New Death Sentence Issued By Gaza Court
PCHR Calls for Immediate Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty as a Form of Punishment in the occupied Palestinian territories.The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) renews its…
Israel Issues Demolition Orders, Confiscates Hundreds of Dunams near Hebron
Israeli authorities, Tuesday, notified local residents of At-Tabban, a small village to the south of Hebron, of demolition orders for two animal barns and a residential facility in the village.Rateb…
Over 80 Cartoonists And Comics Workers: ‘No Business As Usual With Israel’
More than 80 cartoonists and other workers in the comics industry, including colorists, writers, critics, and editors, from over 20 countries, signed an open letter released today addressed to Franck…
Israeli Troops Open Fire on Gaza Farmers
Israeli forces, Tuesday morning, fired at Palestinian agricultural lands across the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, witnesses said.Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency that several Israeli military vehicles stationed…
Suspend EU-Israel treaty, 63 MEPs say
A group of 63 influential MEPs have called on EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, the main treaty between the EU and Israel.The unique…
Israel Dismisses 43 Soldiers for Criticism Against Regime
The Israeli military has dismissed 43 soldiers for publicly criticizing the Tel Aviv regime’s crimes against Palestinians.Press TV reports, via Al Ray, that the 43 male and female reserve soldiers,…
Rockets Strike Occupied Golan
Two rockets fired from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, just nine days after an Israeli air strike in Syria killed several Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas and an Iranian…
Report: “37 Children Exiled From Their Homes In Jerusalem, 253 Under House Arrest”
The Palestinian Committee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported that Israel’s ongoing kidnappings of Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem have led to more than 1500 abductions, since the beginning of…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Lawyer of the Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Mohammad Mahmoud stated that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday, three Palestinians in Silwan town and in the Old City of…
Seven Kidnapped In The West Bank, One Injured
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians; soldiers broke into and searched several homes, and installed roadblocks.Local sources have reported that…
Gaza Office of Palestinian Prisoners Committee Burned
The Palestinian Commission Of Detainees in Gaza City has reported that unknown assailants burned its main office, before dawn on Tuesday, and that some of its computers were stolen.The Commission…
UNRWA Forced to Suspend Gaza Assistance Due to Lack of Funds
Gaza, 27 January 2015: UNRWA has been forced to suspend its cash assistance programme in Gaza to tens of thousands of people for repairs to damaged and destroyed homes and…
Israeli Navy Sinks Palestinian Fishing Boat In Gaza, Kidnaps 4 Fishermen
A Palestinian fishing boat drowned, on Monday evening, after Israeli navy ships fired rounds of live ammunition at it in Palestinian waters, west of Gaza city. The soldiers also kidnapped…
Undercover Soldiers Kidnap A Child In Jerusalem
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli military kidnapped, on Monday evening, a 10-yea-old Palestinian child near his family home in Shu’fat neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, and released him later on.The…
ISM Village in Focus: As Sawiya
On January 24th, 2015, ISM activists visited As Sawiya, a Palestinian village located near Salfit. The village is home to around 3,500 people. Seven mountains surround the village; much of…
Extremist Settlers Storm Holy Sites near Nablus
Dozens of Israeli settlers, Monday, stormed Muslim religious sites in the village of Awarta, northwest of Nablus, and performed religious rituals exhibiting disrespect to Muslim residents, according to a local…
Hundreds Protest Across West Bank, Call for Israeli Boycott
Hundreds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, on Monday, participated in protests organized by the Fateh movement, calling for a boycott of Israeli products and expressing support for Palestinian…
PCHR Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (15 – 21 January 2015)
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 15 – 21 January 2015.Israeli attacks…
Palestinian MP Holds Longest Administrative Detention Record at 134 Months
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has stated that 57-year-old Palestinian member of parliament Hatem Qafisha now holds the record for the longest period of administrative detention…
Israeli Navy Continues to Target Gaza Fishermen
Israeli navy soldiers, Monday, targeted Palestinian fishing boats with a hail of gunfire offshore al-Sudanyeh, northwest of Gaza, according to WAFA correspondence.An Israeli navy gunboat chased after Palestinian-owned fishing boats,…
Clashes in East Jerusalem Following Assault of 10-year-old Palestinian
Israeli undercover police, late Monday, detained a 10-year-old Palestinian boy near his home in the Shu’fat neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, leading to clashes between locals and Israeli forces, according…
Palestine Today 01 26 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 26th, 2015. Israeli soldiers invade West Bank communities, injuries…
Fateh: If Two-State Solution Fails, We’ll Push for One State
If the two state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fails to materialise, the Palestinian Authority will push for a one-state solution, according to a leading figure in the ruling Fateh…