Month: March 2021

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Wednesday, a Palestinian from Tubas, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank. Kamal Bani Odah, the head of the Tubas office of the Palestinian…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian farmlands, Wednesday, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, before bulldozing them and installing sandhills. Eyewitnesses said the military vehicles came…

Israeli soldiers closed, for the second day, the archeological site in Sebastia Palestinian town, north of Nablus, in northern West Bank, to allow groups of colonialist settlers into it. The…

A group of illegal Israeli colonists, accompanied by many soldiers, invaded an archaeological site, Tuesday, in the Sammoa’ Palestinian town, south of Hebron, in southern West Bank. Local sources said…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier on Wednesday, two young Palestinian men from their homes, while the army also accompanied colonialist setters into a site, near Ramallah, in central West Bank. Media…

33 year old Munir Anabtawi from Haifa was killed by Israeli police on Tuesday in Haifa, in the northern part of what is now Israel. Munir was mentally disabled and…

On Tuesday, a group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands in Deir Istiya and Qarawat Bani Hassan towns, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit,…

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported that a Palestinian detainee, identified as Emad Rabay’a, is facing a serious health condition at the Negev Desert detention camp. The commission…

Despite his deteriorating health condition, the Israeli authorities transferred a detainee who began a hunger strike 40 days ago, from Kaplan Israeli Medical Center to solitary confinement in Nitzan prison,…

(WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities today detained at least 10 Palestinians from across the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS). Three people were detained in the…

We write as Jewish faculty from across Canadian universities and colleges with deep concern regarding recent interventions on our campuses relating to Israel and Palestine. Addressing all forms of racism…

Several Israeli army vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian farmlands, on Monday morning, east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the vehicles, including four armored bulldozers, came…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn and on Sunday evening, three Palestinians, including one child, from Jerusalem and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, a Palestinian from occupied Jerusalem, just moments after his release from prison after serving a 20-year prison sentence. The soldiers abducted Majd Barbar, from Ras al-‘Amoud…

A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Sunday, a privately-owned Palestinian land, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and installed a tent. Local nonviolent…

Israeli navy ships attacked, on Monday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats, less than three nautical miles from the shore, northwest of Gaza city, in the besieged coastal region. Eyewitnesses said…

Israeli soldiers confiscated, Sunday, a Palestinian tractor and denied many farmers access to their own lands, west of Salfit, in central West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the…

Illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, on Sunday evening, many Palestinian farmers on their lands in Kafr Ed-Deek town, northwest of Salfit, in central West Bank, wounding a young man, in…

Israeli forces, on Sunday, chased Palestinian workers, causing one to sustain a serious injury, near the apartheid wall near Rummanah village, northwest of Jenin, in northern occupied West Bank. The…

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) – Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been deprived of identity documents and consequently several basic rights, most notably the right to…

(MEMO) – In the latest opposition to the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, favoured by staunch advocates of the state of Israel, a group of over…

Israeli forces, with the help of illegal colonial settlers, on Saturday, blocked a Palestinian farmer from working on his own land near Kifl Hares, west of Salfit, in the northern…

A Palestinian teen has implicated Israeli police and prison guards in assaulting and torturing him during his arrest in December of 2020, and subsequent interrogation and imprisonment. The Palestinian Commission…

NEW YORK, Thursday, March 25, 2021 (WAFA) – US Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced today that her country was resuming assistance programs to the Palestinian people, starting…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, injuring one child and causing dozens of residents to suffer…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Friday, five Palestinians, including a former government minister and two siblings, from their homes in Jerusalem and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, many Palestinians during the weekly nonviolent procession, in Beit Dajan village, east of the northern west Bank city of Nablus. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers shot three…

The Israeli authorities have transferred, Friday, the corpse of a slain Palestinian man, who was killed by the army in February, back to his family. Media sources in Ramallah, in…

Summary for March 18 – 24, 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…

NEW YORK, Thursday, March 25, 2021 (WAFA) – UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said today that the ongoing Israeli settlement activities significantly damage prospects for…

The Israeli authorities demolished, Thursday, the al-Arakib Bedouin village, in the Negev Desert, for the 185th time in a row. The soldiers, accompanied by the police, stormed the Bedouin community,…

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported, Thursday, that a Palestinian detainee, held by Israeli under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, is ongoing with a hunger strike for the…

Israeli navy ships attacked, Thursday, several Palestinian fishing boats, causing one to capsize, near Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the navy fired many live rounds, and…

Illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Thursday, a Palestinian man from the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem city, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, causing various cuts…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Salfit city, in central West Bank, searched homes and injured several Palestinians. Local sources said the soldiers wired and detonated the front doors…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, at least twenty-four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, among them twenty who were taken prisoner in Beit Kahil town, north of Hebron. The Palestinian Prisoners’…

A Palestinian young man, on Wednesday, fell to his death while being chased by Israeli police in the coastal city of Jaffa, Tel Aviv in Israel, Quds News Network reported.…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday evening, two young Palestinian men in Bir Nibala town, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the town, and opened fire at…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, four Palestinian homes in several parts of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The soldiers invaded the as-Sal’a neighborhood in Jabal al-Mokabber town,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, 27 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes and interrogated scores of Palestinians, the Palestinian…

BETHLEHEM, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli bulldozers today razed a plot of Palestinian land in the village of Kisan, east of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem,…

The Israeli air force, Tuesday night, bombed several sites in the besieged Gaza Strip, after a rocket was allegedly fired from the Strip, falling into an open field near Be’er…

On 19 March 2021, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Cairo Institute for Human Rights…

By Hamdullah Baycar for Anadolu Agency As the relationship between the Persian Gulf riparian Arab countries and Israel grew closer by the day, this momentum, led by the United Arab…

Geneva (QNN) – Kuwait appealed to the UN Human Rights Council, last week, to activate legal mechanisms to guarantee accountability of the Israeli occupation for continued violations of the Palestinians’…

Since the initial observation of the United Nations World Water Day on 22 March 1993, Israel, as the Occupying Power in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), has continued to consolidate…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Tuesday, three young Palestinian men, and briefly detained a young woman, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Several army vehicles invaded Halhoul town, north…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Tuesday at dawn, many Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused several others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in the al-‘Arma Mountain area, in…

GENEVA, Monday, March 22, 2021 (WAFA) – The United Nations should take action against Israel’s discriminatory policies and compel it to respect relevant international laws on equality and non-discrimination, the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, eighteen Palestinians from their homes, in Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said. The PPS office…

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), and the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) Issue a joint Press Release on the Occasion of World Water Day; on March 22nd, 2021 The…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Water is the essence of all forms of life, including that of humans. As such, water is a recognized human right by itself, as well as…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: March 21, 2021: March 21 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It was first proclaimed in 1966 by the United Nations…

HEBRON, Monday, March 22, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers today barred Palestine TV crew from reporting at Ein al-Bayda village in the south of the West Bank and forced the…

Israeli navy ships fired, on Monday morning, dozens of live rounds, and used water cannons, targeting Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Beit Lahia, in the…

Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Sunday, Palestinian lands in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and started preparing for a new…

A Palestinian man had to demolish his own home, Sunday, in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, to avoid the excessively high fines and fees. Media sources…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, eight Palestinians, including two siblings, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Media sources in Jerusalem said the soldiers…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Sunday, the archeological area in Sebastia Palestinian town, north of Nablus, in northern West Bank. Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, said a large military force…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, seven young Palestinian men, including siblings, from Sneiria village, south of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Saif Omar, the mayor of Sneiria,…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, Palestinian protestors at the weekly march in the northern occupied West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas. Morad Eshteiwi,…

On Friday, Israeli colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands in the Susiya area, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked a Palestinian man, causing fractures. Rateb…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) Protection of Civilians Report for March 2 – 15, 2021 On 7 March, an…

A Palestinian man was shot and killed, on Friday, when Israeli forces opened fire at non-violent protestors near Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, several shops and one home in Hebron city, and Beit Awwa nearby town, in southern West Bank, in addition to installing a roadblock.…

Israeli colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, invaded Beit Iksa village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, on Friday at dawn, burnt two Palestinian cars, and wrote racist graffiti. Media sources…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Thursday morning, at Palestinian farmers and shepherds, while the navy attacked fishermen, in the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed in military…

