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A source close to Hamas’s political leadership says the group believes it can defeat Israel but acknowledges the heavy price being paid by those on the ground   People inspect destroyed buildings in Gaza City following Israeli air strikes on 28 October 2023 (AP) By David Hearst in Doha   The Hamas attack on 7 October has been dubbed “the biggest miscalculation …

“The Zionists indeed learnt well from the Nazis. So well that it seems that their morally repugnant treatment of Palestinians, and their attempt to destroy Palestinian society within Israel and the occupied territories, reveals them as basically Nazis with beards and black hats” ~ (Norman Finklestein)   Amidst a chorus of worldwide voice of protests and criticisms against the indiscriminate killing …

Turkish President Recep Tayyp Erdogan. (Photo: Kremlin, via Wikimedia Commons) By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is balancing on the verge of collapse, and that could actualize very soon, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. “Israeli Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu is on the brink of collapse or bankruptcy right now. And he may make such an …

Israeli and US officials say that the war will last one more month. (Image: Palestine Chronicle) By Palestine Chronicle Editors Despite lofty claims that Israel is ready to fight for years to come, simple discourse analysis, along with even simpler logic, tells us that this is not the case.  The Israeli Army Radio reported on Wednesday that Israel’s own military assessment …

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. (Photo: Kuhlmann, MSC, via Wikimedia Commons) By Palestine Chronicle Staff   UN Secretary-General António Guterres invoked, on Wednesday, Article 99 of the founding UN Charter. What does it mean? Article 99 allows the Secretary-General to “bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace …