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Tuesday, January 12, 2021 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Culture condemned today a ban by an Israeli court on playing the film “Jenin Jenin” by the artist Mohammad Bakri and…
Israeli forces, on Friday and Saturday at dawn, shot and detained one Palestinian, and detained 3 others, in the occupied West Bank. Awadallah Shehadeh, 35, was standing in front of…
Theodosius Atallah Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, stated that the trade deals between some Arab countries that normalized relations with the illegal…
On Friday, Israeli occupation forces suppressed the weekly march organized in the village of At-Tuwani, south of Hebron, in solidarity with Harun Abu Aram, who was shot and paralyzed last…
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a nonviolent procession in Tiwana village, in Masafer Yatta area, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects…
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, four Palestinians with sponge-tipped bullets and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, shortly before the weekly nonviolent procession in Kufur Qaddoum, east of…
Israeli soldiers sealed, Friday, all entrances of the Tiwana village, in Masafer Yatta area, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Fuad al-‘Amour, the coordinator of the Protection…
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, a young Palestinian man and caused several others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in the al-Mughayyir village, north of the central West Bank city…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man from Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, south of Jericho in northeastern West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted Abdul-Rahman Saleh, 20,…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man from his home in the at-Tour town, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Local sources said the soldiers abducted Adnan Abu…
Mohammad El-Halabi’s experience as a Palestinian prisoner in Israel is unique only in its magnitude of injustice – its essence is common to thousands of Palestinians, including numerous practices that…
Summary for January 7 – 13, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…
JERUSALEM, Thursday, January 14, 2021 (WAFA) – A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem today self-demolished his house in Beit Hanina neighborhood to avoid paying high costs and fines after he…
A Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, Bashar Zubeidat, 19, died Monday from wounds sustained on Friday, when he was shot by Israeli police with multiple live rounds. In response to his…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, three young men near Jenin, one in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, and one near Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem,…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Kafr Malik and al-Mughayer Palestinian villages, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched and ransacked dozens of homes, and abducted…
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists infiltrated, on Thursday at dawn, into Turmus Ayya Palestinian village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, burnt two cars, and caused severe…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, eight young men during protests that erupted after the army invaded the at-Tour town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in addition to two…
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in northern West Bank, said a child was injured, Wednesday, after a speeding Israeli army jeep rammed him while riding his bicycle. The sources said…
Despite an official decision from the Israeli Police and the “Civil Administration Office,” several illegal Israeli colonialist settlers tried to occupy and annex a Palestinian land in the al-Baq’a area,…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, two Palestinian teenage boys in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources said the soldiers attacked several…
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has warned, Wednesday, that a cancer-stricken political prisoner held by Israel is currently in a life-threatening condition at the Soroka Israel medical center. The Committee said…
Israeli military bulldozers uprooted, Wednesday, more than eighty trees and bulldozed 8 Dunams of farmlands, east of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Media…
A group of fanatic Israeli colonists, squatting on private Palestinian lands near Nablus, in northern West Bank, invaded large areas of farmlands and started plowing them, in addition to assaulting…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army stormed and ransacked many homes. The soldiers also invaded and…
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in southern West Bank, has reported that a young man lost his arm after an explosive, dropped by the army during training, detonated near him,…
Israeli soldiers shot, on Tuesday at night, a young Palestinian man near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing moderate wounds, before abducting him, allegedly…
Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the European Union, has called on Israel to stop the construction of its colonies in the occupied West…
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists uprooted, Tuesday, dozens of olive trees and grapevines owned by Palestinians from Beit Ummar and Halhoul towns, near Hebron, in the southern part…
Israeli soldiers bulldozed, Tuesday, large areas of Palestinian farmlands in Einabus village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of monitoring…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the village of Kardala, in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, and confiscated equipment, including heavy machinery, while working on rehabilitating a road.…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the…
Dozens of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Monday evening, many Palestinian cars, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, causing damage and wounding one man in the…
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported that a young Palestinian man who was only released from Israeli detention camps a few months ago, had died, on Monday evening,…
The Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is set to approve 850 new units in illegal colonies, built on stolen Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, this…
Israeli soldiers continued, Monday, the closure of the al-Mughayyir Palestinian village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, for the fifth consecutive day, preventing the residents from entering…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, during violent invasions of dozens of…
Israeli soldiers shot, Monday, six Palestinian workers near the gate of the illegal Annexation Wall, west of Far’un town, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. Eyewitnesses said…
Israeli soldiers fired, Sunday, many live rounds at Palestinian farmers on their lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the…
Israeli soldiers invaded large areas of Palestinian lands, and attempted to uproot them in Wadi ar-Rababa area in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem before the…
Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, Palestinian olive orchards in Qusra village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted 130 olive saplings. Ghassan Daghlas, a…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, twelve Palestinians, and assaulted five of them, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded Wadi ar-Rababa neighborhood,…
Palestinian civilians held a demonstration, on Saturday, in Kafr Thuluth village, southeast of Qalqilia, in the northern occupied West Bank, in rejection of Israel’s accelerated settlement expansion, the Palestinian Information…
A Palestinian family was forced to destroy a section of their home in Silwan town, on Friday, after the Israeli occupation authorities threatened to demolish the entire house, the Palestinian…
Two Palestinians were injured, on Friday, when Israeli soldiers opened fire with tear-gas towards the peaceful protesters in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern occupied West Bank,…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Highlights from December 22, 2020 to January 4, 2021 On 26 December, following the…
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, nonviolent Palestinian protesters marching against Israel’s illegal colonies in Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and Deir Jarir, northeast of…
A Palestinian teenager sustained moderate injuries today after a piece of ordnance left behind the Israeli occupation army exploded in the area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Palestinian communities in Jenin, Hebron, and Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and abducted five Palestinians. The Palestinian Prisoners Society…
Israeli soldiers injured, on Thursday evening, dozens of Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Mohammad Awad, a local media…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, a Palestinian Bedouin community near Beit Iksa village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and dismantled eight residential sheds. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers dismantled the eight…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, a former political prisoner from Khirbat Umm Dar village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Montaser Sammour, the head of the…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at night, the village of Tayasir, east of Tubas in northeastern West Bank, and searched many homes. Media sources in Tubas, said several army jeeps…
The Israeli military court announced today its guilty verdict against Palestinian Issa Amro, in what human rights advocates have called a “campaign of persecution” against a nonviolent community organizer. by…
A report released by the Palestinian Prisoners Society Wednesday found that 226 prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons have died in detention since 1967. This is in addition to hundreds…
In its weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of December 31, 2020 – January 6, 2021, the Palestinian Center for Human…
The Israeli government approved a colonialist plan aiming at constructing 1406 units on stolen Palestinian lands east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Rafe’ Rawajba,…
Israeli navy boats attacked with live fire, on Thursday at dawn, several fishing boats in Palestinian waters, north of Gaza city, in addition to farmers on their lands, east of…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, three Palestinians from Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and in Hebron, in the southern part. Several army jeeps invaded Qalqilia, before the soldiers…
Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday evening, many Palestinians in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem. Local sources said the soldiers invaded the town, especially the ‘Obeid neighborhood, before stopping and…
Several illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Thursday, several Palestinians on their lands in Kafr Malik village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and injured three. Eyewitnesses said the…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Palestinian communities in Bethlehem and Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, shot a young man and abducted five others. Media sources in Bethlehem,…
Press Release: Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and Al Dameer (the organisations) express concern that significant time has passed since the opening of…
Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday evening, dozens of Palestinians in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in southern West Bank. Media sources in…
The Israeli occupation authorities uprooted, Wednesday, a plan for the illegal annexation of 1008 Dunams of Palestinian lands near Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. Salfit governor, Abdullah Kamil, has reported…
In an ongoing and serious escalation, Israeli soldiers cut and uprooted more than 3400 Palestinian olive trees and saplings, owned by Palestinian villagers of Deir Ballout, west of Salfit, in…
