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Jun 25, 2024 | palestinechronicle.com | A Thread’

By Benay BlendMost tribal people have origin stories that explain how they arrived at a specific place. Countries, too, tell such tales but theirs are very different. For both “Israeli” and American historians, the past is tailored to fit into a positive trajectory filtering out parts that that cast dispersion on state actors. For example, mainstream history of the United States begins with the American Revolution, an event, the story goes, that initiated the country’s experiment with democracy.

Jun 25, 2024 | palestinechronicle.com | A Thread’

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  The deal will set him free after a 14-year legal battle which saw Assange, 52, spend more than five years in the British maximum security Belmarsh prison and seven in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. “Julian Assange is free,” WikiLeaks said on X on Tuesday.

Jun 25, 2024 | palestinechronicle.com | A Thread’

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  These accusations were made during a private meeting last week with several families of Israelis held captive in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Tuesday.

Jun 25, 2024 | palestinechronicle.com | A Thread’

The motion was moved in the Senate by lawmaker Mehreen Faruqi, deputy leader of the Australian Greens party, the Anadolu news agency reported. It was the second attempt in as many months by Australian lawmakers to follow 145 nations that recognize Palestine as an independent state. “Today, I moved a simple motion calling for a basic, fundamental act of justice, to recognize Palestine,” Faruqi said on X.

Jun 25, 2024 | palestinechronicle.com | A Thread’

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  A UN humanitarian affairs officer has said there are no living conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip, only “survival conditions.”“We really should not speak about living conditions in Gaza because none of them have living conditions,”  Yasmina Guerda, a humanitarian affairs officer from OCHA, told a UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday. “What they have, if you look closely, is survival conditions. And barely. They’re holding on by a thread,” she added.