International Middle East Media Center
Israeli soldiers continued Thursday, the bulldozing of Palestinian lands, the uprooting of dozens of trees, and the demotion of retaining walls near Sarta village, west of Salfit, in the central…
Israel has approved a 1 billion shekel ($310 million USD) plan to connect the illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem with neighborhoods in West Jerusalem with the goal of consolidating…
Israeli forces demolished, on Wednesday, a Palestinian-owned home in Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, without adequate notice, local sources reported. The owner of the 75-square-meter house, Issam Tmeizi,…
JERUSALEM, Monday, February 7, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem today notified owners of dozens of Palestinian commercial facilities in the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood in occupied East…
The Israeli government intends to meet within the coming few days to “legalize” and provide infrastructure for illegal colonialist outposts built on stolen Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank.…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Weekly Update January 27 – February 2, 2022 In the West Bank, attacks by the…
The Israeli occupation authorized, on Thursday, a settlement scheme for 1,500 units in occupied Jerusalem between the French Hill and the Hebrew University, according to the Palestinian News &…
Report By Amnesty International: Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a damning new report. The investigation details…
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, February 01, 2022 (WAFA) – The State of Palestine welcomes the report by Amnesty International on Israel’s apartheid regime and racist policies and practices against the Palestinian people,…
A Palestinian family demolished two under-construction apartments, on Monday, in the al-‘Isawiya neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported. Israeli authorities ordered the two…
By Ramzy Baroud for Palestine Chronicle: Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is leading his country’s anti-Palestinian propaganda, this time engaging in pre-emptive hasbara in anticipation of a Palestinian…
If Americans Knew: Our Senators and House members vote to give Israel billions of our tax dollars every year. Therefore, they have a moral obligation to learn what they are…
January 28, 2022: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin: A large crowd gathered at the iconic Free Derry Corner in the Bogside area of Derry City, Ireland, as the Derry…
A new report released Tuesday found that the Israeli government has developed a plan to forcibly remove the 200 residents of the village of Khan al-Ahmar in order to expand…
The Israeli-Palestinian peace group ‘Combatants for Peace’ has revealed, through a Freedom of Information petition, a massive Israeli government investment in ‘Jewish-only’ roads through the West Bank. The petition was…
Israel partisans want a $1 billion handout from Congress on top of the almost $4 billion it already gets – but Israel spends American money recklessly and ruthlessly. Stop funding…
By Chris MacManus MEP: Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has demanded the European Commission releases documents linked to the suspension of EU funds to Palestinian NGOs. The funds were suspended because…
Ramallah, Thursday, January 20, 2022 (WAFA) – The foreign ministers of four EU countries urged Israel on Wednesday evening to halt colonial settlement construction in East Jerusalem. Earlier in the…
On Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning Israeli authorities for failing to investigate the death of 75-year old Sheikh Suleiman al-Hathlin in what appeared to…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | December 21, 2021 – January 10, 2022 Highlights from the reporting period Three Palestinians reportedly…
RAMALLAH, Monday, January 10, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestine today summoned a Dutch diplomat over Netherlands’ decision to pull funding from a Palestinian civil society organization. Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry…
In a report filed Saturday in Liberation magazine by Reem Zubaidi, the author explains that new information has come to light about the assassination of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian-American human…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 02, 2022 (WAFA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said last night it was seriously concerned about the fate of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash…
Palestinians stage a protest against the Israel’s blockade in Khan Younis, Gaza on 25 August 2021 By Dr. Ramzy Baroud for Middle East Monitor At the onset, 2021 appeared to…
Israeli authorities demolished, on Monday, a Palestinian-owned residential building in the al=’Isawiya neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, under the protection of Israeli police forces. Correspondent for the Palestinian News &…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | December 7-20, 2021 Latest developments On 21 December, a Palestinian allegedly tried to ram his…
GENEVA, Friday, December 24, 2021 (WAFA) – Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur for the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, said yesterday that the…
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem forced, on Tuesday, a Palestinian family to demolish its own home in occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without a permit,…
Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Saturday morning, a Palestinian woman after an alleged stabbing attempt in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to the Palestinian News & Information…
NEW YORK, Friday, December 17, 2021 (WAFA) – Some 156 member states of the UN General Assembly have voted in favor of a resolution affirming the sovereignty of the Palestinian…
Israeli settlers set up, on Friday, a new settlement outpost on Palestinian-owned lands near the illegal Kiryat Arba colony, located east of Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank,…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report