Israeli soldiers fired, on Wednesday morning, many live rounds into Palestinian farmlands in the southern part of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired dozens of…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinians in Nablus governorate, two in Hebron, and one in Ramallah, in the northern, southern, and central parts of the occupied West…
Ramallah: Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” issued its monthly observatory for the month of December 2020 regarding the Israeli demolition, confiscation, eviction and seizure operations against Palestinian establishments, whether religious, tourist,…
Updated: The doctors at the Intensive Care Unit and Surgery performed surgery to stabilize the condition of the seriously wounded young man, Haroun Abu Aram, 24. However, CT-Scans revealed the…
Groups of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Tuesday, dozens of Palestinian cars near Ramallah, Jenin, and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, causing damage, and burnt tires to block traffic.…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, the al-Khader Palestinian town, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and demolished an agricultural room, in addition to uprooting…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, many communities in Tulkarem, Nablus, and Jenin, in northern West Bank, abducted eight Palestinians, and confiscated a bulldozer. Media sources in Tulkarem said the soldiers invaded…
A large group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists, accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Tuesday, amidst calls for demolishing it, while the soldiers also…
Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, many Palestinians in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp and Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, in addition to Ya’bad…
On Tuesday, Israeli forces shot and killed a 24-year-old Palestinian, identified as ‘Aahed Abdul-Rahman Mahmoud Ekhlayyel, 24, from Beit Ummar village, near the military base of Gush Etzion, in the southern…
Report By The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories B’Tselem: Over the course of 2020, Israeli security forces killed 27 Palestinians, seven of them minors: one…
On Monday, a group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, west of Bethlehem city, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, flooded farmlands with wastewater. Mohammad…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Anata Palestinian town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, before demolishing structures and walls, only a week after issuing the destruction orders. Taha Refa’ey, the Mayor of…
Israeli soldiers fired, on Monday morning, live rounds at Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence, fired many…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, three young Palestinian men from occupied East Jerusalem, and one near Bethlehem, in the West Bank. The soldiers stormed and searched homes in…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, seven Palestinians from their homes in Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, and one Palestinian from Nablus, in the northern part. The soldiers…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, before storming into Thabet Thabet governmental hospital, and fired several concussion grenades. Dr. Haitham Shadeed, the…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of Jericho Palestinian city in the West Bank, and shot two Palestinians with live fire, one with a…
A group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, attacked on Monday morning Palestinian homes, and punctured the tires of several vehicles, in Sarta village, west of the…
The former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nicolay Mladenov angered Palestinians on Sunday when he claimed that the normalization process between Israel and several Arab countries…
An Israeli settler was injured with a stone, on Sunday, as she was driving through the central occupied West Bank, Israel’s Y-Net News reported. The stone, thrown by unidentified individuals,…
Palestinian villagers from Wad Fukin, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, managed to foil an attack by a group of illegal Israeli colonists targeting their…
Israeli navy ships opened fire, Sunday, at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in the southern and northern parts of the coastal region. Zakariya Bakr, the coordinator of the…
Israeli soldiers bulldozed and uprooted, Sunday, large areas of Palestinian olive orchards in Khallet Hassan village, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit. The attack is linked to…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, twenty Palestinians, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, most of them from Deir Nitham village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah,…
Israeli soldiers injured, Saturday, dozens of Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, after the army attacked the weekly procession. Morad Eshteiwi, the…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, two Palestinian teenage boys in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources in Beit Fajjar…
Groups of illegal Israeli colonists continued, Saturday, their violations and escalation against the Palestinians, and attacked farmers near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, in addition to Shepherds in…
Israeli soldiers killed 48 Palestinians, including two women and eight children, during the ongoing and escalating violations against the Palestinian people, in the year 2020, the Martyrs’ Families Coalition has…
By Dr. Ramzy Baroud for Middle East Monitor On December 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to…
Illegal Israeli colonists uprooted, Friday, more than 300 Palestinian olive trees in the at-Taerat area, west of Hares town, northwest of the central West Bank city of Salfit. Media sources…
Illegal Israeli colonists, squatting on Palestinian lands, attacked many Palestinians, including shepherds, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and south of Hebron, in southern West Bank. Ghassan…
The Israeli occupation army opened fire at Palestinian protestors, Friday, injuring dozens, during the weekly anti-settlement march in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern occupied West Bank.…
Summary for December 24 – 30, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…