Category: 1. Palestine

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Green Day used their Coachella set to spotlight the suffering of Palestinian children, altering a key lyric in their 2004 hit to signal solidarity with Gaza.

American rock band Green Day used their headline performance at Coachella on Saturday night to deliver a powerful political message, drawing attention to the suffering of…

Mawasi Khan Younis, Gaza – Her son’s final words haunt Ghalia Radwan.

“Forgive me, mama,” the 24-year-old said as he lay dying, shot by Israeli soldiers while he was on a rescue mission on March 23, which he recorded until his last breath.

He wanted her forgiveness for the pain his death would cause, knowing that she had worried about him every day since he had become a paramedic.

“I forgive you, son,” Ghalia has whispered tearfully countless times since then, knowing that…

Scores of Palestinians were killed and injured Monday as Israel released prisoners in critical condition and bombed residential areas across Gaza.

Israel released 10 Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip on Monday, who were in poor health after being arrested six months ago during the ongoing genocide being perpetrated by Tel Aviv for over a year and a half.

According to the Prisoners’ Information Office, the…

Egypt and Qatar, the leading intermediaries in talks to end the war on the Gaza Strip, have expressed “grave concern” over the escalation of violence and deaths in the Israeli-besieged and -bombarded Palestinian territory, stressing continuing efforts to achieve a ceasefire.

In a joint statement released on Monday during a visit by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to Qatar, Cairo and Doha reiterated their support for the Arab-backed Gaza reconstruction plan in the face of calls by…

Nawaf Salam meets Ahmed al-Sharaa to discuss border security, refugees, and past political killings under ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has held talks in Damascus with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in his first official visit to Syria, in an effort to recalibrate relations between the two nations, which have been strained for decades.

The diplomatic shuttle on Monday marks the highest-level Lebanese delegation visiting Syria since Beirut’s new…

The United Nations and rights groups are calling for an end to the violence in Sudan as the second anniversary of its civil war looms and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has intensified its attacks in Darfur, killing dozens of people in recent days.

As representatives from dozens of countries are to meet in London on Tuesday to try to resolve the Sudan crisis, Human Rights Watch urged the international community to “urgently work to protect civilians and guarantee safe,…

In 2022, the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL) announced a three-year moratorium on female genital mutilation (FGM). A year later, the council made another proclamation to ban FGM and then held ceremonies to end the practice in five of the 11 counties where FGM is practised.

However, despite the ban, there have been continuing reports of FGM activity. In September 2024, the National Coalition Against Harmful Practices (NACAPH), a coalition of civil society actors,…