Category: 1. Palestine

By Alaa Hijazi

The terror was too much for her heart to bear. It stopped suddenly. She collapsed into seizures and lost consciousness.

On the morning of the third day of Eid, there were no celebrations at Al-Maidan Kuwaiti Hospital. The machines groaned, exhausted bodies filled every corner, and the silence, occasionally interrupted by the moans of patients, was heavier than any other sound.

On one of the…

“The bread was dipped in blood.” A Palestinian child mourns his mother who was killed when Israeli forces opened fire at an aid distribution point in Rafah, Gaza. More than 100 people have been killed in days of attacks at aid hubs run by the US-Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

In a country that prides itself on democracy, freedom of speech, and the right to protest, a chilling question is emerging: Who gets to speak, and who is being silenced?

More than 1,000 international students and recent graduates across the United States have reportedly had their visas revoked or their legal status altered. Meanwhile, American citizens have faced detentions at airports and border…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Few respondents approve of Israel’s conduct in the besieged Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians since October 2023.

Public support and sympathy for Israel have reached the lowest level in Western Europe, the latest results from a YouGov EuroTrack survey revealed.

The group said net favorability…

What’s in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill?
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro breaks down the bill that Donald Trump claims will usher in an economic golden age, whilst others warn it could add significantly to the national debt.

Former US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has sparked outrage after saying he believed that Israeli forces have committed war crimes in Gaza, despite years of publicly defending Israel’s conduct at press briefings.

As cocaine production reaches an unprecedented high, Colombia’s government is trialling a more peaceful remedy to its enduring narcotics crisis – offering payments to farmers to uproot coca crops, the primary ingredient in the drug.

Alirio Caicedo and his son Nicolas are among the latest beneficiaries. A decade ago, they planted their fields with coca, staking their livelihoods on the persistent demand from criminal gangs.

Now, the Caicedos are digging up those same crops, uncertain of…

Three-time major winner Sabalenka defeats Olympic champion in straight sets at Roland Garros.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka has recovered from a slow start to systematically dismantle Paris Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory that has sent her into the French Open semifinals.

Sabalenka suffered her first loss to Zheng in seven career meetings in the Rome quarterfinals last month, and the Belarusian went behind early on Tuesday in the opening set at a half-full Court…

Madrid (Quds News Network)- Spain’s Ministry of Defense has reportedly ordered the suspension of an Israeli arms manufacturing license, effectively canceling a $325 million contract for the planned purchase of Spike anti-tank missiles from Israeli company Rafael amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The Spanish Defense Ministry will not go through with its planned purchase of Spike anti-tank missiles from Rafael, according to the Ara daily newspaper. The deal was finalized four days…