Palestine Affairs

LIVE BLOG: Resistance Continues Search for Israeli Bodies as Airstrikes Target Beit Lahia – Day 768 Israel continues to violate the ceasefire in Gaza. (Photo: social media, via QNN) By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes targeting residential areas in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement.  Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance factions continue to search for the bodies of Israeli soldiers believed to be buried beneath the rubble in several areas of the enclave. Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 69,185 and injured 170,698 others, the majority of whom are women and children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. Click here for the previ...

Posted by: John Phoenx Israeli forces continue to violate the ceasefire agreement. (Photo: via QNN) By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The Gaza ceasefire agreement is facing critical challenges on multiple fronts, marked by persistent Israeli military violations. Reports from Palestinian media indicate ongoing security breaches by Israeli occupation forces across the occupied Gaza Strip, raising concerns about the long-term commitment to the de-escalation agreement. Israeli Violations Israeli warships reportedly opened fire off the coasts of Rafah and Khan Yunis. Israeli occupation forces conducted an airstrike near the Education area in northern Beit Lahia. Furthermore, artillery shelling was reported targeting the town of Bani Suheila. In a signi...

Posted by: John Phoenix Illegal Jewish settlers invade the lands of Umm Safa, in the occupied West Bank. (Photo: via @ytirawi Tw page) By International People’s Tribunal The International People’s Tribunal for Palestine will expose all who are complicit in these crimes and serve as a rallying call for global boycotts and mass movements to support Palestinian liberation. As we pass one month of the ceasefire agreement signed between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance, the former has continued to consistently violate the agreement on a daily basis. Israel has killed at least 250 people since the agreement came into effect, and it has continued to occupy 58 per cent of Gaza through an arbitrary ‘yellow line’, to which they have supposedly withdrawn. This comes as Is...

Posted by: John Phoenix A Qassam fighter in a Rafah tunnel. (Photo: video grab) The presence of Qassam resistance fighters remaining inside Rafah’s tunnel network has become a central point in negotiations over the next phase of the ceasefire agreement, with discussions ongoing between US and Israeli officials. The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that an official from Israel’s inner cabinet said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner had reached a provisional arrangement concerning approximately 200 Palestinian resistance fighters located in tunnels in Rafah, in southern Gaza. According to the official, the proposal would allow those fighters to leave safely. Meanwhile, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that Kushner reques...

Posted by: John Phoenix UNRWA has warned that tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering in unsafe buildings by Dave DeCamp  At least one Palestinian was killed in Gaza on Thursday when a damaged building collapsed in Gaza City’s Daraj neighborhood, Al Jazeera has reported, an incident that comes as the UN’s Palestinian relief agency is warning that tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering in unsafe buildings. “Shelter needs remain largely unmet,” UNRWA said in a report on the situation in Gaza on Tuesday, adding that the UN and partnered organizations “continue to face significant challenges in bringing supplies into Gaza” as Israel continues to impose restrictions on aid entering the Strip in violation of the ceasefir...

Posted by: John Phoenix Workers, artists and political groups must demand our right to a voice, and to independent political action. Party leaflet When the mural in support of Liam Óg/Mo Chara was unveiled in Belfast, Kneecap wrote on Twitter: ‘West Belfast knows political policing. West Belfasts knows colonialism. West Belfast knows solidarity.’ https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/2168644182&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true Download this leaflet as a pdf. Kneecap’s lead singer Mo Chara (meaning friend/comrade) is being prosecuted under the Terrorism Act 2000 for raising the flag of Hezbollah, the Lebanese political and military resistance group that has been a thorn in the side of Isra...

Posted by: John Phoenix The imperialists’ media lies are essential to their genocidal war efforts; workers must refuse to allow their propaganda to go unchallenged. Proletarian writers As the drive into WW3 accelerates, it is no coincidence that increasing numbers of journalists and political activists in Britain are being targeted under draconian ‘anti-terror’ legislation. The ruling class knows that keeping its grip on the narrative is an essential prerequisite for keeping its grip on power and continuing to prosecute its criminal wars abroad and vicious austerity at home. Mass opposition from the organised working class is the only force that can withstand and reverse this trend. Note to trade unionists: The following text has been compiled to help you frame a motion on thi...

Posted by: John Phoenix Hours before being killed in an airstrike, a Palestinian journalist describes Israel’s resumption of its scorched earth campaign in Beit Hanoun. Hossam Shabat To complement the imperialist media’s policy of refusing to cover (and/or deliberately misrepresenting) the many horrific acts that have characterised Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the zionist state has enforced a policy of keeping foreign journalists out and killing as many local ones as possible (often along with their families). By these vicious methods the genocidaires have done their best to stifle the flow of information from Gaza to the wider world. Ultimately, they have failed, but the blood price paid by Palestinian media workers has been immense. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=ht...

Posted by: John Phoenix Like thieves shunning the scene of their crime, media and politicians are suddenly scrambling to distance themselves from Israel. Proletarian writers With popular outrage continuing to grow, and the war to crush all middle-eastern resistance movements failing, the imperialists are desperately seeking a way out that might allow them to retain their regional domination – ideally by somehow keeping Israel itself alive. Editors’ note: Since this article was written, the imperialists have launched a criminal, unprovoked, aggressive war against Iran. In this context, there has been a rush to whitewash Israeli crimes, to bury once again the truth about the Gaza genocide, and to present the zionist leaders as rational and principled actors. How long this narrat...