Category: 1. Palestine

Demonstrators have returned to the streets in anger over high housing costs with no relief in sight.

Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in cities across Spain to protest against soaring rents and a lack of affordable homes in a country that enjoys Europe’s fastest economic growth and yet suffers from a housing shortage exacerbated by a tourism boom.

The housing crisis across Europe has hit particularly hard in Spain, where there is a strong tradition of home ownership and scant…

As traders opened on Saturday, the exchange rate fell to 1,043,000 rials to the dollar.

Iran’s rial currency has hit a record low against the US dollar amid growing tensions between Tehran and Washington over Iran’s nuclear programme.

The exchange rate had plunged to more than 1 million rials during festivities for Persian New Year, Nowruz, as currency shops closed and only informal trading took place on the streets, creating additional pressure on the market.

As traders resumed work…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Pro-Palestinian Microsoft employees disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebrations, publicly condemning its contracts with the Israeli military.

A pro-Palestinian protest disrupted Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, highlighting growing backlash over the tech industry’s involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide.

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Over the past month, hundreds of international students in the US have either been detained, deported, or stripped of their visas for protesting Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Trump administration’s crackdown is being described as an assault on political dissent – one that has been enabled by mainstream news outlets and pro-Zionist pressure groups. This story is about more than just visas. It’s about who gets to speak in Trump’s America.

Contributors:
Adolfo Franco – Republican…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The UN Human Rights Council has backed Francesca Albanese’s reappointment, resisting a coordinated campaign to remove her from her post.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to extend Francesca Albanese’s mandate as Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for another three years, despite…

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 Every year on April 5th, Palestinian Children’s Day is observed, where Palestinian children have historically lived under extremely difficult conditions due to the occupation.

Since the early years of the occupation of Palestinian territories until today, the occupation has targeted children through various means and methods directly, without any consideration for agreements guaranteeing their rights. Through its practices against children in the West…