National Politics
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Massacre in Al-Sabra | US: Gallant Must Stay | Israel Withdraws from Jenin – Day 336
The United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric has warned that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond catastrophic, as Israel continued to bomb residential areas across the Strip. Israel’s Channel 13 reported that the United States sent a message to Israel that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant should not be fired. Israeli forces withdrew from Jenin after a ten-day operation, according to Israeli media2024-09-06 | Blog, News, Al-Aqsa Flood Live Blog
Jonathan Cook – You can’t arm a genocidal state into moderation. So why does the West keep trying?
Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His website and blog can be found at www.jonathan-cook.net Democracy gutted Profits from slaughter Excuses for repression The ‘antisemitism’ formula Inversion of reality Genocide by proxy? Two birds, one stone Israeli pyromania Simmering border All my posts are freely accessible, but my journalism is possible only because2024-09-05 | Geopolitics, Article, Jonathan Cook
Craig Mokhiber – WEOG: The UN’s Settler-Colonial Bloc
Craig Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer and former senior United Nations Official. He left the UN in October of 2023, penning a widely read letter that warned of genocide in Gaza, criticized the international response, and called for a new approach to Palestine and Israel based on equality, human rights, and international law The White World’s Bloc Institutional Inequity Colonial Values Calls2024-09-05 | Geopolitics, Article, Craig Mokhiber
Northern Settlers: Who Dares to Return in the Current Situation?
Islam Times - "Israeli" Hayom reported that an end to the war, which began 11 months ago, does not seem to be on the horizon. Many settlers who listened to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech were left questioning: If the "residents" will only return with a "security" presence, when will "security" return? And how could the evacuation period be extended2024-09-04 | Palestine
Unite union’s pro-Palestine members hold public meeting in Brighton this Sunday
banned Unite officials and national banners from pro-Gaza protests banned and smeared films and books exposing the ‘Labour antisemitism’ scam, including a book by Asa Winstanley, one of the speakers at Sunday’s event placed an official under investigation who refused to cancel a Palestine solidarity fringe event at Labour’s 2023 annual conference told her chief of staff to threaten a soon-to-retire official with the loss of a pension bonus if he2024-09-03 | Analysis, Announcement, anti-genocide
On the Frontline of Resistance – The Women of Palestine
Women have been the political spine of the struggle for freedom and liberation of Palestine across generations. It has been their strength, resilience and fearlessness that have kept the resistance alive. – Dr. M. Reza Behnam is a political scientist specializing in the history, politics and governments of the Middle East. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.2024-09-03 | Articles, Commentary, gaza genocide
‘I Pledge Not to Worship’ – Israel’s Bizarre Restrictions at Al-Aqsa Mosque Have a Strategic Goal
Israel’s long history of occupation of Palestine does not only target Palestinians but also includes desecrating and destroying their holy sites. – Fayha’ Shalash is a Ramallah-based Palestinian journalist. She graduated from Birzeit University in 2008 and she has been working as a reporter and broadcaster ever since. Her articles appeared in several online publications. She contributed this article to The2024-08-31 | Articles, Features, al-aqsa
Double Operation – Israeli Commander, Soldiers Wounded in Coordinated West Bank Assaults
Hamas praised the “heroic double operation” in a statement, saying that it “sends a clear message that the resistance will remain strong”. Two Palestinians Killed Clear Message – Romana Rubeo is an Italian writer and the managing editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Her articles appeared in many online newspapers and academic journals. She holds a Master’s Degree in Foreign Languages and Literature and2024-08-31 | Blog, News, Videos
‘Just a Gazan Trying to Live His Life’ – Israeli Strike Kills Loved Vlogger from Gaza
Social media has allowed millions around the world to not only gain a first-hand account of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza but to emotionally connect with those who are sharing their lives from the besieged enclave. ‘Planting Each Day’ ‘It’s Not Easy’ ‘The World Failed You, Medo’ Major in Psychology – Nurah Tape is a South Africa-based journalist. She is an editor with The Palestine2024-08-30 | Blog, News, Videos
Jonathan Cook – Starmer’s purges of Labour have mutated into the arrest of Palestine supporters
Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His website and blog can be found at www.jonathan-cook.net All my posts are freely accessible, but my journalism is possible only because of the support of readers. If you liked this article or any of the others, please2024-08-30 | National Politics, Article, Jonathan Cook
What is Israel’s Aim in the West Bank and Will It Succeed? – ANALYSIS
What is the context behind the operation launched by the Israeli army and targeting northern West Bank cities and refugee camps? What is the context behind the story? What does this mean for the Palestinian Authority? Will Israel succeed in its objectives? If that is to take place, the Israeli military will not be able to continue with its war on Gaza with the2024-08-29 | Articles, Features, israel
‘Doused with Gasoline, Electrocuted, Drugged’ – Gaza Paramedic Details Torture in Israeli Detention
“I cry every day without my family,” he said. “I’m alone in the south, I have no one. I swear I don’t need anything but to be with my family.” He has not yet met his youngest son, who was born in Gaza while he was in detention. ‘Say You’re Hamas!’ Transferred to Sde Teiman ‘Pill Made Me Feel Weird’ ‘Threatened With Rape’ ‘I Cry2024-08-28 | Blog, News, gaza genocide
‘They Burned My Head with Their Cigarettes’ – The Story of the Israeli Arrest and Torture of a Palestinian Journalist
