Category: International Law

By Alison Weir: Israeli media report that the 2023 defense spending bill just signed into law contains over $500 million for Israel (just the tip of the iceberg of billions of…

The Israeli government has decided to refuse visas and deny entry to the newly appointed personnel of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, December 1, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli Supreme Court held a hearing today on nine petitions against the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) – 2022,…

YAFA, Friday, November 25, 2022 (WAFA) – Arab factions in Israel staged a protest today in the Arab city of Yafa against an Israeli plan to ethnically cleanse 1,400 indigenous…

Oct, 19 2022: By Al-Haq independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation: On 18 October 2022, Al-Haq sent an urgent letter to Third States, in light of the recent alarming escalation in…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 (WAFA) – The Prisoners’ Affairs Commission today called for ICRC to intervene immediately to end the ban on family visits for prisoners in Israeli jails.…

Al-Haq: On 17 October 2022, 65 Palestinian, regional and international organisations sent a joint letter to the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk, welcoming him in his…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the Australian government’s decision to reverse the decision taken by the previous government recognizing…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs And Expatriates issued a statement denouncing the Israeli army’s execution of a Palestinian and the deliberate targeting of journalists working for Palestine TV in…

The Israeli news channel 13 reported Wednesday that the Israeli Chief of Staff, Aviv Kochavi, ordered the authorization of armored drones to carry out airstrikes against the Palestinian people in…

Report By the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Latest Development (outside the reporting period) On 1 September, one Palestinian man was shot and killed by…

Family members of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli forces in May, were invited to the National Press Club in Washington DC on Wednesday August 31  to…

In an unprecedented ruling against free speech and the right to boycott, a judge in the United States ruled this week that the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream company can…

GENEVA (24 August 2022) – UN experts* today condemned Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, after the Israeli army broke into the offices of…

As a continuation of its targeting of select Palestinian NGOs, Israeli forces raided, ransacked, confiscated materials, and welded shut their office doors. The raid was part of a series of…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Initial Update: Gaza under Attack …  In New Israeli Offensive on Gaza Strip: 10 Palestinians Killed, including 3 Civilians: Woman and Girl, and…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, July 13, 2022 (WAFA) – The Department of Human Rights and Civil Society in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) today called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations,…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, July 12, 2022 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed this night a statement issued earlier on Tuesday by nine European Union countries rejecting…

GENEVA, Saturday, July 9, 2022 (WAFA) – In a letter sent to President Joe Biden on July 8th, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca appealed for Biden’s attention…

Al-Haq Human Rights Organization: During the 50th session of the Human Rights Council taking place from 13 June – 8 July 2022, Al-Haq, along with Palestinian Civil Society Organizations (‘CSOs’),…

The now-released US State Department report on the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh makes the absurd claim that the evidence is ‘inconclusive’ regarding who killed Shireen. But the United Nations…

Israel found Mohammed El Halabi guilty of diverting $50 million from World Vision charity, ignoring compelling facts: the total budget for 10 years was under $23 million; El Halabi’s alleged…

Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Submit File to the ICC, Urge Prosecutor to Open Cases from Attack on Palestinians in Gaza in May 2021 – The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR)…

Human Rights Watch: Undue Interference with Rights to Free Expression and Assembly. This week, Palestinians and their supporters across the globe marked Nakba Day, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who…

RAMALLAH, May 15, 2022 (WAFA) – Ola Awad, the Chairperson of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), said in a report today on the 74th anniversary of the Nakba that…

GENEVA, Friday, April 22, 2022 (WAFA) – The United Nations has voiced deep concern at the worsening security situation in occupied Palestine in the aftermath of Israel’s daily assaults over…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 21, 2022 (WAFA) – Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, warned today of the danger of the Israeli decision to impose restrictions on the entry…

The Tunisian Foreign Minister, Othman Grandi, on Monday pledged his country’s readiness to provide support to the people of Palestine in the face of the ongoing Israeli aggression, particularly in…

The Palestinian Centre For Human Rights (PCHR): Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: PCHR Demands International Community Take Immediate Action to Pressure Israel towards Improving Prisoners’ Living Conditions, Ending Its Violations, and Releasing…

The State of Palestine presents a blistering account of Israeli abuses against Palestinian children during the first three months of 2022 – adding to the growing library of reports on…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): IOF Escalated Excessive Use of Force and Killings of Palestinian Civilians with Official Political Support, 4 Palestinians Killed, including Child, and 12 Wounded in…

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, said the Thursday shootings in Tel Aviv demonstrate Israeli security and political failures and the failure of its apartheid wall.…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, April 06, 2022 (WAFA) – Foreign Minister Riyad Malki today welcomed the adoption of two resolutions on Palestine by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms statements made yesterday by the Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, regarding his support for Jewish settlement crimes in…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers injured several Palestinians near Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank after the residents tried to enter their illegally confiscated lands. Media sources…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: At around 10:30 am on Friday, 25 March 2022, medical sources at the Gaza European Hospital announced the death of Fatma Jalal al-Masri, 19 months,…

GENEVA (25 March 2022) – A UN expert called today on the international community to accept and adopt the findings in his current report, echoing recent findings by Palestinian, Israeli, and international…

Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, Theodosios Atallah Hanna, denounced the international double standards and the immorality of many regimes condemning the war in Ukraine…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers closed with sand mounds an agricultural road in Qusra village, south of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Hani Odah, the Mayor…

WASHINGTON, Sunday, March 20, 2022 (WAFA) – The Massachusetts-based Harvard Law School has recognized Israel as an apartheid regime, joining an array of organizations labeling Israel as such for its…

In a report released Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that, while various parts of the world, including Palestine, are preparing to celebrate Mother’s Day (March 21), Israel is…

March 11, 2022: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI): These trips serve to present Israel in a positive light, whitewashing its regime of military occupation,…

The Legal Center For Arab Minority Rights In Israel (Adalah): 10/03/2022 – The new temporary order explicitly affirms that its purpose is to ensure a Jewish demographic majority. Adalah: “The…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, March 10, 2022 (WAFA) – The Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, today denounced the visit of former US Vice President Mike Pence to the Ibrahimi…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, three young Palestinian men in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers attacked many Palestinians…

Israeli forces detonated, on Tuesday, the homes of three Palestinian prisoners currently incarcerated for the alleged killing of Israeli settler in December of 2021, the Palestinian news & Information Agency…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, February 27, 2022 (WAFA) – Nearly 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings for 58 days in protest of their unfair…

On February 23, 2022, senior officials from the Global Ministries released a letter entitled “Compelled to Witness” declaring Israel an apartheid state. The letter from the North American Christian Mission…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, February 22, 2022 (WAFA) – An Israeli occupation court decided today to freeze the eviction of the Salem family from their home in the western part of the…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the Bedouin village of al-Arakib, in the Negev and demolished it. Media sources said the soldiers forced the Palestinians…

On Sunday, an Israeli Court approved the demolition of the family home of the imprisoned Palestinian Mohammad Youssef Jaradat. This action comes just one week after the demolition of the…

The Israeli municipal government in Jerusalem issued an order forcing the Obaid family to demolish their family home in al-‘Isawiya — an area that is currently under intense Israeli colonization…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (WAFA) – Commenting on the fast-moving serious developments in the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, Amnesty International (AI) today warned Israel that…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers uprooted Palestinian agricultural lands in Qusra and Jourish towns, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official…

500 Palestinian Administrative Detainees, held in Israeli prisons without charge or trial, have refused to attend their court sessions for 44 days in protest of Israel’s policy of Administrative Detention.…

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…