Summary for March 11 – 17, 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…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, seven Palestinians, including children, in addition to attacking a family in their home, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Hebron, in…

Israeli soldiers continued, Thursday, the uprooting and bulldozing of large areas of Palestinian lands in Jinsafut Palestinian village, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. Local sources said the soldiers…

On Thursday, two Palestinian siblings from Jabal al-Mokabber village, in occupied Jerusalem, had to evacuate their homes and remove their furniture and belongings, after the City Council denied appeals against…

By Maher Al-Tabba for Middle East Monitor The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to suffer from the Israeli-led blockade imposed since 2007. Add to this Israel’s military offensives and…

(WAFA) – The Palestinian Presidency, on Wednesday, warned that all Israeli unilateral actions are designed to torpedo international efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East. Presidential Spokesman, Nabil Abu…

A new report issued last week by B’Tselem and Kerem Navot, “This Is Ours – And This, Too: Israel’s Settlement Policy in the West Bank”, exposes the mechanisms Israel uses…

On Wednesday, a group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, uprooted more than 40 olive saplings in an orchard in Jaloud village, south of the northern West…

March 16th, 2021 marks 18 years since American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli armored bulldozer in Rafah, in southern Gaza. Rachel Corrie was a 23-year-old American…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a child, from Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, and two in Tulkarem, in the West Bank. The Bethlehem office of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank. Local sources said many army vehicles invaded the city from several directions…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Kafr Aqab town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and injured dozens of Palestinians, in addition to demolishing a storage room and bulldozing lands. The…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) – West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report for February 2021   Highlights 82 structures, including 65…

Israeli soldiers chased, Monday, Palestinian shepherds in the ath-Tha’la area, in Masafer Yatta, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and prevented them from reaching water wells in…

On 13 March 2021, Al-Haq sent letters to High Representative of the European Commission and European Union (EU) member states, following concerning statements made by various EU member states, rejecting…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until dawn hours Monday, twenty Palestinians, and assaulted at least three, including a child, in several parts of…

Israeli soldiers and personnel of the “Environment Protection Authority,” confiscated more than 100 sheep from a Palestinian shepherd in a Janba grazing area, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron,…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday at dawn, a Palestinian worker near the illegal annexation wall, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Local sources said the worker was among…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Beit Ta’mar village, east of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished three agricultural rooms. Hasan Breijiyya, the head…

Two Palestinian families from occupied Jerusalem were forced to demolish their own buildings, late on Sunday at night, to avoid paying excessively high fines and fees after the City Council…

Update: March 14th The Hamas-led Interior Ministry in Gaza released the results of its investigation into the deaths of the three fishermen off the coast of Gaza near Khan Younis.…

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) condemns the Israeli decisions to evacuate and demolish Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, paving the way for implementing Israeli plans for a massive…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Sunday, toward Palestinian-manned fishing boats sailing in the Mediterranean off the coast of the isolated and besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, two high school Palestinian students in Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Montaser Sammour, the head of the Jenin office of…

Israel approved, Sunday, a plan to confiscate dozens of dunams of privately-owned Palestinian lands near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The soldiers also uprooted lands near…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, Sunday, a Palestinian man near Salfit, in central West Bank, causing various wounds. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted Nabil Saqer Obeid, from Kifl Hares town, north of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the towns of Hizma, al-‘Isawiya and the at-Tour, in occupied Jerusalem, abducted four Palestinians from their homes, and shot one. Media sources said the soldiers invaded…

On Saturday evening, many illegal Israeli colonists, squatting on Palestinian lands near the Tiwana village, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked homes,…

On Saturday, in the northern part of the West Bank near Nablus, a gang of armed Israeli paramilitary colonial settlers from the illegal colony “Givat Ronin” attacked Palestinian homes on…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in Jerusalem and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The army also detained several Palestinians while trying to enter…

A group of extremist Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands near Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked many homes, on Saturday at dawn,…

A group of illegal Israeli colonists, on Saturday, assaulted a Palestinian family who were tending to their land in the South Hebron Hills, in southern occupied West Bank. B’Tselem, the…

Anadolu – Israeli authorities once again demolished, on Thursday, a Palestinian Bedouin village in the southern Negev region of Israel. “The Israeli authorities demolished the al-Araqib village for the 184th…