Female Detainee On Hunger Strike Since Tuesday
Lawyer of the Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Firas Sabbah, stated that he managed, last Thursday, to visit detainee Amani al-Khandaqji, at the Israeli Asqalan prison, and that…
Ayalon: “We Will Not Allow UN Committee Members Into The Country”
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, stated Sunday that Israel will not cooperate with the United Nations Human Rights Council and its investigation committee, and will not allow committee members…
Soldiers Attack Detainees, Conduct Forced DNA Tests
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Saturday that Palestinian political prisoners in Nafha, Megiddo , Gilboa’, and Ramon Israeli prisons, returned their meals on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning, in…
Ambassadors Of Portugal, South Africa, Teargased Near Ramallah
Ambassadors of Portugal and South Africa were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs at dozens…
U.S. Likely To Release $147M To P.A.
Republican Lawmaker, Representative Kay Granger, stated Friday that she will be releasing $147 Million to the Palestinian Authority, headed by Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, after she withheld the…
Al-Ma’sara Village Holds Its Weekly Non-violent Protest
Dozens of local residents, and International peace activists, held the weekly non-violent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements in al-Ma’sara village, near Bethlehem. Israeli soldiers attacked the protestors leading…
Soldiers Invade Several Towns Near Hebron
Israeli army invaded on Thursday at night several towns near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and also invaded several neighborhoods in the city. Clashes were reported.Eyewitnesses reported that…
Army Detains A Child At Roadblock Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday evening, a 12-year-old Palestinian child at a roadblock close to an illegal Israeli settlement, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.The Palestinian News…
PCHR Weekly: “Army Conducts 56 Invasions Into W. Bank, 1 In Gaza”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the occupied territory for the period between March 15-21,…
UN Human Rights Council Calls For Investigation Of Israeli Settlements
With the United States singled out with its opposing vote, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations passed on Thursday a resolution ordering the first ever investigation into the…
Power Crisis Posing Serious Health Risks In Gaza
The Hamas led Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip is now trying hard to control the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip, following the serious shortages of electricity and fuel…
Soldiers Kidnap 11 year old Child From His Classroom
A report by the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, revealed that on Monday Israeli soldiers kidnapped an 11 year old Palestinian child while he sat behind his desk at an elementary school…
Soldiers Invade Nabi Saleh Village
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into and searched several homes causing damage to personal property, before…
Israeli Court Upholds Appeal To End Discrimination In “Feast Meals”
For the first time in Israel’s history, the Israeli District Court upheld an appeal filed on behalf a Palestinian political prisoner from the northern West Bank city of Jenin demanding…
Shalabi Moved To Hospital After Sharp Health Deterioration
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated on Monday evening that hunger-striking detainee Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, who has been on hunger strike since 34 days, was moved to Meir Israeli Hospital,…
23 Detainees Holding Hunger-Strike
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported, Monday, that there are 23 detainees who are currently on hunger-strike protesting the illegal policies of Administrative Detention used by Israel…
Settlers Attack Homes In Hebron
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers of the Ramat Yishai illegal settlement outpost, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked on Sunday at night several Palestinian homes…
Soldiers Invade Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Sunday at night, Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into and searched several homes, and vowed further invasions and…
Israel: “P.A Not Ready For Statehood”
As part of its efforts to obstruct every step the Palestinians conduct to achieve statehood recognition, the Israeli government is preparing an extensive report to submit it to the donor…
Soldiers Broke Into Detention Camps 6 Times Last Week
Palestinian Researcher specialized in detainees’ affair, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that Israeli soldiers broke into prisons and detention centers six times last week, attacked and violated the rights of the Palestinian…