“I was in a miserable condition, exhausted and hungry without food, and when I asked for a medical examination, they attacked me again”. – Fayha’ Shalash is a Ramallah-based Palestinian journalist. She graduated from Birzeit University in 2008 and she has been working as a reporter and broadcaster ever since. Her articles appeared in several online publications. She contributed this article2024-08-27 | Articles, Features, israel
‘Humanitarian Response Strangled’ by Israel Amidst Catastrophic Situation in Gaza – UNRWA
UNRWA officials in the Gaza Strip have reiterated the catastrophic situation in the besieged enclave saying the only certainty “is that tomorrow will be worse than today.” ‘Packed Shelter to Shelter’ Not Fit for Habitation Spread of Polio Feared Staggering Death Toll – Nurah Tape is a South Africa-based journalist. She is an editor with The Palestine Chronicle.2024-08-27 | Blog, News, gaza genocide
The Middle East arena of competition between the US and China
Washington has no intention of allowing Beijing to extend its influence in the Middle East, or anywhere else in the world, and will not hesitate to use all the means at its disposal to prevent this—utilising support for Israel’s annihilation of the Palestinians in Gaza as the basis for an expanding war for control of the region initially targeting Iran.2024-08-26 |
Colleges reopen amid nation-wide escalation of attack on free speech
University and college students are returning to campus amidst a fall offensive launched against free speech. The ruling class is determined to put students “in their place” after they have bravely opposed the Gaza genocide, despite savage repression, punishments by administrators, and the revoking of job offers to oppose U.S. support for the genocide in […]2024-08-26 | Newswire, College, Columbia University
International Jewish network denounces ‘Zionist provocation and abuse’
Protest against far-right Israeli ambassador to UK has faced threats, intimidation and assault An IJAN protest Hotovely’s appalling comments tried to drown out protesters’ microphones with megaphones and sirens invaded the protest space invaded personal space to film and attempt to intimidate protesters shouted racist, misogynistic and homophobic abuse, especially targeting Jewish anti-Zionists as ‘Kapos’ – a vile insult from the Holocaust –2024-08-25 | Analysis, Announcement, abuse
Bue Rübner Hansen – The New German Chauvinism – Part 2
This piece was written in April 2024, but somehow slipped past everyone here. You can read Part 1 HERE Bue Rübner Hansen is a Danish intellectual historian and sociologist who was previously based at the University of Jena, and currently at the University of Copenhagen Anti-German demo 2014. Photo credit: Montecruz Photo/CC BY-SA 2.0. “Together against Zionism and Antisemitism”, demonstration in Berlin 2014.2024-08-23 | EU politics, National Politics, Article
Israeli defense minister announces the defeat of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade
On August 21, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited the Philadelphi Corridor in southern Gaza and met with commanders of the 162nd Division, which has been fighting Hamas in Rafah since May. Gallant said the Hamas Rafah Brigade has been defeated. The IDF continued to expand operations in Khan Younis and central Gaza, and one Israeli soldier was killed, the2024-08-23 | Long War Journal, Gaza, Hamas
From Pan Africanism to Afropessimism: Palestine and the degeneration of Black politics
For decades, most Black political commentary has expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people, but recently, a new phenomenon has appeared, particularly on social media platforms, which accuses all Palestinians of being anti-Black racists, and asserts that aligning with them is either of no use to Black people or even that it is detrimental to our own cause.2024-08-23 | Interview, Newswire, Afropessimism
Resignations Over Gaza War; From London to Washington to Tel Aviv
Islam Times - "I can no longer carry out my duties after learning that this ministry may be involved in war crimes." These were words of a resignation statement by Mark Smith, the British Foreign office diplomat that has recently quitted his post. He said that with Gaza war ongoing, he could not continue his post and he decided to2024-08-21 | Palestine
US ‘Gaza ceasefire’ deal isn’t a ceasefire – and Israel still won’t sign it anyway
US and Israel still blaming Hamas for lack of ceasefire – but latest deal won’t stop the killing and Israel has no intention of halting its genocide in Gaza involves no permanent ceasefire and no withdrawal of Israeli forces involves no release of the thousands of Palestinian hostages held and tortured by Israel – but the release of Israeli captives leaves Israel’s years-long2024-08-21 | Analysis, apartheid, babies
James Dyke, Robert Watson, Wolfgang Knorr – The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C
James Dyke, Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter Robert Watson, Emeritus Professor in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Wolfgang Knorr, Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University Melting Antarctic glacier. Shutterstock/Bernhard Staehli Overshoot Au revoir Paris Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Catazul/Pixabay, CC BY 2023’s warning signs Science fiction solutions Major climate tipping points Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are being affected by2024-08-21 | Climate Crisis, Energy, Environment
USA may stop Israel any moment, but it never will
Discussions on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip continue at various levels In the capital of Qatar, Doha. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi on August 20. Blinken arrived in Doha from Egypt as part of his tour of the region, which also included a visit to Israel. This visit took2024-08-21 | World
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Hezbollah Bombs Golan | Netanyahu Puts Obstacles | Deir Al-Balah under Attack – Day 320
Injuries were reported in the Katzrin settlement as 50 shells were fired from Lebanon towards the occupied Syrian Golan. An official in the Israeli negotiating team said that Netanyahu does not stop putting obstacles in the way of negotiations. Israeli artillery shelled the eastern areas of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip. According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,223 Palestinians have been2024-08-21 | Blog, News, Slider
Why Is the US Subservient to “Israel”?
