The Nightmare in Beit Hanoun
By Ewa Jasiewicz – Beit Hanoun, Gaza It happened at 9am this morning. We were speaking to Sabrine Naim at the time, standing and talking in the Naim family home which had been wrecked this […]
Electioneering with Bombs
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Of the three politicians who announced the military assault on Gaza to the world on Saturday, perhaps only the outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has little to lose — or […]
Mr. Mubarak, Tear Down That Wall!
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut 'I'm not calling for a coup d'etat, but go talk to your leaders and tell them you do not accept what is happening in Gaza.' — Hezbollah Sec-Gen Hasan Nasrallah calling […]
Israel Mulls Brief Truce as Warplanes Pound Gaza
Israel on Tuesday mulled a proposed 48-hour truce after world leaders stepped up calls for an end to the violence and warplanes pummeled Hamas targets in the battered Gaza Strip for a fourth day. But […]
Egypt to Keep Gaza Border Closed: Mubarak
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday slammed what he called Israel's "savage aggression" on the Gaza Strip, and said its "bloodstained hands" were stirring feelings of rage among Arabs. Mubarak however said that Egypt will […]
Hollywood Stars Shun Pro-Israeli Diamond Store
Hollywood stars have called for their pictures to be removed from the website of a diamond company that is associated with settlement expansion in Israel and human rights violations in Africa. The diamond stores owned […]
Gaza, a History of Hardship and Struggle
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The most wrenching event that Palestinians encountered was the 1948 disaster (nekba), but for the Gazans it was not the only or the last one. Gaza was a battle ground in World […]
Israel Kills More in 'All-Out' Gaza War
Israeli warplanes killed at least ten people in the besieged Gaza Strip in the wee hours of Tuesday, December 30, in what it describes as an "all-out" war that could take weeks. At least 40 […]
UN Slams Israel's 'Shocking Atrocities'
The UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories accused the Israeli army on Tuesday, December 30, of perpetrating atrocities against the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. "Israel is committing a shocking […]
Arab Connivance in the Gaza Massacre
By Alberto Cruz With the connivance, acquiescence and approval of the United Nations, Europe the United States and reactionary Arab governments, Israel is engaged in a campaign of extermination, a holocaust against the Palestinians. Israel has […]
Israel's Lie Machine is Working Flat out
By Stuart Littlewood – London While the murderous assault on Gaza continues, I notice there's a briefing document on the website of the Israeli Embassy in London which has a lie in every line. The […]
Gaza: Plan of Attack
By Jim Miles I can only witness the tragedy of Gaza from the knowledge I have gained from years of historical and foreign affairs reading, from the personal contacts and information that are readily available […]
Gaza's Blood and Israel's Lies
By Mohamed Khodr Day Four of the Gaza Genocide: Thus far–Total Deaths: 384; Total Injured 1,750; Today's Latest Victims: 2 sisters aged 4 and 11. "I don't understand your optimism. Why should the Arabs make […]
Peace Trees of Palestine – A Poem
By Lise Brouillette Standing upright branches lifted up swaying in the wind in a prayer to Allah silently waiting for raining death or retribution If every olive of every tree that was uprooted and burned […]
Onslaught Continues, Death Haunts Gaza Kids
As Israel pursues its massive onslaught against the cordoned off Gaza Strip, children are paying the heavy price losing their lives or suffering psychological scars. "My children are completely terrified," Faysal Shawa, a construction engineer, […]
Israeli Soldier Shalit Wounded in Israeli Strike
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, taken prisoner by Palestinian resistance factions in 2006 to swap for detainees in Israeli jails, was reportedly wounded in one of strikes mounted by Israel on Gaza Strip. "Shalit sustained injuries […]
Stop Israel, Gaza is in Crisis: Aid Agencies
International aid agencies called on world leaders to stop Israel's bombardment of Gaza as hospitals turned chaotic and the little aid that usually trickles into the strip almost ceased. Aid agency Oxfam urged world leaders […]
Gaza and the World: Will Things Ever Change?
By Ramzy Baroud In times of crisis, most Arabs tune in to Aljazeera television. Sometimes it's comforting for the truth to be stated the way it is, with all of its gory and unsettling details, […]
Victims of Israel's Latest Experiment
By Nadia W. Awad – The West Bank There is no point in preparing an introduction to this article. Why waste words on compositional niceties when the only thing I can offer is that I'm […]
U.S. Middle East Policy a Disaster
By James J. David If you've ever wondered why there is continued violence between the Israelis and Palestinians for the past 40 years all you need to do is look at U.S. Policy. Let's take the current […]
Gaza: A Campaign to Perpetuate the Occupation
By Yacov Ben Efrat Israel's military operation called Molten Lead started on Saturday, December 27, 2008 and took more than 200 lives in its first day, much to the satisfaction of the Israeli public. Already […]
Sheket! Why Jews True to Their Heritage, Cannot
By Stephen Conn 'Sheket'! My Hebrew school teacher, Mr. Gold, may his memory be a blessing, would tell me to 'Shut Up!' now, as he did so many times nearly 50 years ago. But I […]
What is Israel's Goal?
By Neve Gordon The first bombardment took three minutes and 40 seconds. Sixty Israeli F-16 fighter jets bombed 50 sites in Gaza, killing more than 200 Palestinians, and wounding close to 1,000 more. A few […]
Israel's Wanton Aggression On Gaza
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago It's not the first time and won't be the last. On December 27, AP reported that: 'Israeli aircraft struck Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of […]
No Words Left – Poems
The Palestine Chronicle is pleased to feature the work of two distinguished poets, Sam Hamod and Remi Kanazi. No Words Left By Sam Hamod Without words, Children screaming, Mothers wailing, Men cussing, Imam's praying, Israeli bombs […]
Massacre in Gaza: The Paradox of Peace
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich Twice this year, the leaders of Hamas indicated their readiness to accept a Palestinian State within the 1967 borders. Khaled Meshaal, Hamas leader, informed former president Jimmy Carter of this decision in […]
Barack Obama on Siege, Killings in Gaza
By Joshua Frank As President-Elect Barack Obama vacationed in Hawaii on December 26, stopping off to watch a dolphin show with his family at Sea Life Park, an Israeli air raid besieged the impoverished Gaza […]
Gaza and Israel: Interview with Amira Hass
By Angel Ricardo Martinez This telephonic interview took place on December 12, when I spoke with Israeli journalist Mrs. Amira Hass from her house in Ramallah, the West Bank. Almost two weeks before, on December 1st, […]
Israel's Belligerence and The Art of War
By Omar Ahmad "My son is gone, my son is gone," wailed Said Masri, a 57-year-old shopkeeper, as he sat in the middle of a Gaza City street, slapping his face and covering his head […]
Hanukkah Games in Gaza
By Belén Fern