PCHR Weekly Report: “24 Palestinians Killed, 74 Wounded”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between March 8 and 14, 2012,…
Zahhar: “Resistance Is Solid, Ongoing”
Hamas political leader, Mahmoud Zahhar, stated Thursday that resistance against the Israeli occupation, and all of resistance strategies and methods are strong, solid and ongoing.His statements came during a meeting…
Army Bombards Farmlands In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force bombarded, on Thursday evening, Palestinian farmlands in Sheikh Ejleen area, west of Gaza city; no injuries were reported.Eyewitnesses told the Maan News Agency that the missiles…
Palestinian Detainees To Hold Hunger Strike
The Media Office of the Waed Society for Detainees and Ex-Detainees reported that Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps intend to declare, in April, one of the largest…
France Grants P.A. €10 Million
The French Foreign Ministry stated that it will be granting the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank €10 Million in direct financial aid to help it deal with and…
Army Uproots Farmlands Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers uprooted, on Tuesday, Palestinian farmlands that belong to local residents of the Al-Majnouna area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Resident Mohammad Amro…
Settlers Expand Hebron Settlement
A group of extremist Israeli settlers expanded, Tuesday, the illegal Negahot settlement outpost on the expense of privately owned Palestinian lands in Doura city, near the southern West Bank city…
11 Detainees Wounded, One seriously, In Asqalan Prison
Israeli soldiers broke, on Monday at dawn, into Asqalan prison, and attacked dozens of Palestinian political prisoners, wounding eleven, one seriously. The soldiers tried to force several detainees to submit…
Father, Daughter, Killed In Israeli Air Strike
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Monday that a father and his daughter were killed when the Israeli Air Force bombarded Tal Az-Za’tar area in Beit Lahia, in…
Airstrike Kills Child, Wounds Six In Northern Gaza, Death Toll 21
A Palestinian child was killed, on Monday morning, and six others were injured, while they were heading to school in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. 21 Palestinians have…
Airstrike Kills Child, Wounds Six In Northern Gaza, Death Toll 21
A Palestinian child was killed, on Monday morning, and six others were injured, while they were heading to school in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. 21 Palestinians have…
Palestinian Killed, 37 Wounded, In 7 Israeli Air Strikes
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one Palestinian was killed, and 33 residents, mostly children, were injured in a new wave of Israeli air strikes targeting several…
35 Residents, Mainly Children, Wounded In Fresh Israeli Attack
The Israeli Air Force carried out, earlier on Monday at dawn, a new wave of air strikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip causing excessive damage while 35 Palestinians,…
Ashrawi: “Israel Is Committing Extrajudicial Executions
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated Saturday that Israel is committing crimes and extrajudicial assassinations against the Palestinian people in the…
Settlers Attack Two Towns Near Hebron
A number of armed extremist Israeli settlers attacked, on Saturday, the outskirts of the towns of Yatta and Bani Neim, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while the…
Fifteen Palestinians Killed, 30 Injured, In 24 Hours
As Israel continues its military offensive against the Gaza Strip since Friday evening, Palestinian medical sources reported that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles arrived to 15, while…
Two Palestinian Killed; 14 In Less Than 24 Hours
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two Palestinian were killed, on Saturday at noon, when the Israeli army fired a missile at their motorcycle, in Khan Younis,…
Two protesters wounded in Friday demos against Israeli Annexation Wall
Weekly non-violent protests were held on Friday afternoon in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in, Al Mas’ara and Nabi Saleh. Two citizens were injured in addition to dozens of cases of…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 children killed, 4 civilians wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 01 – 07 March 2012, two Palestinian children were killed by the…
18-Month Child Killed, Her Sister Injured, After Falling Into Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Thursday, that an 18-month-old Palestinian child was killed, and her 30-month-old sister was injured, after falling into a siege-busting tunnel, in Rafah,…
Cameraman Sentenced To 18 Months, 1300 USD
The Ofer Israeli Military Court sentenced on Thursday Palestinian cameraman, from Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to eighteen months imprisonment and 1300 USD fine.The Friends…
Despite Her Deteriorating Condition, Ash-Shalabi Continues Her Hunger-strike
Palestinian political detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, 30, is ongoing with her hunger-strike for the 22nd day in a row, rejecting her illegal administrative detention, and demanding her immediate and unconditional release.…
Abbas Agrees To Head Interim Government
The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) announced Wednesday that president Mahmoud Abbas agreed to be the head of the upcoming interim Palestinian government for a few months,…
Amy Kidnaps 12 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, twelve Palestinians in several parts of the West Bank, local sources reported.Soldiers invaded several cities, towns, villages and refugee camps in different parts…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Near Ramallah
A group of armed Israeli settlers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Qarawat Bani Zeid village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attacked several residents causing one injury.Local…
Maariv: “Muslim Woman, Israel’s Secret Weapon To Counter Apartheid Week”
Israeli paper Maariv published a report stating that a Muslim woman from Dir Hanna Arab town, north of the country, is part of an Israeli team that was set up…
Settlers Try To Install Outpost In Place Of Evacuated Settlement
A group of armed extremist settlers, attacked on Tuesday afternoon, the location of the former Homesh settlement, in the northern part of the West Bank, and installed an outpost before…
Resistance Groups Apprehend A ‘Collaborator’
Armed resistance groups in the Gaza Strip declare they managed to apprehend a resident, believed to be “a dangerous collaborator with the Israeli occupation”, and that he was tasked with…
Army Kidnapped 200 Residents In Hebron Since The Beginning Of 2012
Amjad An-Najjar, head of the Hebron branch of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped more than 200 residents in the Hebron district, in the southern part…
Gunmen Detonate Egyptian Gas Pipeline
A group of masked gunmen, detonated on Monday an Egyptian gas pipeline that exports Egyptian gas to Jordan and Israel; the attack is the 13th since February of last year,…
Military Court Extends Administrative Detention Order Against PLC Member
The Israeli “Ofer” Military Court ruled, Monday, for extending the Administrative Detention order, for the second time, against elected Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member, Mohammad Abu Teir, for additional six…
Army Kidnaps 10 Palestinians Including 5 Children
The Wadi Hilwa Information center reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians, including five children, in occupied East Jerusalem, and in Hebron, in the southern part…
Report: “Army Kidnaps Palestinians For Training Purposes”
The International Tadamun (Solidarity) Foundation for Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers have been recently invading Palestinians area, breaking into homes at night and kidnapping Palestinian youths, in order to…
Protesters disrupt conference of Israeli lobby group in Washington DC
The annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, held this weekend in Washington DC, was attended by US President Barack Obama and Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who…
Two Women, One Child, Kidnapped During Visitation At Ramon Prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Sunday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two women and one child while visiting family members held at the Ramon Israeli Prison.The PPS said that Dayala…
Soldiers Invade Jenin, Nearby Areas, Breaks Into Homes
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the Jenin refugee camp, and a number of nearby areas, broke into and searched several homes;…
Army Prevents Medical Committee From Visiting Hunger-Striking Detainee
The Israeli Prison Administration prevented, Saturday, a medical committee from visiting hunger-striking detainee, Hana’ Yahia Ash-Shalabi, 30, who has been on hunger-strike for the eighteenth consecutive day protesting humiliation and…
Israel Accepts Appeal Against New Settlement Plan In Hebron
The Israeli Higher Planning Council, running under the Military leadership in the occupied West Bank, accepted an appeal against a construction plan for a new Israeli settlement, south of the…
Palestinian Killed, Two Wounded, After Falling into Tunnel In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Saturday, that one resident was killed and several others were injured after falling into a siege-busting tunnel along the Egypt border in…
Report: “120 Palestinians To Be displaced Due To Military Orders”
The “Land Research Center” issued a press release, on Friday, stating that 120 Palestinians will be displaced and prevented access to their farmlands due to an Israeli military plan, and…
Shalabi Determined To Continue Her Hunger-Strike
Detainee Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, who has been hunger-striking since more than two weeks now, stated that she is determined to continue her strike in order to highlight the plight of all…
