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Palestine Chronicle

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Palestine Chronicle
Type of businessNon-profit organization
Type of site
News website
Founded1999
HeadquartersMountlake Terrace, Washington
Country of originUnited States
Founder(s)Ramzy Baroud
Websitewww.palestinechronicle.com
Current statusActive

The Palestine Chronicle, also known as People Media Project,[1] is a pro-Palestinian[2] American 501(c) organization and news website that covers local and international news related to Palestine, often reporting from their perspective.[3] The organization was founded in September 1999 by Palestinian-American journalist Ramzy Baroud,[4] its headquarters are located in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.[5] The organization had faced multiple accusations by Israeli citizens of having links to Hamas and October 7 attacks kidnappings.[6]

Background

Palestine Chronicle, as a website, was established in September 1999 by Palestinian-American journalist and writer Ramzy Baroud who was born in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The website consisted of several sections: book reviews, photographs, analysis, and the "daily news" section in which Palestinians shared their experiences of life under Israeli occupied territories. The Palestine Chronicle sought to hire "talented" writers living in the country to write their life stories for the website.[4] Common Dreams said that it maintains itself by small donations and primarily reports about Palestinian people's "resistance" and "endurance" to Israeli forces.[7] Ramzy Baroud works as the director and editor-in-chief of the Palestine Chronicle, he also reportedly received a PhD in Palestine studies from University of Exeter and was a former writer for Middle East Eye and The Brunei Times.[5] Reportedly, six editors of the website are affiliated with Iranian media outlets, including Baroud himself, who wrote op-eds for Kayhan.[8]

Baroud, in a 2020 interview with Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, said he was motivated to create Palestine Chronicle after being frustrated by perceived excessive pro-Israeli coverage in the mainstream media. He says that when the website was founded, it was a blog run only by him, but he gradually hired more and more editors, eventually turning Palestine Chronicle into a news company. He said it turned into one of the main sources focused on Palestine, along with The Electronic Intifada. He also shared that the website was available in French language back then.[9] Reportedly, due to it being a news website and not a physical publication, Palestine Chronicle was initially dismissed as a source, Baroud said he experienced frustration after being called an "online journalist". Baroud also said that reporting from the perspective of the "Palestinian resistance" is "crucial" to the publication.[10]

Palestine Chronicle now identifies itself as a non-profit organization (501(c) organization) and says that its mission is to report on "human rights, national struggles, freedom and democracy",[11] it reportedly covers local and international news related to Palestine from the country's perspective and is considered to be a "multimedia opinion website".[3] Records from Internal Revenue Service showed that the outlet received its 501(c) status in 2012.[8] It claimed that its staff consists of independent and professional writers, the editorial board of the website listed Noam Chomsky, Hanan Ashrawi and Neve Gordon as its contributors.[12] Articles written by Palestine Chronicle staff said that it has journalists in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank and that it has a "very small" budget dependent on donations from readers.[13] Arab Media & Society journal described Palestine Chronicle as an alternative and independent pro-Palestinian outlet that does not align with any political movements in Palestine and advocates for nonviolent resistance against Israel in its reporting.[2]

Lawsuits and accusations

In June 2024, Republican politician Jason Smith sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service asking for it to revoke its 501(c) organization status. He accused it of showing support for Hamas and not operating for charitable purposes, violating IRS's rules for 501(c) organizations. In the same month, politician Mike Lawler said on Twitter that one of Palestine Chronicle's writers, Abdullah Aljamal, held three Israelis captive in a room of his house while simultaneously writing articles criticizing Israel. He was killed by IDF during the Nuseirat rescue and massacre on June 8, 2024.[1] CNN later reported that Abdullah was a freelance journalist who reported in Gaza Strip for the Palestine Chronicle, his family were known to have ties with Hamas. Three Israelis were held captive in his house for six months, his last article in Palestine Chronicle was published one day before the rescue operation.[14]

On July 11, 2024, court records showed that one of the hostages held by AlJamal, a man by the name of Almog Meir Jan, filed a lawsuit against the Palestine Chronicle that alleged it "aided, abetted, and materially supported" AlJamal and Hamas by allowing him to write articles for the website. The lawsuit showed articles written by him on the website years before the incident, including one where he identified himself as spokesperson for Hamas' Ministry of Labor. The lawsuit also said that AlJamal wrote articles that praised October 7 attacks while Jan was still held in captivity.[15] In May 2025, court records showed that a motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied by judge Tiffany Cartwright and that the lawsuit provided a "plausible claim" of Palestine Chronicle being affiliated with Hamas’s kidnappings to proceed to trial.[6] In August 2025, court records showed that two rescued Israeli hostages (Shlomi Ziv, and Audrey Kozlov) are members of the lawsuit.[16]

