Category: 1. Palestine

Over the past few months, thousands of people returned to their homes in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, where they faced threats from unexploded ordinances and lack of access to water, food, and safe shelter. Many were forced to handle war debris, which may pose long-term health risks.

Our new research from Fallujah, Iraq published today by the Costs of War project at Brown University reveals just how dangerous this debris can be. Two decades after the US-led invasion and almost a decade after…

The trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has been charged with sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021, has begun in a Paris court.

It is thought to be a pivotal moment in France’s #MeToo movement.

On Monday, Depardieu, 76, sat on a seat opposite the judge while the two plaintiffs were also present in the courtroom.

Prosecutors alleged the assaults against the women, whose full identities have not been revealed, took place during the filming of Les Volets Verts…

On March 3, Tucker Carlson, an American political commentator popular among MAGA conservatives and the global far right, held an odd and disturbing interview with South African right-wing activist and deputy CEO of Afriforum, Ernst Roets. Afriforum is a right-wing South African NGO dedicated to advancing the interests of Afrikaners –  descendants of mainly Dutch colonial settlers who formalised the segregationist system of apartheid in 1948.

The discussion, titled “Man charged with…

Peter Oswald is on a 13-day pilgrimage for Palestine, walking 241 kms from Bristol to Parliament Square in London. Oswald was teaching poetry and English to children in Gaza when Israel began its war on the enclave.

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

On Friday, the Israeli cabinet voted unanimously to dismiss Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar, marking the first time that the head of the domestic security agency had been fired.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the claim on Monday that he had approved the Shin Bet internal security agency to investigate…

Palestinians share the horror of witnessing their loved ones being killed while responding to Israeli evacuation orders in Rafah. They were attacked while fleeing along routes declared safe by the Israeli army.

Under the proposal, the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza will be under the control of the Defence Ministry.

Israel is set to establish a government agency that would oversee the “voluntary departure” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Monday that the agency is being built following the Israeli security cabinet’s approval of the plan over the weekend.

The move follows suggestions from United States President Donald…

US accused of raising pressure amid Trump’s calls to annex semi-autonomous island, while Denmark raises security.

Greenland’s prime minister has criticised a planned trip by a high-profile United States delegation as a “provocation”.

The visit this week to the semi-autonomous Danish territory by the US second lady, accompanied by the White House national security adviser, earned criticism from across Greenland’s political spectrum on Monday. The trip comes amid ongoing claims by…

United States President Donald Trump has been talking about buying Greenland, but the backdrop is a bigger story about competing interests and growing competition in the Arctic – a region where big global powers collide.

So what is going on? How real is the threat of war? And how much of it is hype? Start Here with Sandra Gathmann explains.

This episode features:

Christina Henriksen – Saami Council member

Andreas Osthagen – Senior researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute

Mathieu Boulegue…