The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions – UK: Shocking pictures and film footage of JCB bulldozers demolishing a Palestinian property were projected in English and Arabic on to a wall…
Palestinian families, on Saturday, were forced by the Israeli authorities to demolish their own homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA)…
On Tuesday, December 7th, 2021, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gave a briefing to the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People…
Summary of joint report between the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 2021 On 30 March 2018…
By Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle: The Belgian government’s decision on November 25 to label products made in illegal Israeli Jewish settlements is welcome, although it will ultimately prove ineffectual.…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Tomorrow, 03 December, marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities that was proclaimed in 1992 by United Nations General Assembly resolution (47/3)…
As Americans plan holiday meals and bake Christmas cookies, let’s be aware of the Palestinians who have been on hunger strikes – some for well over 100 days – just…
The Israeli occupation authorities, on Tuesday, demolished a Palestinian-owned home in Silwan town in the occupied city of Jerusalem, Quds News Network reported. It stated that occupation forces, accompanied by…
Israeli forces detained, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian civilians, including former prisoners and a cancer patient from different areas of the occupied West Bank, the Quds Press reported. Soldiers…
Israel indefensibly prevents dozens of Palestinian journalists from traveling as a punishment for their journalistic work or expression of their opinions, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a report released…
By Marcos Tenório Sayid for Middle East Monitor On 29 November, 1947, the newly-created United Nations (UN) approved the Palestine Partition Plan and started the Nakba process. Nakba, meaning “catastrophe”,…
Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel issued its legal expert opinion on Israel’s recent decisions to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups…
Israeli forces opened fire, on Friday, at Palestinian protesters taking part in the weekly march in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in the northern occupied West Bank according to…
JENIN, Monday, November 22, 2021 (WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinians held a rally in the northern West Bank city of Jenin demanding the release of bodies of at least 90…
RAMALLAH, Saturday, November 20, 2021 (WAFA) – Marking World Children’s Day, the Ministry of Education and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said today in two separate statements that Israel killed…
A pivotal bill was recently introduced in the Finnish parliament that would prohibit all merchandise imported from the illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, the Jerusalem Press reported.…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | November 2-15, 2021 Latest developments 16 November: Israeli forces shot and killed a 26-year-old…
Ramallah – WAFA: Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Malki praised today the overwhelming vote by the United Nations General Assembly in favor of two draft resolutions that…
Sayid Marcos Tenório for Middle East Monitor Since its founding in 1948, the “State of Israel” has promoted an intense campaign to erase Palestinian history, culture and resistance on all…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for November 11 – 17, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit…
Theodosius (Attallah) Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, stated that the Palestinians have the right to defend themselves and to act on protecting their…
B’Tselem – The Isareli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (November 2021) Israel has built more than 280 settlements in the West Bank, which are home to…
By Catherine Alder- This article was first published by Mondoweiss: The Church is a sleeping giant with enormous power to roar about injustice. If truly awake, the Christian Church will…
Israeli attorney Eitan Mack issued an open letter Saturday stating that a criminal investigation should be opened against Israeli War Minister Benny Gantz and his decision last month to label…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) Summary for November 4 – 10, 2021 Israeli forces continued to…
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, November 9, 2021 (WAFA) – The decision on 7 November of the Military Commander in the West Bank to declare by Military Orders six Palestinian human right and…
November 9, 2021 – (Palestinian News Network) – Five European countries expressed “serious concern” at Israel’s designation of six Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist groups after a Security Council…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report for October 19 – November 1, 2021
Al-Haq welcomes Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney’s strong and principled position regarding the Israeli designation of six Palestinian civil society organisations as “terror organisations”. On 19 October 2021, the Israeli…
Nine Palestinian families, on Monday, received orders by the occupation authorities to stop the construction of their homes southeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, according to local…
JERUSALEM, Saturday, November 6, 2021 (WAFA) – The European Union said today it was shocked by the murder of 15-year-old Palestinian child Mohammad Da’das, 13, by the Israeli occupation forces yesterday…
Bombed building in Gaza (May 2021)-Image: Times of Gaza By Eman Abusidu for Middle East Monitor A group of Turkish lawyers have filed a request with the Public Prosecutor…
JERUSALEM, Friday, November 05, 2021 (WAFA) – The European Union said today it was alarmed about the critical condition of Palestinian prisoners Kayed Fasfous and Miqdad Qawasmeh, who have been…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for October 28 – November 3, 2021
