The whistleblowers described a routine search when the guards would unleash large dogs on sleeping detainees. Three Israeli whistleblowers working at the Sde Teiman detention camp in Israel, have revealed systemic abuses by the military, including prisoners being restrained, blindfolded, and forced to wear diapers, CNN reported. The whistleblowers described the grim conditions that Palestinian detainees face in Sde Teiman, located in the Naqab (Negev) desert, stating that they were not allowed to move, talk, or even peek under their blindfolds. “We were told they were not allowed to move. The ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The channel’s correspondent said that “the rocket attacks on Beersheba take us back to the early days of the war.” The Palestinian Resistance in Gaza shelled the city of Beersheba (Bir al-Saba’) with two rounds of rockets for the first time since last December. Additionally, Resistance groups carried out a series of operations against the occupation forces in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, and in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City. Beersheba The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, said on Friday e ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   “Progressive forces need to push for the inalienable right of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, which has been systematically denied since the British mandate.” South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, has said “it has never been so urgent for progressive forces around the world to come together in a collective effort to exert maximum pressure to end the genocidal campaign underway in Gaza and to end the apartheid system of Israel in the occupied territories.” Minister Pandor delivered the keynote ..read more

By Noor Alyacoubi As the pier is expected to be finished in May, questions remain unanswered. Does it really aim to provide Gaza with immediate aid provisions? The rubble and ruins that once were vibrant streets now stand as a blatant testament to the devastating impact of the unending Israeli assault on Gaza.  As Israel launched a barrage of bombings and artillery shelling starting on October 7, Gaza was plunged into a deeper abyss of suffering, while Israel declared the northern region of the Strip as a war zone.  Although many refused to abandon their homes, massive crowds of Pale ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The surgeon, also rector of the University of Glasgow, witnessed the Israeli massacre in Gaza during the first months of Israel’s war. The Dutch government did not allow Palestinian-British surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, who worked in the Gaza Strip during the war, to travel to the Netherlands, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.  The Netherlands decided to abide by an earlier decision from Germany, which previously did not grant the surgeon a Schengen visa, the spokesperson said. ‘Silencing a Witness to Genocide’ – Ger ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   A student-led petition criticized Thomas-Greenfield’s UN voting record, particularly her votes on resolutions related to a ceasefire in Gaza. Xavier University of Louisiana recently withdrew an invitation for the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, to speak at their commencement, marking the second such cancellation following a similar decision by the University of Vermont, US media reported on Thursday.  Both institutions attributed their decisions to significant student and community pressure stemming from the Biden administr ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The head of UNRWA decided to temporarily close the Agency’s headquarters in occupied Jerusalem after the arson attack. Illegal Jewish settlers set fire on Thursday night to trees and grass lawns at the premises of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported that UNRWA staff succeeded in putting the fire out and prevented it from spreading to the UNRWA buildings. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA also cited eyewitnesses as sayi ..read more

The Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on Palestine is taking place in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa from May 10 – 12, 2024 The conference aims “to set the basis for the mobilisation of a Global Anti-Apartheid Movement to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against the Palestinian people, and to work to dismantle Israeli apartheid from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. This will see an intensification of the mobilisation, organisation and coordination for global action against Israeli apartheid.” Palestine Chronicle editor Nurah Tape is covering the full duration of the confer ..read more

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Israeli forces carried out intense strikes across various areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding scores of Palestinians.  Although tensions continue to run high between Israel and the US administration of Joe Biden, reports indicate that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will not accuse Israel of violating international law while briefing the Congress. The Palestinian and Arab Resistance fought back on all fronts, with violent clashes erupted east of Rafah. According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 34,904 Palestinians have been killed, and 78,51 ..read more

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The desire to return and reclaim their homes have kept Palestinian hopes alive for 76 years. For all that time they have had few allies. Students on campuses across the United States have “upset the US-Israel military apartheid applecart”  –  a plan long in the making whose aim has been Israeli control over all of historic Palestine. Israel’s plan to claim every inch of it is stated unequivocally in the Likud Party Platform of 1977. It reads, “between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.” For challenging Israel’s brutal settler-colonial ..read more