PCHR Weekly Report: One civilian killed, 6 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23 – 29 Feb. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Report: “Israel Kidnapped 380 Palestinians In February”
Palestinian researcher, specialized in Detainees’ Affairs, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that Israel heightened the rate of its illegal arrests of the Palestinians in the occupied territories in February, and kidnapped more…
Egypt’s Parliament Recommends Supplying Gaza With Electricity, Fuel
The Arab Affairs Committee at the Egyptian People’s Assembly of the Parliament recommended on Thursday conducting a legal study to determine and improve the operational methods of border terminals between…
Army Kidnaps 12 Palestinians In Jenin, Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn thirteen Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the southern West Bank city of Hebron. On Tuesday evening, soldiers kidnapped…
Israel To Release Dozens Of Detainees
The International Solidarity for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration decided to release dozens of Palestinian political prisoners under certain set conditions; detainees sentenced to more than four…
Palestinian Sentenced To 4 Years For “Affiliation With Hamas”
An Israeli court sentenced, on Wednesday, a Palestinian from occupied East Jerusalem to five years imprisoned for what the prosecution called “affiliation with the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas”.The Israeli Radio…
Report: “Army, Settlers, Carried Out 145 Attacks In February”
The Wall and Settlements Information Center at the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Wall and Settlements, issued a report revealing that Israeli soldiers and settlers carried out 145 attacks against the…
Israeli troops kill alleged gun smuggler on Israel-Egypt border
An Egyptian man was killed Tuesday by Israeli troops while attempting to cross into Israel. Israeli sources report that a group of fifteen men were seen attempting to cross the…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved Back To Security Detainees Facility
The Israeli Prison Administration moved, on Tuesday, hunger-striking female detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, to the security prisoners branch of the Ha-Sharon Israeli prison, after she was previously moved to the section…
Army Clashes With Gunmen At Border With Egypt
The Israeli Army Radio reported Tuesday that Israeli soldiers exchanged fire with a group of gunmen on the Egyptian-Israeli border, adding that one gunman was killed during the clashes.The Radio…
Israeli government confirms plan for segregated settler train system
On Monday, Israeli officials announced their intention to construct a train system for Israeli settlers living in violation of international law in the West Bank.Although Israel’s Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz…
Dozens Of Settlers Attack Home In Burin, Cut Olive Trees
Palestinian sources reported that dozens of armed Israeli settlers attacked, on Monday evening, a home in Burin village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and chopped several olive…
Al-Quds Conference Decides To Head To UN
The Al-Quds Conference, held in Doha – Qatar, concluded its deliberations on Monday with a decision to head to the United Nations over the ongoing Israeli violations and escalation against…
US Students campaign for release of nonviolent activist Fadi Quran
After Israeli forces pepper sprayed and abducted US citizen and non-violent activist Fadi Quran on Friday, a group of students at Quran’s alma mater Stanford University have spearheaded a campaign…
Japanese Distributer Ends Contract With AHAVA
DaitoCrea, Japanese agent of the Israeli cosmetics firm, AHAVA, announced on their Webpage that it has ended all sales of AHAVA products for what it attributed to “financial reasons”. Boycott…
Palestinian Who Was Repeatedly Rammed By Settler Vehicle Sentenced To 12.5 Years
The Israeli Ofer Military Court sentenced on Sunday resident Waseem Maswada, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, to twelve and a half years as he faced “attempted murder”…
Islamic-Christian Committee Calls For Protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Islamic-Christian Committee for Protecting Jerusalem and the Holy Sites, called on the Arab, Islamic and international countries to intervene for halting the escalating Israeli attacks against the Al-Aqsa Mosque…
Troops Invade Nabi Saleh Village
Israeli troops invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into several homes and searched them causing extensive damage.Local sources…
Detainee Shalabi Enters Her Eleventh Day Of Hunger Strike
Female detainee, Hana Ash-Shalabi, entered her eleventh day of open-ended hunger strike at her cell at the Ha-Sharon Israeli prison, protesting her illegal detention and the administrative detention order served…
