Gaza Still Unresolved Approaching 2020
It was a very happy moment when the Palestinians knew that they would cast their votes in order to choose…
Settlers Attack and Injure West Bank Commuters
Jewish settlers, today, attacked Palestinian vehicles traveling on roads in the north of the West Bank, with stones, causing injury…
Netanyahu Claims Arab States to Normalize Ties with Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will soon have normal ties and formal peace agreements with a number of…
VIDEO: Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Youth Beaten by Settlers
Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported that, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian youth, on Monday evening, from Batn…
REPORT: Over 13 Million Palestinians Worldwide by 2020
Dr. Ola Awad, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) President presents a brief on the status of Palestinian people at…
Analysis: Who is Archbishop Atallah Hanna, and Why Does Israel Hate Him?
By Ramzy Baroud for Middle East Monitor “They will run and not grow weary,” is a quote from the Bible…
Israel Detained 5,500 Palestinians in 2019, Including 889 Children
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested more than 5,500 Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territory during 2019; among them were 889…
Palestinian Farmers Prevented from Working on Their Own Land
Gun-toting Israeli soldiers, on Monday, forced a number of Palestinian farmers to leave their lands adjacent to the illegal settlement…
Palestinian FM: “Systematic Economic War Waged by the Israeli Occupation”
The Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry, on Monday, slammed Israel’s decision to deduct millions of dollars from the Palestinian tax…
Palestinian PM: Israel Decision to Withhold Tax Revenues “Brings us Back to Square One of the Crisis”
Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh said today that the Israeli cabinet’s decision to deduct additional amounts from the Palestinian tax…
Hundreds of Settlers Invade Joseph’s Tomb, 9 Palestinians Injured
Security sources stated that nine Palestinians were injured, by Israeli army gunfire as hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Thirteen Palestinians in Hebron, Ramallah And Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians, including two children, from their homes in the West Bank governorates…
Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot, late on Sunday at night, a young Palestinian man with a rubber-coated metal bullet, and caused others…
Anti-Siege Committee: Urgent and Decisive Intervention Needed in Gaza
The Popular Committee Against the Siege appealed to UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to solve the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the…
Netanyahu Announces Six-Point Plan to Annex Palestinian Land, Defeat Iran
By: The Palestine Chronicle Staff Following his triumph in the Likud party’s primary elections, on December 26, Israeli Prime Minister,…
Ashrawi: Withholding of Tax Revenues “Criminal Act of Collective Punishment”
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) stated, on Sunday, that the Israeli…
The Freedom Flotilla Will Make its 36th Attempt to Sail to Gaza in 2020
Ramzy Baroud, Mint Press News What is Gaza to us but an Israeli missile, a rudimentary rocket, a demolished home, an…
Israeli FM: Tel Aviv to Resume “Policy of Assassinations”
Israeli foreign minister, last week, said that Tel Aviv would return to “the policy of assassinations” against Palestinian resistance figures…
ICC Prosecutor: No Charges against Israelis nor Palestinians as of Yet
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, said that no charges have been filed against any…
Al-Qanua: Bennett’s West Bank Decision a “War Crime”
Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif al-Qanua has described, as “a war crime,” the Israeli decision to have the settlements and outposts in…
Detainees Recount Stories of Abuse in Israeli Detention
Palestinian detainees who were recently taken into custody by Israeli authorities have reportedly been subjected to various forms of maltreatment,…
Israeli Media: 2000 New Settlement Units Approved for West Bank
It is expected that Israeli Civil Administration will approve, within days, the construction of thousands of settlement units in the…
Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian In Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot, Sunday, a Palestinian man on his land, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the…
Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Bethlehem And Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three young Palestinian men in Bethlehem and Hebron governorates, in the occupied West…
Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, sixteen young Palestinian men from their homes, in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied…
Not A Merry Christmas For Christian Detainees In Israeli Prisons
At the house of Palestinian political prisoner, Samer al-Arabid, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, you can find…
Last Week Alone, Nearly 900 Settlers Invaded Al-Aqsa Mosque
Nearly 900 of Israel’s extremist settlers, last week, stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy Israeli protection, according to…
A Year In Review: Will 2020 Be A Game Changer In Palestine?