By Dr. Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle: The international uproar in response to Israel’s approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian West…
GENEVA (3 November 2021) – United Nations Office of the High Commissioner GENEVA (3 November 2021) – UN human rights experts* today sharply condemned the recent announcement by the Israeli…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Monthly Demolition and Displacement Report for September 2021
Combatants For Peace: This week, the Combatants For Peace Movement (CFP), issued a call for action through its social media platforms calling people to support an open letter to United…
In a move that demonstrates Israel’s contempt and disregard of International Law, Israeli Ambassador at the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, ripped a report by the Human Rights Council, denouncing ongoing…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, October 31, 2021 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed the Israeli occupation’s crimes at the Yusufiya Islamic cemetery, located on the outer bounds of…
Israeli forces destroyed, Sunday, a Palestinian-owned home in Lod city, southeast of Tel Aviv in central Israel, the lands occupied in 1948, Quds News Network reported. Israeli soldiers accompanied bulldozers…
WASHINGTON, Friday, October 29, 2021 (WAFA) – A total of 288 US-based social justice, civil rights, and human rights leaders and organizations have demanded the Biden administration to immediately and…
Israeli soldiers injured dozens of Palestinian demonstrators, Friday, at the weekly non-violent procession in the northern West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, according to local sources. Soldiers…
October 29, 2021 (Quds News Network) – Families of six-hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have sent a letter on Friday to US Congress members and human rights organizations, urging…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for October 21 – 27, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit crimes…
Israeli authorities authorized, on Wednesday, 3,144 additional colonial settlement units for construction in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported. The US State Department condemned…
Israeli soldiers distributed, on Wednesday, stop-work and demolition orders to several buildings and a water well in the southern occupied West Bank village of Wadi Rahhal, south of Bethlehem, a…
Brussels – October 26, 2021 (Palestinian News Network) – The European Union said it is following all Israeli accusations against Palestinian human rights organizations that they support terrorism according to…
LONDON, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 – The Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) – Sixteen United Kingdom-based organizations yesterday decried the Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to designate six Palestinian human…
Press Release By Action Aid: On October 19, 2021, the Israeli Defence Ministry issued a military order declaring six Palestinian civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory(oPt) to be…
Israeli forces delivered, on Monday, stop work orders to twelve Palestinian-owned homes in Douma village, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, a local official reported. Local monitor…
October 23, 2021 (The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights) – Israeli Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, designated six pioneering Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist organizations, allegedly for affiliations with the…
Dozens of Palestinians were injured, on Sunday, after Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful demonstration, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA)…
Statment By Al-Haq independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation): Al-Haq strongly rejects the designation made by the Israeli Ministry of Defense, on 19 October 2021, of Al-Haq and five fellow…
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network: Since the beginning of the year, Israeli war criminal and “Minister of Defense” Benny Gantz has repeatedly designated Palestinian and international organizations working to defend…
WAFA News: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has categorically condemned the decision of the Israeli Minister of “Defense” declaring six Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report Highlights from the reporting period (October 5-18, 2021) Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report for September 21 – October 4, 2021 Highlights from the reporting period Israeli forces shot and…
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for September 30 – October 6, 2021 Israeli forces continued…
Report by 7amleh.org: October, 5, 2021, Ramallah – Tens of human rights organizations have joined together to tell PayPal to stop denying its services on discriminatory grounds to Palestinians in…
Ahmad Samrin lay down in from of an Israeli bulldozer Sunday to try to non-violently prevent the bulldozer from destroying his family’s land in Silwan neighborhood in Jerusalem – an…
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Summary September 23 – 29, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit…
On 1 October 2021, Al-Haq and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer) sent letters to State Representatives calling on them to intervene to prevent Ms. Odeh’s unlawful detention…
Two Palestinian brothers were herding sheep on their land in the Lasifer area east of Yatta, in the Hebron District of the southern West Bank, when they were assaulted by…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | 7-20 September 2021 Highlights from the reporting period One Palestinian was shot and killed and…
Thursday, September 23, 2021 (WAFA) – Palestinian representatives of national and Islamic forces and refugees meeting in Ramallah today have rejected a recent framework agreement signed between the United Nations…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for September 16 – 22, 2021 The Israeli occupation authorities continue…