New Video Showing Israeli Soldiers Abusing A Cuffed, Blindfolded Palestinian
A new video showing Israeli soldiers abusing Ashraf Abu Rahma, who was cuffed and blindfolded, was released after being shot by a hidden camera in Ni’lin village, near the central…
Soldiers Invade Al-Boreij Refugee Camp In Central Gaza
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, an area east of the Al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition, while military choppers flew overhead firing…
Clashes Took Place At The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian sources reported Friday that clashes took place between dozens of youths at the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and Israeli soldiers who fired gas bombs at them leading…
PCHR Weekly Report: 25 Palestinians wounded, 21 abducted in 74 Israeli incursions
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 16 – 22 Feb. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Female Detainee Declares Hunger Strike
Palestinian Researcher, specialized in Detainees Affairs, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that female detainee Hana’ Yahia Ash-Shalaby, 28, declared hunger strike after Israel transferred her into Administrative Detention without charges for six…
Extremist Israeli MK Denied US Visa For Terror Affiliation
Extremist far-right Israeli Member of Knesset, Michael Ben Ari, of the fundamentalist National Union Party (Ichud Leumi), was denied a Visa to the United States for his affiliation with a…
Troops kidnap A Former Detainee, His Wife And Daughter
Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, former political prisoner, Majdi Al-Ajouly, in addition to his wife and underage daughter, in Foqeen village, near the…
Zahalka: “Lieberman’s Statements Reveal Israel’s Racist Nature”
Arab Member of Knesset (MK), Jamal Zahalka, of the National Democratic Assembly, strongly denounced the statements of Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who attacked Arab members of Knesset, and stated…
Army Invades Al-Khader, Clashes reported
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday afternoon, Al-Khader town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and fired rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs at dozens of youth who hurled…
Haniyya: “Gaza Electricity Crisis To Be Resolved Soon”
Ismail Haniyya, head of the Hamas-led Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, stated that the electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip will be resolved soon, and that certain mechanisms to…
66-day hunger strike ends after Israel agrees to free Khader Adnan
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike on Tuesday after meeting with Israeli officials who pledged to release him in April. Khader had been near death,…
Court To Look Into Adnan’s Appeal Tuesday
Lawyer of detainee, Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike since 65 days, stated that the Israeli Supreme Court decided to hold a session to look into Adnan’s case…
Palestinians Foil Settlers Attack On Al-Aqsa Mosque
Dozens of Palestinian residents foiled, on Sunday morning, an attempt by dozens of fundamentalist Israeli settlers to break into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.Local sources reported that the…
Father, Mother, Their Two Children Injured In Further Israeli Strikes On Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, on Sunday at dawn, that a father, mother and their two children, were wounded when the Israeli army bombarded their home in…
Two Injured After Army Bombarded Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two residents were wounded, on Saturday evening, when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a blacksmith workshop in az-Zeitoun neighborhood, east of…
Detainees In Ramon Punished For Protesting Abuse
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that Palestinian political detainees held at the Ramon Israeli prison, are being punished for protesting abuse against their families, who are being ordered…
Adnan Still On Hunger-Strike At Galilee Hospital
Sahar Francis Lawyer of the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Ad-Dameer, visited on Friday, detainee Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike since more than 62 days and…
Journalist Released After Eight Years In Israeli Prisons
Journalist Ya’qoub al-Hotary was released, on Friday, from an Israeli detention facility after spending eight years in different Israeli detention centers for his journalistic and political activities.The Ma’an News Agency…
Army Invades al-Isawiyya In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday in a pre-dawn raid, al-Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem and broke into several homes, starting with the home of former political prisoner, Samer al-Esawy.Local sources…
PCHR Weekly Report: Elderly man killed, 18 civilians wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 09 – 15 Feb. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…