Category: 1. Palestine

The Ivy League school becomes first US university to defy Trump administration’s demands after pro-Palestinian campus protests.

Harvard University has rejected demands from United States President Donald Trump’s administration that would see the university cede control to what it described as a conservative government that portrays universities as dangerously leftist.

Within hours of Harvard taking its stand on Monday, the Trump administration announced it was freezing $2.3bn in federal…

Hamas says latest Israeli ceasefire proposal demanding the Palestinian group disarm crosses ‘a million red lines’.

Negotiations for a renewed ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza appear to be at an impasse after Israel issued new demands for Hamas to disarm in its latest proposal that offers only a temporary halt to attacks on the Palestinian territory, where the death toll is quickly approaching at least 51,000.

Israel issued its latest proposal to Egyptian and Qatari mediators on…

These are the key events on day 1,146 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Monday, April 14 :

Fighting

• Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russian missiles and guided bombs have once more struck the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine. Local officials said the attack struck the city’s outskirts and reported no casualties, a day after a missile strike in the city killed 35 people.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking in a nightly video address, said the toll…

US president says he is looking at offering relief to automakers as they adjust their supply chains.

United States President Donald Trump has advanced plans to introduce tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceutical products, even as he floated the possibility of a reprieve from his duties on the auto industry.

In the latest flurry of trade announcements on Monday, the Trump administration launched investigations into the national security implications of importing the goods and related…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Below are official statements from Gaza’s resistance factions detailing their latest clashes with Israeli forces.

While Israel continues expanding its so-called buffer zone along Gaza’s northern, eastern, and southern borders, it has largely avoided densely populated areas—cautious of resistance strikes.

Still, Israeli airstrikes persist, targeting civilians in…

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Former Israeli army chief Dan Halutz has called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “an enemy” and should be “subdued or taken captive.”

In an interview on Channel 12 on Monday, Halutz described Netanyahu as an immediate danger to the occupation state. When the interviewer asked if that language was too extreme, Halutz responded, “An enemy should be subdued, not eliminated — taken captive.”

Halutz’s comments sparked strong…

By Shaimaa Eid

Puberty is one of the most challenging phases in any girl’s life, and this is a reality many displaced girls in Gaza are facing, but R.’s case is more complex.

In one of the displacement camps in Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip—where the sounds of bombing and drones drown out all else—13-year-old R. al-Ustaz faced a new and…

Occupied Jerusalem (Quds News Network)- Israelis attempted to bring what they call a “Passover sacrifice” into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday. Israeli police held two settlers from an Israeli terrorist group as they approached the holy mosque with sacrificial animals.

مستوطن يحاول إدخال “قربان” إلى المسجد الأقصى المبارك صباح اليوم بالتزامن مع ثاني أيام الفصح العبري.

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Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Mohammad Mustafa held a series of meetings on Monday with several European Union foreign ministers on the sidelines of the High-Level EU-Palestinian Political Dialogue held in Luxembourg.

During the meetings, Mustafa emphasized the critical need for serious international pressure to halt the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, including through a sustainable…