On January 2025, the lawsuit was dismissed by judge Cartwright, who ruled the lawsuit provided insufficient evidence that the Palestine Chronicle was aware of AlJamal being a member of Hamas.[17] Cartwright ruled that AlJamal's articles criticizing Israel were protected under first amendment and that the lawsuit provided no evidence of him inciting or planning violence. She also ruled that the lawsuit showed no evidence of Palestine Chronicle intentionally paying AlJamal money to carry out terrorism or participate in Hamas operations.[18]

On October 9, 2025, Israeli scholar Anat Alon-Beck said she filed another lawsuit against Palestine Chronicle for allegedly providing aid to terror groups, she said the lawsuit is currently in affidavit stage.[19] One day later, Ramzy Baroud told TRT World that the lawsuit is an attempt by zionists to "silence" the outlet for bringing "truth on Palestine".[20]

Reception

In March 2008, a press release of Palestine Chronicle said that many people had shown positive reactions to the outlet, with American activist Kathy Kelly, professor James Petras, political analyst Hasan El-Hasan and activist Gilad Atzmon recommending it.[21] On October 28, 2010, HonestReporting reported that it had discovered an article written by the Palestine Chronicle about pro-Israel lobbying in the United Kingdom that was fully copy-pasted from a 2009 Channel 4 documentary titled "Inside the UK's Israel Lobby". It also showed other articles from the website calling it a "certainly not credible" publication whose reports are "poorly researched".[12]

In May 2014, Victoria Brittain included Palestine Chronicle in a list of news outlets she thinks successfully reported a "counter-narrative" of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[22] In June 2024, the Washington Free Beacon claimed the site was part of "pro-jihadist propaganda" outlets and may be linked to the Iranian government.[8] In July 2024, it was reported that Palestine Chronicle articles have been cited by a number of organizations, including the Library of Congress and The Guardian. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology website listed it as a "recommended" news outlet on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[23] Common Dreams called the website a "modest, independent publication" in August 2025.[7] The website's articles were part of a case study in July 2025 by Arab Media & Society journal, which compared it to Haaretz in its reportage of the Great March of Return.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacobs, Emily (June 11, 2024). "House Republicans call on White House to revoke non-profit status of Palestine Chronicle". Jewish Insider – via Yahoo News.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Barakat, Abeer (July 23, 2025). "A Pilot Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of the Palestine Chronicle and Haaretz" (PDF). Arab Media & Society.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aal 2024, p. 223.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Endong 2018, p. 77-78.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Palestine Chronicle". InfluenceWatch. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Skolnik, Sam (May 7, 2025). "Palestine Chronicle Can't Bar Hostage Claims It Aided Hamas". Bloomberg.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mokhtar, Mohamed (August 27, 2025). "The Palestine Chronicle Case: When Truth Becomes the Crime". Common Dreams.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Kredo, Adam (June 10, 2024). "Iran's Ties to the 'Palestine Chronicle'". Washington Free Beacon.
  9. ↑ "ICAHD UK Interview with Ramzy Baroud". ICAHD UK. November 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ Zahran 2025, p. pp.
  11. ↑ "Israel and Palestine. Understanding the Conflict: News resources". MIT Libraries. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Plosker, Simon (October 28, 2010). "HR Attacked by Plagiarizing Palestinian Paper". HonestReporting.
  13. ↑ "We Make a Real Difference: The Palestine Chronicle Needs and Deserves Your Urgent Support". Advocating Peace. April 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ Davey-Attlee, Florence; Dahman, Ibrahim; Kourdi, Eyad; Diamond, Jeremy; Schmitz, Avery (July 19, 2024). "'He was a pious man': The Gaza neighborhood shocked to find Israeli hostages in their midst". CNN.
  15. ↑ Mallin, Alexander (July 11, 2024). "Former Israeli hostage sues US nonprofit for allegedly paying Hamas operative who held him captive". ABC News.
  16. ↑ Volokh, Eugene (August 5, 2025). "Claim Can Go Forward Against American Publisher That Allegedly Knew Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder". Reason Magazine.
  17. ↑ "US judge dismisses rescued hostage's lawsuit against company that employed his captor". The Times of Israel. February 3, 2025. ISSN 0040-7909.
  18. ↑ Merrill, Monique (January 31, 2025). "Federal judge dismisses former Israeli hostage's claims against pro-Palestinian newspaper". Courthouse News Service.
  19. ↑ Schneider, Tal (October 9, 2025). "Israeli scholar among very few to have nominated Trump in time for this year's Nobel". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909.
  20. ↑ Palestine Chronicle editor addresses lawsuit involving slain Gaza journalist. TRT World. October 10, 2025 – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ "Palestine Chronicle Renews Its Call for Support". Scoop News. March 15, 2008.
  22. ↑ Brittain, Victoria (May 5, 2014). "New media and the changing narrative on Palestine". openDemocracy.
  23. ↑ Miller, Yvette (July 15, 2024). "The Journalist Who Was a Hamas Terrorist: Aljamal's employer, the Palestine Chronicle". Aish HaTorah.

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