by Ramzy Baroud This has been a defining year for Palestine and Israel. Despite the usual political stagnation of the…
After Nearly 100 Days Of Hunger Strike, Ahmad Zahran Still Imprisoned Without Charge
After almost a record 100 days of hunger strike, Israel insists on keeping Ahmad Zahran behind bars, without charge or…
Palestinian officials: Israeli plan on land registration proves the ICC is on the right track
RAMALLAH, Saturday, December 28, 2019 (WAFA) – Palestinian officials said today that an Israeli plan made public by Defense Minister…
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Hebron, Search Dozens Of Cars Northwest Of Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, Saturday, one Palestinian west of Hebron city, in southern West Bank, and searched dozens of cars northwest…
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PCHR: “86th GMR: IOF Shot and Injured 39 Palestinian Civilians, Including 11 Children and a Woman”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR): Thirty-nine Palestinian civilians, including 11 children and a woman, were shot and injured…
Israeli Troops Attack Non-Violent ‘March of Return’ Protests in Gaza
Israeli forces attacked Palestinians taking part in the weekly ‘March of Return’ protests near the fence separating the Gaza Strip…
Report: Israeli snipers target Gaza protesters in the eyes
Eyes are a ‘common target’ of Israeli snipers at Gaza’s Great March of Return. To date, Gaza’s Ministry of Health…
Israeli Forces Suppress Non-violent Protest in Kufr Qaddoum
At the weekly Friday afternoon protest in the Palestinian village of Kufr Qaddoum, dozens of Palestinians and foreign solidarity activists…
Family of Slain Palestinian Say Israeli Officials Are Lying About How He Was Killed
Although a month and a half has passed since the killing of the Jerusalemite, Faris Bassam Abu Nab, questions remain…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (19 – 25 December 2019)
Summary This week, PCHR documented 224 violations of the international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by…
Israel Accused of Attempting to Poison Archbishop Hanna
The head of Hamas’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has denounced what appears to be a possible attempt to assassinate Father…
OCHA: 29 Structures Demolished in Past Two Weeks
During the period between December 10 and 23, Israeli occupation authorities demolished or forced people to demolish 29 structures in…
Israeli Settlers to be Evicted from Al-Bakri Building in Hebron
After a fifteen-year legal battle in the corridors of the Israeli courts of various degrees, the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee has…
Soldiers Abducted A Young man In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, a young Palestinian man from Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.…
Army Abducts A Palestinian In Jenin Refugee Camp
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin city, in the…
Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in the al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West…
Palestinian President: “No Elections Can be Held Without Jerusalem”
Presidential spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudainah condemned, on Thursday, calls by some parties for President Mahmoud Abbas to issue an order…
‘The Last Generation’: How Occupation is Driving Christians out of Palestine
By Peter Oborne for Middle East Eye One week before Christmas. I’m in Manger Square and watching pilgrims descend from…
Palestinian Prisoners’ Society: At Least Seven Palestinians Detained from West Bank
In a press release, the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) stated that Israeli forces detained at least seven Palestinians, overnight Wednesday,…
Mother: ‘I Could Not Recognise my Daughter due to Severe Torture Inside Israeli Jails’
Mother of Palestinian student, Mais abu Ghoush, 20, said that she ‘could not recognise her daughter due to severe torture…
Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Salfit and Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, two Palestinians from Salfit and Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several army…
Soldiers Abduct One Palestinian Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, a Palestinian man from his home in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, in the…
VIDEO: The Threat Facing Christianity In Jerusalem
“We have a genuine history in this city and we must keep going.” ~Middle East Monitor/Days of Palestine 12/25/19
Israel Jets and Helicopters Strike Gaza in Response to Alleged Rocket Fire
The Israeli occupation forces said that it struck Hamas targets, in the besieged Gaza Strip, early Thursday morning, Israel’s Haaretz…
3000 New Settlement Units to be Approved for the West Bank
The Israeli government announced that it will approve a new plan to build 3000 settlement units throughout occupied West Bank,…
Alleged Rocket Fire from Gaza Interrupts Netanyahu’s Campaign Event