Islam Times - The recent escalation of conflict in Gaza has once again thrust into the spotlight the perplexing question of why the United States, a global superpower, appears submissive to “Israel”. To understand this dynamic, it is crucial to examine the complex relationship between American politics and the steadfast support for “Israel”, focusing on two key players: evangelical Christian2024-08-20 | US
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Over 55 Rockets from Lebanon | Massacres in Central, Southern Gaza | No Polio Vaccines – Day 319
The Israeli army said it monitored the launch of 55 rockets from southern Lebanon. Medical sources confirmed that 14 people were killed and dozens injured in Israeli raids on the central and southern Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said it is still waiting for the arrival of vaccines for the polio campaign. According to Gaza’s Ministry2024-08-20 | Blog, News, Slider
Bue Rübner Hansen – The New German Chauvinism – Part I
Bue Rübner Hansen is a Danish intellectual historian and sociologist who was previously based at the University of Jena, and currently at the University of Copenhagen “We commemorate the Jewish Victims who had to die through the fault [Schuld] of the German people”, self-organized vigil, Kiel 1964, Photo: Friedrich Magnussen. The laying of the wreaths at the Bitburg military cemetery in 1985.2024-08-16 | EU politics, Geopolitics, Media
‘If the Sun Sinks’ – A Song for Gaza (VIDEO)
This moment in Palestinian history is a combination of extreme pessimism due to the horror inflicted on the heroic people of Gaza by the Israeli genocide, but also a moment of relative hope as the rising resistance is creating a new paradigm, one of liberation. – Haidar Eid is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at the Al-Aqsa2024-08-16 | Articles, Features, Videos
‘Secret, Illegal List’ – CAIR Files Lawsuit against FBI for Targeting Pro-Palestine Activists
“The Government is using its secret, illegal list against Dr. Abu Irshaid, Mr. Zeidan, and other innocent Americans, not for a security purpose, but because federal agents object to the lawful exercise of their constitutional rights.” Phone Seized Constitutional Grounds Ongoing Genocide – Nurah Tape is a South Africa-based journalist. She is an editor with The Palestine Chronicle.2024-08-15 | Blog, News, FBI
Education Cannot Wait Interviews UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
On 18 March 2020, Philippe Lazzarini was appointed Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. He took up his post with UNRWA on 1 April 2020. Related Articles FEATURED TRANSLATION – FRENCH2024-08-15 | Armed Conflicts, Education, Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here
Secretly Not Foreign: A Series on Traveling to Palestine [Part Three]
"Nearly every corner you turned you would find armed occupation forces. It was only until I had landed back home that I realised it felt like I had been holding my breath for the duration of the trip. The Palestinians live that experience on a much larger scale and so much more - every single second."2024-08-13 | Middle East, Travel, Palestine
Tehran asserts sovereign right to respond to Israeli killing of Hamas chief
"If these countries really seek peace and stability in the region, they should - without any reservations - speak out against the Israeli regime’s provocations and steps fueling the conflict, and also immediately stop the war against the Gaza Strip and put an end to the horrible killings of women, children and the defenseless residents of Palestine," Nasser Kanaani said2024-08-13 | World, Middle East conflict
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Intensive Artillery Shelling in Rafah | Israeli Soldier Killed in Gaza | Iranian Response ‘Imminent’ – Day 311
Israeli forces carried out intensive artillery shelling at dawn on Monday on the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army announced the killing of a soldier in the fighting taking place in the southern Gaza Strip. According to an updated Israeli intelligence assessment, Iran could launch an attack within days, Axios reported. According to Gaza’s2024-08-12 | Blog, News, Slider
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Hezbollah, Iran Attacks ‘Imminent’ | Resistance Operations in Rafah | Beijing: We Support Iran – Day 310
A number of civilians were injured at dawn on Sunday, following an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday, at the request of Algeria, regarding the massacre in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza, in which more2024-08-11 | Blog, News, Slider
Palestine Chronicle Interviewed This Palestinian Swimming Coach in 2022 – He Was Killed in Gaza Today
