The Israeli Military to Remove Power Grid of a Palestinian Village
Israeli troops invaded on Monday at dawn the village of Al Qoum near the southern West Bank city of Hebron and ordered villagers to remove the power grid there. According…
Canadian Quakers Continue to Support BDS Regardless of Canadian Law Issue
Individual members of the Canadian Friends Service Committee, (The Canadian Quakers) will continue to support the call for Boycotts Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, regardless of the situation of the…
Palestinian boy killed near Nablus
A Palestinian boy was reported killed on Monday morning at the village of Taluza near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Hasayika, 16, was stabbed to death by…
Israeli Troops kidnap 16 Palestinians during home searches in East Jerusalem
Israeli military invaded on Monday at dawn areas in occupied East Jerusalem, troops searched homes and kidnapped 16 civilians including a number of teenagers.According to local sources homes were searched…
Palestinian Detainees in Israeli Prisons Continue to be Abused by Interrogators
Israeli forces use extreme and brutal methods to force confessions out of Palestinian detainees for ‘crimes against Israel’ such as stone-throwing.The head of the Palestinian Authority prisoners’ affairs committee, Issa…
Palestinian Authority Pledges $50,000 to Bedouin Community Facing Displacement
Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah of the Palestinian Authority pledged $50,000 to the Bedouin community of Abu Nuwwar east of Jerusalem that is currently being displaced by Israeli forces.According to Ma’an,…
The ‘S’ in the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Call
The BDS National Committee website describes BDS as, ‘[t]he global movement for a campaign of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian…
Denmark Cancels Elbit Deal
Denmark has cancelled its planned purchase of howitzers from the Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, a deal that was worth up to DK 1.000 million.The progressive news portal modkraft notes…
Another Violent Attack on Palestinian Family
On the 23rd May, settlers in Al Khalil (Hebron) blocked the entrance to Hashem Younes Azzeh’s house and attacked his family. Large rocks were thrown at them and his daughter…
Gaza’s Only Commercial Crossing Closed by Israeli Authorities
Israel closed the Gaza Strip’s only functioning commercial crossing (Kerem Shalom), on Sunday, for the Jewish holiday ‘Feast of Weeks’, a Palestinian official said.’The Israeli closure would disrupt trade traffic…
Settlement Sewage Water Pollutes Salfit Tourist Areas
The farmers and citizens of Salfit city, and of Kafr Al-Deek town, in the southern occupied West Bank, on Sunday, made complaints about the dangerous environmental damage they were facing…