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed off the stage, on Wednesday evening, at an election campaign event, Israel’s Haaretz reported.…
Palestinian Arrested for Alleged Stabbing of Settler
Israeli military forces arrested, on Wednesday, a Palestinian man in the occupied city of East Jerusalem, for allegedly stabbing an…
Israeli Bulldozers Raze Land in Northern Gaza
Israeli military infiltrated across the Gaza border, into Beit Hanoun town, in the northern Gaza Strip, and razed agricultural land,…
Palestinian Mother Haunted by Israeli Police Assault
A Palestinian mother, from occupied Jerusalem, who was brutally assaulted by Israeli border police with a rifle butt in the…
Palestinian Prisoner Barghouthi to Run for Prime Minister
Prominent Fatah leader, and prisoner, Marwan Barghouthi, has decided to run for the presidential election in Palestine, Quds News Network…
Palestinian FM: “Denial of the Palestinian Right to This Land is Anti-Semitism Itself”
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry, on Tuesday, accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of “anti-Semitism,” the Turkish Anadolu Agency reported.…
Israel Discusses Denying ICC Staff Entry into Israel
Israel is considering preventing the entry of officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to the chief prosecutor’s…
Trump Demonstrates Again Why Zionism Is Anti-Semitism
by Asa Winstanley You have to hand it to Donald Trump, he knows which side his bread is buttered. Spewing out…
Israeli Military Seizes Equipment, Declares Area North of Hebron ‘Closed Military Zone’
Israeli forces seized a truck and a bulldozer owned by Palestinian residents in the town of Beit Ummar to the…
Netanyahu Freezes Plans to Annex Jordan Valley
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave instructions to freeze the plans to annex the Jordan Valley to Israeli sovereignty, Ynet…
Israeli Bulldozers Level Palestinian Land Near Nablus
Israeli bulldozers, on Tuesday morning, razed a large tract of Palestinian land, which belongs to the Nablus-district villagers of Jalud,…
Thousands Gather in Bethlehem for Christmas Celebrations
Thousands of Palestinians and tourists gathered on Tuesday, at Manger Square, in Bethlehem, marking the start of Christmas eve. Local…
Settler Pepper-Sprays Palestinian Mother and Daughter
A Palestinian mother and her daughter were injured, on Monday evening, after being attacked by an Israeli settler in Tel…
Israel Detains 31 Palestinians Including University Professor and Two Minors
Israeli forces detained 31 Palestinians, including a university professor, in multiple incursions across the West Bank, the Palestinian News and…
Residential Structures Destroyed by Soldiers Near Hebron
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, demolished two Palestinian residential structures in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the Palestinian News…
PCHR: Prisoner Died After Being Referred to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah
On Sunday evening, 22 December 2019, Palestinian prisoner, M.KH., 55, from Ramallah, died at Palestine Medical Complex to which he…
Soldiers Demolish Two Homes In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday morning, two Palestinian homes in Jabal al-Mokabber town, south of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources…
Soldiers Abduct Four Women Near Al-Aqsa
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, four Palestinian women in Bab ar-Rahma area, east of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.…
Dozens Of Settlers Invade Al-Aqsa
Extremist Israeli settlers, in the early morning hours of Monday, broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound via the…
Adalah: “We Believe That the ICC has Full Jurisdiction to Decide on the Concerned Criminal Cases
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda made the right decision given the facts when she announced that Israel…
Israeli Soldiers Dismantle Shacks and Barn in Northern Jordan Valley
According to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA), Israeli forces,, dismantled Palestinian residential and livestock structures in the Ras…
Israeli Forces Uproot Trees, Confiscate Tents, Declare Area ‘Closed Military Zone’
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in northern West Bank, said that Israeli troops invaded the area and declared it…
Qasim: “US is Encouraging Israel to Commit Crimes by Opposing ICC Probe”
In an official statement, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said: “We firmly oppose this and any other action that…
Addameer Collects Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Committed against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers
By Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support And Human Rights Association: Since its creation, the occupying state developed and enforced laws and practices…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, three Palestinians from Silwan town, and the Old City, of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West…
Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, four Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, from the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. Media…
PCHR: Human Rights Organisations Welcome Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Racial Segregation and Apartheid on Both Sides of the Green Line
Joint Statement Al-Haq – Law in the Service of Man BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights The…
Switzerland Resumes UNRWA Funding
The Swiss foreign ministry has lifted its temporary freeze on payments to the UNRWA, the UN agency providing support for…
Israeli Media: Top Officials ‘Liable to Prosecution’ for War Crimes
Senior Israeli political and military officials are likely to be prosecuted before the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the court’s…
VIDEO: Christmas Parade Tours Streets of Bethlehem
Thousands of people went out to the streets of Bethlehem, to watch the annual Christmas parade touring Palestinian cities. The…
Israeli Forces Storm West Bank Town, Palestinians Resist and Suffocate on Tear-Gas
Dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear-gas inhalation during confrontations with Israeli forces in the town of Beit Ummar, south of…
Bansky’s ‘Walled Off Hotel’ in Bethlehem Displays “Scar of Bethlehem”
British street artist Banksy has brought a sombre Christmas spirit to the hotel he founded, in the West Bank town…
Opinion: Palestine and the Stifling Status Quo; Extending UNRWA’s Mission is a Pyrrhic Victory
"UNRWA’s temporary task became permanent."
Palestinian Administrative Detainee Zahran Hearing Postponed, Remains in Serious Condition
Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, Ahmad Zahran, passed 90 days of hunger strike, on Saturday, demanding an end to his…
Malaysia PM: “Israel Should be Tried by the ICC”
The Malaysian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mahathir, is the latest world leader to welcome the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) announcement that…
ICC Responds to Mounting Calls for Action, Opens Official Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine
“End impunity!” 29 November protest calls for action by ICC. Photo: EuroPalestine The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court,…
Al-Qanu: Gaza Border Rallies Will Not Stop
Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif al-Qanu has affirmed that the March of Return and Breaking the Siege will continue and will be…
Army Forces West Bank Farmers Off Their Land
Israeli soldiers, today, forced a number of farmers to leave their land, in the southern West Bank village of Kisan,…
Palestinian Officials Respond to ICC Decision: “A Positive and Encouraging Step”
Saeb Erekat, head of the National Committee responsible for following up on the International Criminal Court (ICC), today, confirmed that…
Netanyahu Claims International Court Has ‘No Jurisdiction’ to Investigate Israel for War Crimes
Following the announcement on Friday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague would be investigating the Israeli military…
Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack Shepherd, Unleash Their Dogs Toward Him Near Bethlehem
Many fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, attacked a Shepherd from Kisan village, east of the West Bank…
Israeli Air Force Fires Several Missiles Into Gaza
The Israeli air force fired, on Friday at dawn, several missiles into a few areas in the besieged Gaza Strip,…
Illegal Israeli Colonists Burn Two Palestinian Cars, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Nablus
A group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on private Palestinian lands burnt, on Friday at dawn, two Palestinian cars…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (12 – 18 December 2019)
Summary This week, PCHR documented 149 violations of the international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by…
Charlotte Kates: The Palestinian Economy Under Israeli Occupation
Press TV interviewed Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, about Israel’s occupation of Palestine and control…
Report: UN Body Criticizes Israel’s Racial Segregation Policies
A United Nations human rights committee has called on Israel to “ensure equal treatment for all persons on the territories…
Trump’s Executive Order Targets Federal Funding to Universities in Suppression of Speech on Palestinian Rights
(photo: A classroom in Gaza destroyed in Israel’s 2014 attacks. Credit: Active Stills, Basel Yazouri) U.S. President Donald Trump’s recently…
Human Rights Watch: Israel Using Draconian Military Orders to Repress Palestinians
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has shed light on Israel’s decades-long violations of Palestinians’ fundamental rights through restrictive military orders, urging…