The Palestine Chronicle had interviewed Majdi in 2022. In the interview, the beloved Palestinian swimming coach shared with us a small part of his inspiring story. One of those killed was Majdi al-Tatr, a 44-year-old father of five children. The Palestine Chronicle had interviewed Majdi in 2022. In the interview, the beloved Palestinian swimming coach shared with us a small2024-08-10 | Articles, Features, Images
Born and Dwells in Violence – Israel’s Mission in the Middle East
Israel’s Zionist founders did not come in peace. They fashioned a country based on force and intimidation. With each decade, their progeny have intensified the violence. – Dr. M. Reza Behnam is a political scientist specializing in the history, politics and governments of the Middle East. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.2024-08-10 | Articles, Commentary, gaza
On the Logic of Israeli Massacres and the Dichotomy of Arab Mediation – ANALYSIS
If one is to review the timeline of essentially all rounds of ceasefire negotiations, one would find that every single episode has always been preceded by a major massacre, or two, or three. This means that the political-military dichotomy of Hamas has been largely resolved, as the military leaders of the movement are also the ones making the political and2024-08-10 | Articles, Features, gaza
Zionism on the Brink: The Gaza War Beyond Netanyahu
Even if the Israeli right has lost all faith in Netanyahu, without him as a unifying figure, all is lost, not only the chances of the far-right camp to redeem itself, but also the very future of Zionism. – Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His latest book,2024-08-08 | Articles, Commentary, Editorials
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Evacuation Orders in Gaza | Shelling in Deir Al-Balah | ‘Choosing Sinwar’ – Day 306
The Israeli army called on Palestinian citizens and displaced persons in the Beit Hanoun area and the Al-Manshiya and Sheikh Zayed neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate and head to Gaza City. Several Palestinian citizens were injured as a result of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the Al-Matahen area, south of Deir al-Balah city, in the central Gaza Strip. An2024-08-07 | Blog, News, Slider
Omar Yousef Shehabi – On Recognition
Omar Yousef Shehabi is an acting assistant professor at NYU School of Law and a JSD candidate at Yale Law School. Before coming to NYU, he served as a legal officer with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), a legal officer with the United Nations Secretariat, Office of Administration of Justice,2024-08-06 | Geopolitics, Article, habi
Paris Olympics 2024, a Place for Israeli Genociders
Islam Times - On December 2023 and three months after Israeli war on Gaza, three judokas who were members of Israeli team in Paris Olympics 2024 visited the Brigade 402 of the Israeli army artillery. They met soldiers involved in Gaza war and posted their photos on social media, saying they are proud of the performance of Israeli forces, the2024-08-05 | France
Where Will Hamas Head Post-Haniyeh?
Islam Times - Though assassination of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh represented a big loss for this resistance movement, the fact is that he was not the first martyred leader of Hamas and since the assassination of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmad Yassin in 2004, the movement lost a number of influential figures in Israeli terrorist assassinations. But these assassinations,2024-08-05 | Palestine
5 Way Islam and Palestine Are Connected
Palestine holds immense significance due to the holy land’s Islamic heritage. From its cultural history to its religious importance, Palestine remains one of the most powerful and beautiful places for Muslims around the world. Here are just 5 ways Palestine and Islam are connected: 1. Prophetic Legacy Many Prophets of Islam are deeply connected to...2024-08-04 | Faith, Middle East, Palestine
Why’s Tel Aviv Announced Hamas Comdr. Assassination Simultaneous with Tehran and Beirut Assassinations?
Islam Times - On Wednesday evening, in the south of the Lebanese capital Beirut a news report came as a bombshell. It was about a big bombing and assassination operation; targeting senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr. But that assassination was not the only incident of that night. Hours later, in the midnight, a suspicious assassination in Tehran targeted the head2024-08-04 | Palestine
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Haniyeh’s Funeral in Doha | Israel Braces for Retaliations | Massacres throughout Strip – Day 301
The Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said that Tehran is determined to take whatever is necessary to defend the country’s national security. An Australian investigation has found that the Israeli attack on a Gaza aid convoy last April was the result of “serious failures” but was not deliberate. US President Joe Biden discussed new military deployments to support Israel against threats2024-08-02 | Blog, News, Slider