Category: 1. Palestine

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The aid ship, Madleen, which was carrying 12 international activists and humanitarian aid, was intercepted on June 1 by Israeli forces in international waters.

Spain’s National Court on Tuesday launched a criminal investigation into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, and several senior military officials over their alleged involvement in war…

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says the suspension will last for three months amid a surge of arrivals from countries including Sudan, Egypt and Bangladesh.

Greece will suspend the processing of asylum applications from individuals arriving from North Africa for three months.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the decision in parliament on Wednesday amid an uptick of arrivals – an estimated 2,000 migrants and refugees have landed on Crete since the weekend, leading to anger…

Oklahoma City Thunder and centre Chet Holmgren agree to contract extension worth up to a quarter of a billion dollars.

Chet Holmgren and the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder agreed to a five-year rookie-maximum contract extension worth up to $250m, ESPN reported on Wednesday.

The contract is fully guaranteed and comes on the heels of Oklahoma City’s landmark contract with NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who agreed to a four-year, $285.4m super maximum contract extension through 2031 to…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The UNFPA called for life-saving aid to be allowed into the besieged enclave, as the situation “is preventable.”

Up to 50,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Gaza Strip are facing severe hunger, with devastating consequences for newborns, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) warned on Tuesday.

These women “haven’t eaten…

Wife of detained Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia pleads for his release, recounting his refusal to abandon patients and the loss of their son in Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

In a harrowing testimony that underscores the immense toll of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, Lina Abu Safiya, the wife of detained pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, recounted the events leading up to her husband’s…

Despite two meetings in two days, US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have yet to agree on terms for a ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh says the delay centres on Israeli plans for forcibly transferring Palestinians.

This article was published in The Guardian. 

By the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro. 

Over the past 600 days, the world has watched Benjamin Netanyahu lead a campaign of devastation in Gaza, the escalation of regional conflict, and a reckless abandonment of international law at large.

Governments such as mine cannot afford to remain passive. In September 2024, when we voted for the United Nations general assembly resolution on Israel’s policies and practices in the…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Palestinian resistance factions have escalated their ambushes and mortar attacks across Gaza, inflicting rising losses on Israeli forces amid ongoing airstrikes and military operations.

Palestinian resistance groups have intensified their operations against Israeli occupation forces across the Gaza Strip, launching a series of ambushes and attacks that have inflicted mounting…

The BRICS bloc of developing nations aims to challenge the US-led economic order. In theory, it has the clout to push through reforms to global governance. But critics say the expanded group faces rifts among its members.

BRICS leaders have criticised US policies, including trade tariffs, during the gathering in Brazil’s Rio de Janiero, but they shied away from naming Washington…